IMO it's all because of virtue signaling. I would say the majority of people that push this stuff don't really care about DEI, they only care because it makes then seem righteous and virtuous, and it's a feedback loop. They do the thing, they post about it on social media, and they then get praise for the thing they are doing.
When you start looking it from the lens of "these people just want to be popular and get likes", it all starts making sense.
IMO it's all because of virtue signaling. I would say the majority of people that push this stuff don't really care about DEI, they only care because it makes then seem righteous and virtuous, and it's a feedback loop. They do the thing, they post about it on social media, and they then get praise for the thing they are doing.
When you start looking it from the lens of "these people just want to be popular and get likes", it all starts making sense.