> this is a terrible and naive way to think of DEI
No, it isn’t. OP is describing the intended use of DEI. A proper merit based approach would have 0 knowledge of race, gender, etc. DSA as well requires prior knowledge of irrelevant attributes of a candidate because its goal is to increase the representation of people with those attributes, not hire the best candidates.
Any process trying to select for the best developer does not need to know about race, gender, etc. Any process that asks for those is not looking for the best developers.
No, it isn’t. OP is describing the intended use of DEI. A proper merit based approach would have 0 knowledge of race, gender, etc. DSA as well requires prior knowledge of irrelevant attributes of a candidate because its goal is to increase the representation of people with those attributes, not hire the best candidates.
Any process trying to select for the best developer does not need to know about race, gender, etc. Any process that asks for those is not looking for the best developers.