The talking points against DEI in the USA are the exact same ones used against BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) in South Africa. Unsurprisingly, a racist white South African in Elon Musk has exported this nonsense from his home country to the USA. The things Musk says and talking points he promotes sound exactly like what you'd hear from racists back in South Africa, but with a few words changed to make it applicable to a US context