Overview
- During the January 19 episode, Whoopi Goldberg read President Trump’s New York Times quote about white people being mistreated and aired EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas’s video inviting white male workers to file discrimination claims to recover money.
- An audience member shouted “He’s got jokes!” during the segment, drawing extended laughter before the hosts resumed their discussion.
- Sunny Hostin argued that equality can feel like oppression to those long advantaged, cited that white men were 76% of the workforce in 2023, and noted the NAACP said there is no evidence white men suffered because of the Civil Rights Act.
- Sara Haines suggested Trump may be conflating the Civil Rights Act with later policies such as affirmative action, as the panel emphasized the law’s goals like ending segregation and securing voting rights.
- Conservative outlet Newsbusters criticized the segment as dismissive of anti-white discrimination, highlighting a partisan media fight over DEI policy and the EEOC’s priorities.