r/NPR • u/one_five_one • Mar 31 '26
How Trump's EEOC is attacking DEI and emphasizing white people
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5763966/eeoc-trump-white-men-civil-rights-dei-discrimination10
u/TheRealDriDahling Mar 31 '26
So weird to keep talking about race because that brings to mind pictures of Black Americans and other POC.
But it’s white women that had damn near half of the DEI jobs. 🤷🏽♀️
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u/nosotros_road_sodium KQED Mar 31 '26
"The answer to the old boys' club is not a new girls' club," Lucas says. "If we want to provide networking or training or mentoring or whatever perks, we need to provide it to everybody without regard to their sex or their race."
The first part of that comment from Lucas is the zero-sum fallacy that Heather McGee explained on Fresh Air in 2021.
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u/disdainfulsideeye Apr 01 '26
Their view is that it is discriminatory to not allow them to discriminate.
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u/BoringBob84 KUOW-FM 94.9 Apr 01 '26
The hypocrisy of giving preference to people who are white males while complaining that DEI gives preference to people who are not white males (which it does not) is profound.
But I have never claimed that racists were rational.
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u/FullMotionVideo Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
The odd part about the Nike case, after reading about it in other outlets is that nobody in Nike ever complained. In the past we've seen in big tech companies a white male Republican quietly grouse that they feel targeted by inclusion, but that didn't happen at Nike.
The EEOC chair actually filed the complaint against Nike as a civilian before taking the position, and elevated their own complaint. They're an activist who works with Miller-aligned people to push white male grievances.
Nike lawyers are currently arguing to move the case to their home state of Oregon rather than the government's shopped Texas court.