Head of workplace rights agency urges white men to report discrimination [View all]

Source: AP

Updated 7:24 PM EST, December 18, 2025


The head of the U.S. agency for enforcing workplace civil rights posted a social media call-out urging white men to come forward if they have experienced race or sex discrimination at work.

“Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your race or sex? You may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws,” U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas, a vocal critic of DEI, wrote on X Wednesday evening. The post urged eligible workers to reach out to the agency “as soon as possible” and referred users to the agency’s fact sheet on “DEI-related discrimination” for more information.

Lucas’ post, viewed millions of times, was shared about two hours after Vice President JD Vance posted an article he said “describes the evil of DEI and its consequences,” which also received millions of views. Lucas responded to Vance’s post saying: “Absolutely right @JDVance. And precisely because this widespread, systemic, unlawful discrimination primarily harmed white men, elites didn’t just turn a blind eye; they celebrated it. Absolutely unacceptable; unlawful; immoral.”

She added that the EEOC “won’t rest until this discrimination is eliminated.” Neither the agency nor Vance responded immediately to requests for additional comment.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/dei-white-men-discrimination-andrea-lucas-eeoc-2996e71763dd0fe4b7f377eb49036fbe

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We are back to 1993 again.

Newsweek had a famous cover (and an article - White Male Paranoia) taken from a film that released that year called "Falling Down" starring Michael Douglas (that i did eventually see on cable at some point a bunch of years ago), and they did a missive on what might have been going on during that time. I still have a threadbare copy of that issue in a file cabinet.



The film was definitely an OTT "dramedy" but was definitely a commentary on the angst going on that has apparently resurfaced.