In my part of the world specifically, the reason you get this is largely due to quota pressures by government. Government actively economically disadvantages white-privilege companies that don't fill unreasonable DEI quotas, effectively making an educational deficiency in the government's programs as a problem that the "private sector" has to fix 15-years too-late whether at University or in the workplace.

So everyone just passes the buck because they can't fix it nor can they speak the truth about the real cause, until at the end of chain the company making widgets/products/things has to take a hit and passes this problem on to the consumer in the form of hidden crapflation. But hey, government said they're fighting inequality, universities can say they are promoting education, companies can tick the DEI quota box, we all blame it on the "White Man" that can't say anything, DEI groups "get jobs" and the DEI grifter consultant machine makes mega-bucks. Win's all around, right.