White supremacy works in part because it codifies mediocrity. Think about how secure mediocre white men are now, knowing that no matter how much better a candidate of color is than they are, that person will never get the job.
Trump, to police: We've essentially killed DEI. Isn't that nice? No more DEI. I don't see the people behind me big on DEI. That's not a DEI group. I can tell. It never was, by the way.