text: I recall seeing a news item on "diversity" where a black fellow who was a systems analyst was able to 'solve the problem'. Hooray and all that. 
  
  The only problem was that as I listened to 'the problem', it was the sort of thing any competent systems analyst (regardless of colour, ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) would have been able to solve. 
  
  See, there are some IT problems that simply involve understanding what the problem is (often it is something like, "We need to track the number of service calls our service reps make each week."), knowing where the data is and then coming up with a way to get the data to where you want it to be. 
  
  Sure, go ahead and advocate for 'diversity' (and certainly hire based on a person's ability). But recognize that 'reserving X number of seats for THIS group' because of 'unconscious bias' may mean you aren't hiring the best qualified people.  
  
  btw, I wonder if the author runs an 'Equity Consulting' business?