No, diversity trumps competence and has ever since the Supreme Court's 1978 Bakke decision (see https://www.britannica.com/event/Bakke-decision ) ruled as permissible clear violations of both constitutional protections and statutory law in pursuit of the nebulous goals of (racial) diversity.
Richard Hanania argues that the seeds of diversity uber alles (and wokeism more generally) were planted by the anti-discrimination provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as interpreted, expanded, and eventually turned inside-out (à la Orwell's "Animal House" rules) by regulatory and judicial fiat (see https://www.richardhanania.com/p/woke-institutions-is-just-civil-rights ).
No, diversity trumps competence and has ever since the Supreme Court's 1978 Bakke decision (see https://www.britannica.com/event/Bakke-decision ) ruled as permissible clear violations of both constitutional protections and statutory law in pursuit of the nebulous goals of (racial) diversity.
Richard Hanania argues that the seeds of diversity uber alles (and wokeism more generally) were planted by the anti-discrimination provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as interpreted, expanded, and eventually turned inside-out (à la Orwell's "Animal House" rules) by regulatory and judicial fiat (see https://www.richardhanania.com/p/woke-institutions-is-just-civil-rights ).