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at the heart of the debate about dei, we can see that white men's negative outlook is solely because they don't think women, poc, gay people, or just about anybody else can do the work they do. dei is not hiring ANY poc, woman, or other marginalized group, its looking for different backgrounds within their pool of EQUALLY QUALIFIED candidates. no person is being hired just because of their skin, gender, or sexuality, we just understand that people that aren't white men can do any job. dei initiatives don't entrust important jobs with qualification requirements with just any person. if people feel that dei is doing that, they think that marginalized people are not up to the same standard as white males are.

people who dont understand nuance and gray areas are immensely uninformed. to them it is either male or female, good or bad, smart or stupid, and most importantly yes or no. when people believe that recognizing race within contexts of opportunity is wrong, they forget that our current reality has been fueled by centuries of oppression. it is not hard to understand that people of color often cant win based on merit, not because they are incapable of merit yielding activities, but because merit wasn't assigned to those activities for them in the centuries prior (or the activity wasnt allowed, this applies to gender, sexuality, and any other identifying characteristic).

nothing is ever more sensual than when two characters who work together are working on a project late at night, cross-legged, backs against the couch, takeout on the coffee table, and then they both reach for the same notebook...