How does this differ from companies and elected officials openly saying right now that females and minorities are preferred for X position, like vice president of USA or CEO of Reddit?
Some people are running a marathon, half way through it is discovered half of them had been given weighted shoes that made them run significantly slower. The organizers and racers agree this is wrong and unfair, and so they make sure everyone has correct shoes for the rest of the race. Yet those half of the racers that had weighted shoes are several miles behind the rest. What would you suggest be done?
Some people from group A enjoy running and can run fast, therefore join marathons and are good at it.
Some people from group B enjoy playing table tennis and have great reflexes, therefore join table tennis tournaments and are good at it.
Some other people realise that marathons have way more A people than B people, and since marathons are prestigious they force equal ratio of A/B people in marathons, effectively reducing the overall quality of marathons and keeping A people (who would thrive) out of them.
Everyone is unhappy, except the ones who forced the outcome and the ones who got into the prestigious sport without deserving it.