UPDATE: State of Indiana to end minority and women’s business contract program

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  1. The white supremacy battle continues. Interesting that Rokita is using the 14th Amendment to justify the constitutionality of this law, yet they were just all complaining about the 14th Amendment being upheld by the Supreme Court with regards to birth right citizenship. The sad truth is there are hundreds of minority and women owned businesses in the state of Indiana that will now be viewed as “inferior” because they used M/WBE status to help grow their businesses. They did not “earn it” on a “level” playing field.

  2. Wild how Indiana went from being nationally celebrated for it’s supplier diversity in 2016 to throwing a tantrum over sharing with its own teammates. Ending the XBE program because ‘everyone’s equal now’ is like shutting down the fire department because there hasn’t been a burning building in a few days. 🤔…😮‍💨 Tracking who’s at the table is suddenly ‘divisive,’ but keeping all the food on side of the table for decades was somehow tradition. If sharing and fairness feel like loss, maybe the issue isn’t the policy…

  3. History suggests that discrimination does not disappear on it’s own; it adapts. Without structured safeguards and accountability, the persistent realities of the disease of racism and bias are likely to reassert themselves producing glaring disparities that will become increasingly difficult to ignore.

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