It does the same in private industry. Corporate America is plagued with diversity consultants who make a fortune running seminars in Fortune 500 companies. Plus quotas for hiring as the result of government pressure — if a company sells to the US government it has to provide diversity statistics.
Unfortunately “diversity” a code word for affirmative action, diminishes the accomplishments of minorities who perform and serves to foster racial divisiveness instead of the teamwork required to achieve the organization’s effectiveness.
You absolutely nailed it there Soul!
I worked for a major defense contractor before retirement and witnessed the results of the Aff. Action and related clauses in the government contracts. The level of quality and performance of personnel went down because of the government mandates for inferior suppliers and employees based strictly only their race or gender.