General Discussion

It says you can't just look at race or gender if those aren't objective, measurable requirements for the job.
Unlike, say, a pharmaceutical safety research, you may need paid participants in a certain age, gender, and racial groups for your study, most jobs have certain critical criteria that is essentially gender neutral.

A candidate might need a certain level of strength or other physical operational characteristics (vision, hearing, lung capacity), stamina, or physical flexibility.
A candidate might need a certain talent, level of mental or emotional acuity, specific training, certification, or experience.
But the candidates's gender and race really won't have anything to do with those measurable skills.

DEI means the employer or project manager should choose the most qualified person(s) for the job without considering superficial characteristics; not pick a glossy stock photo representation of the job candidate -
- unless, of course, the job requires marketing some superficial product to mediocre incels, brainless Nepo-Babies, or cranky retirees reliving their 1950's Happy Days.