DEI and the Secret Service
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I don't think anybody should be banned from a job based on their ethnic background, or even their sex. But that should definitely not mean that they should have any kind of preferred status either, or that there should be arbitrary percentages filled with certain sex or ethnicity or anything.
Make a list of what the job demands, and what would be ideal for that job. Physical and intellectual abilities, and what kind of education they have.
Then take in candidates who fulfill those demands, and the best qualified get in.
When it comes to sex or color, as some diversity is necessary in some jobs, like police, as they need to be able to blend in at times, and when it comes to something like Secret Service guarding people, some of those they do guard are and will be women so at least some women are needed for those occupations - well, pick the candidates who get highest scores in their category.
So, you need some number of women, get ones with the highest scores - and even so there should be some sort of lower level they absolutely have to get over when it comes to something like their physical abilities - and take those ones so you can get the numbers needed.
But those "numbers needed" should be based on the actual demands of the job, not some arbitrary percentage that would look "nice". For example, most of the details watching over the female members of a President's family should still be men, but there presumably should be at least a couple of female agents per detail so they can accompany her to places men aren't welcome (or shouldn't be...), changing rooms, toilet etc.
And I can't think of any reason why the details watching over men should have even a single woman in them. Unless there happened to be some wonderwoman who is taller than most men and was able to beat at least most of the male candidates when it comes to her scores. Not bloody likely, but if somebody like that did exist, and could prove herself and wanted that job, hell, then give it to her. Fair is fair.
It damn well should not be that hard to figure out...
As an example of this lawfare DEI ridiculousness. The testing for firefighters was deemed too difficult for certain ethnicities so they got to skip them. Also the need to carry a hundred and sixty pound dummy was deemed excessive. So people who could not carry these test parameters were allowed wavers to the testing. Get it. So now undeserving candidates are getting promotions and moving up the ladder of success without putting in the time or effort. I will give you a hint, I feel like I'm wasting my breath.