>because DEI has become a politically charged term that pretty much invites conflict and toxicity at this point

I agree with this on its face, but it seems an incredibly passive tone. DEI didn't just "become a politically charged term". It was deliberately made so.

And the term doesn't just "invite conflict and toxicity". There are toxic people who are using the principles themselves as a point of conflict.

Not being pedantic here. Maybe it's what you meant to say. Or maybe not and you don't agree. Either way, I point it out because it reminds me of the media headlines these days. I find that, among media reporting that purports to be "objective", there's a very odd passive tone, as if these unprecedented things are just happening.

And, that introduces a pretty hard bias.