It’s well known that men are preponderantly stronger than women, that whites are preponderantly smarter than blacks, and that pre-pubescent girls are preponderanly closer to their final height than are pre-pubescent boys.
There are many exceptions, of course. And the exceptions in the first two cases have been seized upon to advance an egalitarian agenda: Women and blacks are “underrepresented” in military officer ranks, STEM disciplines, the executive positions, etc., so there should be discriminatory efforts to bring more women and blacks into those occupations and positions.
The data are those women and blacks who have been and are capable of performing on equal terms with their peers in the officer ranks, STEM disciplines, and so on. The statistical relationships are the facts cited in the opening paragraph.
Because of the statistical relationships, the discriminatory effort to recruit women and blacks into occupations and positions for which they are preponderantly underqualified means the standards of performance in those occupations and positions will fall (and in some cases already have fallen). And in some cases (e.g., police, firefighting, armed forces) the lowere standards of performance generally endanger the public.
Discrimination on the basis of measured and demonstrated aptitude and ability is good. Discrimination on the bases of sex and race (whether pro or con a particular sex or race) is bad.
If “activists” with an “inclusive” agenda would just recognize the facts of life and shut up, everyone would be better off — including those women and blacks who (too often) are being set up for failure because they don’t have what it takes to succeed in a particular occupation or position.