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I am fine with hiring that enforces equality of opportunity (where nobody is denied an opportunity because of their race).

I am NOT fine with hiring that enforces equality of outcome (where some people, who would otherwise be considered unqualified, are granted an opportunity because of their race).

Race should account for ZERO percent of a hiring decision.

The fundamental misconception of today's "anti-racist" movement is that every unequal outcome is the direct result of past or present racism, without stopping to examine the validity of that assumption.

A great many eggs have been and will continue to be broken in service of equality of outcome, and we will all be worse off for it.

Believing race should account for zero percent of a hiring decision is what any decent person should believe.

Acknowledging it has, and does, and that it is more often than not to the detriment of minority groups is what any informed person should recognize.

Who the hell is the "we" you're talking about here? I've been opposed to considering race in hiring (and college admissions, etc.) since I was old enough to understand it (which was in elementary school).

I don't think that's a true statement.