As a colored dude, it’s hard to explain. I’ve even had white folks say, “Nah man it’s not like that.”
Your first link really reads as conspiracy theory, Ive yet to meet a Marxist HR department
Tbh I thought the same at first, but it’s because it’s distilling so much underlying philosophy to its most apparent application.
https://medium.com/@iskandar.talaei/dei-explained-by-james-lindsay-53dd9cd510d2
Other povs
https://lawliberty.org/the-philosophy-underlying-dei/
https://www.newsweek.com/critical-race-theory-repackaged-marxism-opinion-1599557
In other words, the designers and adherents of critical theory admitted their true intent. Not equality under the law. Not civil rights. Not freedom, liberty and justice for all. Not a better life for racial minorities. Critical theorists admit their intent is to use racial minorities as the vanguard for a Marxist revolution.