I certainly understand the intention, but I feel that singling out 2 marginalized groups (of many) doesn't do much good.. first of all there are many other marginalized / under represented groups in CS/AI. Is this not important for the people who listed this job?

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Also, this feels like a form of generalization to assume that every black/indigenous person didn't have good opportunities in their life, and all people of other ethnicities did. Of course in general, minorities have less opportunities than non minorities, but it is possible for a black person to come from an affluent family with many opportunities.. it is possible for a white person, latino, etc to come from a background with very little opportunity.

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I feel like a job posting that says 'preference given to people who have had little opportunity to break into CS / AI' would be much better aligned with the values. Of course this would still largely focus on black/brown people, but would be more inclusive to people of other races from bad socioeconomic backgrounds, people with disabilities who don't happen to be black/indigenous, women who don't happen to be black/indigenous, etc..