mekkaokereke, There's a bad article that says that companies shouldn't hire DEI consultants, that they should give the money to the poor instead. I won't link to the article, because it's exactly what one would expect, and they don't deserve the hate-clicks.
There's massive blowback against DEI consultants getting paid, because many of the most effective ones happen to be some intersection of Black, women, LGBTQIA.