idk I think dei was never an anti-white narrative at least academically speaking. Have u heard of blind auditions for orchestras or competitions, to eliminate bias. I used to be a concert pianist and I was very used to that kind of stuff. Meaning it was the norm to be judged on skills, talent, insanely hard work etc no one really felt that minorities were ignored. In fact more women got hired by orchestras this way. There’s a study about that.