I don't think we've ever done this. Nor do I think that if you just make everything a free-for-all that this will be the end result.

Pretty much everyone is racist. I know that sounds harsh, but in America, everyone has been exposed to racial bias at some point in their lives. Usually thousands of times.

It would be quite arrogant in my opinion to confidently proclaim said bias has had no effect on you, or anyone else. Probably, I would think, it has. It may not be measurable, but certainly I don't think that means it doesn't exist.

We've done some studies on this. Even just having a non-white sounding name on your resume lowers your chances of getting hired by over 50%.

It seems, to me, that just leaving things in their "natural" state seems to tend towards benefiting the white man. At least right now, in this particular place. That might not be the case in the future, and certainly it was worse in the past.

Empirically the system I have seen criticized as putting incompetent people in power due to their skin/sexuality/etc has yielded far far far better outcomes than the system that has been described as “hiring the most competent regardless of X…”

Perhaps the criticisms of the former and the descriptions of the latter were not accurate.

Can you describe specifically where/when you’re referring to that implemented your ideal system and achieved a good track record?