Overview
- EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas posted a video inviting white male employees and job applicants who believe they faced race- or sex-based bias to contact the agency and consider filing claims.
- The agency directed potential complainants to act quickly because of charge-filing deadlines and published a one-page explainer describing what DEI-related discrimination can entail.
- Vice President J.D. Vance amplified the message on X, characterizing DEI as discrimination against white men and pointing to actions the administration says it has taken against DEI funding and staffing.
- Addressing concerns about severance agreements, Lucas said documents cannot legally bar participation in EEOC processes and noted the agency can pursue class actions even if individuals waived some monetary claims.
- Coverage referenced outside reports and data, including a Compact Magazine analysis alleging hiring disadvantages for white millennial men and Pew and Labor Department figures on education and earnings patterns.