It is frankly ridiculous to call better photos for people of color -- particularly Black people -- "social engineering". There is a very long history of photography methods discriminating against darker skin tones, stretching back at least a century.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/lens/sarah-lewis-racial-b...

https://petapixel.com/2015/09/19/heres-a-look-at-how-color-f...

This is a real issue of racial and ethnic justice with material consequences.