Look, it's about using different methods depending on needs , to achieve a desirable result. This case is about seeking the result of having more minorities in the workforce. It's pretty simple really. Or.
"I want to play basketball"
"Don't be daft, you're in a wheelchair, you'll never achieve...
What is meant is that everybody must be given the chance to achieve the same results. Even if that is impossible. For example:
A wheelchair user being escorted through a VIP route to the front of house at a giv or a play. The result is they've got to see and enjoy the event but used different...
Making sure everyone CAN achieve the same results is not the same as making sure everyone achieves the same results. I do actually see what you are saying but i think on this point, you're wrong.
You haven't done any equality training lately have you?
I have literally this week finished an equality and diversity course, passing with a score of 100% and wether you agree or not, that is the current accepted framework of equality. And as a point of fact, it's not a definition of equality...
The aim is equality. Equality is achieved not by treating everybody the same but by making sure everyone can achieve the same results. It's a bigger picture. You can't see it.
At a time when white, upper class MP's are using the phrase "****** in the woodpile" at public events I would say minorities could probably do with a bit of positive discrimination.