If I believe my employer is discriminating against women, or against black people, that requires that some of my male or non-black coworkers were hired over more capable women or black people.

Should anyone alleging that kind of discrimination be fired? Because they tend not to be.

Is it really your view that it's unacceptable to draw attention to a high priority queue or something like that, just because it might 'devalue' the beneficiaries of the policy?

Right. It's literally blaming the whistleblower. "We created a high priority queue, but we're faulting you for pointing out the disparity we created".