Diversity isn't a danger; the prioritization of diversity above competency and acument is a danger.
And yet, they attack people like Kamala Harris, whose credentials and record are both well known and above reproach, accusing them of only having been elected for their "vagina and skin color" even though that is obviously not the case.
Some people are idiots. Are you under the impression that I dispute that?
On the other hand... there are a great many people who do NOT think that her record is above reproach - including some within the democratic party. That you think her record is fantastic is fine - her views align with your own priorities. But that doesn't make it universally so.
I am not objecting to conversations about Harris' actual record or qualifications. Racist and sexist attacks on her identity as a woman are not relevant to the question of her record and qualifications.
No, of course they're not relevant.
On the other hand, I don't think that any mention of her being a DEI hire is necessarily racist or sexist. It can be, and in some cases it very likely is. But not every mention of it is going to be... because she was hired in part because Biden explicitly and intentionally limited consideration to black women. That makes her a *literal* DEI hire. You might argue that she is also a competent and qualified person for the job regardless of her ethnicity, but at the end of the day, you're stuck in a position where you're arguing that she's the most competent and qualified
black woman for the job, because those particular genetic quirks were a requirement for even being considered.