Diversity of What, Exactly?

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW267597427 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW267597427 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">In less than a decade</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">, the number of American companies with either an official department, an HR initiative</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">or a job title</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">that</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">includ</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">es</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">the words “</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">d</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">iversity,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">e</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">quity</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">and</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">i</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">nclusion” has ballooned.</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">In fact, b</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4">y the end of 2020, U.S. companies</span></span> <a class= "Hyperlink SCXW267597427 BCX4" href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/opinion/dei-trainings-effective.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW267597427 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW267597427 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">were spending an estimated</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW267597427 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">$</span><span class= "NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW267597427 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">3.4 billion</span><