I worked for a large multinational corporation of over 150,000 employees that is headquartered in the US. I took their management training courses, which also covered diversity in the workplace, equal opportunity, affirmative action, and hiring practices.
According to them, it is not enough to have minorities and women fairly represented in the workplace according to regional demographics. They must be over-represented.
The training material went so far as to say that even if the department is well represented and diverse beyond the regional demographics, if presented with the choice of hiring a highly qualified white male candidate or hiring a minority or female candidate who only meets the minimum qualifications, the less qualified minority or female should always be hired.
There's some privilege for ya!