I read that article you mention above. It is a good read.
My problem is equity and competency should not collide with each other when we are making decisions, say hiring or promoting or firing or whatever you like to decide.
They are independent variables.
I have a major issue with incompetency. I have seen in the workplace in the United States DEI was chosen as an dependant variable and given precedence over competency. It shouldn't be that way. So there is a reason to what Elon and his people are saying. However, the method they plan to follow to deconstruct several decade long phenomenon is also a ride into incompetency.
In my mind, we should have treated them at independent variables, but we didn't. Now if we try and unwind the mistakes made similarly, we will end up making bigger mistakes.