Indiana Gov. Mike Braun issued Executive Order (EO) 25-14 this past January.

Its ostensible purpose is “Ensuring that all Hoosiers have equality of opportunity by eliminating DEI in state government.” (DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.)

To put it mildly, it is extremely difficult to understand how the EO’s stated outcome (i.e., equality of opportunity for all Hoosiers) would be achieved by supplanting DEI with what Governor Braun refers to as Merit, Excellence, and Innovation or MEI. (More on that later.)

Obviously, the EO assumes that DEI somehow poses a barrier to equality among Hoosiers. Thus, the first question that comes to mind is, “Which Hoosiers does DEI disadvantage?” The second question is, “How, specifically, are those Hoosiers being disadvantaged?”

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