cutting off their nose

>DEI Programs work by supporting selected, disadvantaged people.

who have demonstrated the technical ability, but for some other reason have difficulty contributing. That's the selection: their ability. The people with the ability that aren't disadvantaged aren't in scope (obviously).

You either accept that:
* There is an intrinsic relationship between ability and being able to contribute to open-source, or
* There are people who have the ability, but can't for some reason that can be ameliorated.

If your argument is that DEI programs are spending money on people that don't actually have the technical ability, that's a different argument. I've seen no evidence of that though.

DEI programs target people who have technical ability AND are disadvantaged. Both criteria are important, you can't focus on one selection criteria and pretend the other isn't relevant.