How the US Govt is creating equality and hurting our future

The Heather McDonald book on racial equality programs is making our future look more depressing every chapter. Just a sample:

The Dept of Energy's Office of Science is the largest funder of the physical sciences in the U.S., overseeing x-ray, nuclear weapons and nuclear fusion research.
It's former directors have been physicists. However, the Biden administration named a soil geologist from UC-Merced, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe with no physics background and no job as an administrator in science.
She is a black female who is committed to 'create a diverse and equitable STEM community.' She recommends readings on racism and DEI.
One physicist at the D of Energy said 'she thinks merit is a myth and hierarchies of achievement are arbitrary.'

Other efforts to achieve equality include the elimination of advanced classes for the gifted in K-12. Some California cities only allow gifted students to take accelerated course work starting in 12th grade 'to give minority students time to catch up.'

Meanwhile, China is starting segregation of advanced students in elementary school and the number of their HS students scoring in the top range on science and math tests on international rankings is going up while the scores of US students is going down.

Her stuff on medical schools is really scary. Those young doctors may not read beyond 5th grade level, but they are committed to diversity and equality.