The problem is that their propaganda machine news sources tell them that DEI means they will hire the lesser, minority applicant over the much, much better white applicant just because they are a minority. The issue is “perception” (in that their perception has been curated for them). You could get every last one of them (save the truly racist) to agree to a system that could be proven to remove race from an identifiable attribute in hiring, not that this is possible in every situation. Sadly, they have been trained to believe that is not the goal for DEI.

The reason these people can’t comprehend lack of belief is because they are stuck thinking god is a default state - that it requires belief to assert it isn’t real. When in fact the concept of god is no different than every other deity, Greek god, unicorn, space teapot… you name it. It is nothing more than a regionally popular unfalsifiable claim. They can’t wrap their minds around who the burden of proof falls on.

Wasn’t this the same justification that America used to send factory jobs overseas? I feel repeating verbatim what the US has stated is the ultimate sign of respect.