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It’s a slippery slope between what is alleged here and appointing people according to gender or race due to assumptions they will better fit the role or to meet diversity targets. Whether counsel in a case, employment, or public appointments. And it’s very common in today’s society where that view has become entrenched by some as acceptable. For example all four Chairs of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse were women- coincidence? Justified? The (white) highly experienced judicial Chair of a well known Inquiry came under attack on diversity grounds. If you believe in equality, then save for narrow exceptions, appointments should be on merit, without taking account of someone’s background. And I’m not white British myself.