That&#x27;s all true, and definitely that perspective matters a lot.<p>But it&#x27;s not the only qualification necessary for the job. The other is to effect change in the organization. By your logic, if a black person is better at understanding the problems black people face, perhaps a white person would be better at getting white people to change things in the company.<p>I actually think both of those are wrong. You can feel horror at the Rwandan genocide or the holocaust or other massive injustices without being African or Jewish. You don&#x27;t just intellectually understand racism in the US - I hope - you also feel it has to change.<p>Again, I agree the perspectives of underrepresented minorities are crucial here. But that doesn&#x27;t lead to &quot;every single chief of diversity must be non-white.&quot;