Most of the people I’ve ever encountered who were hardcore DEI=Didint Earn It

…either got their job at a family-run business, via friends who gifted them a job they were under qualified for, or legitimately banged their way in and up.

It’s like when NIL was established for college football, and the $EC started bitching about schools “buying” their rosters… despite it being an open, poorly kept secret their boosters have been buying players for them for decades