This is not true. It actually works in our detriment because whites will assume that the only reason a Black person has a position of power is because of DEI. I’m actually working on an article about this now. It’s a catch 22 because this country’s system is set up to exclude Black people and people of color from certain forms of advancement, when a procedure created to promote equity is introduced to help, it’s assumed we don’t have the skill to be in the position and only got it due to a “requirement”