Pop quiz: Name the self-described “Black, lesbian, feminist, mother, poet, warrior," who made lasting contributions in the fields of feminist theory, critical race studies, and queer theory, and is known for such works as “Coal”, “Black Unicorn”, and “Sister Outsider”?

Last weekend I was in Ireland for my aunt’s funeral. The trip was full of storytelling and laughter, and bonding with my sister who’s 16 years older than me and of a different generation. We had vastly different childhoods and different perspectives on the world. At one point while we were chatting with a cousin about my work, my sister brought up decades-old attempts to diversify workforces where under-qualified candidates were supposedly hired because of quotas for roles they had “no business being in.” Let’s settle this question in 2022: does setting diversity hiring targets lower the bar?