White Plight

The Trump administration is helping a white, male editor sue the New York Times for discrimination.

On December 17, 2025, Andrea R. Lucas, Donald Trump’s pick for chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency formed in 1964 to enforce civil rights law in the workplace, posted a video of herself on X. “Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your race or sex?” Lucas, wearing a red blazer and sitting at a wooden desk, asked. “You may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws.” Her agency, she continued, is “committed to identifying, attacking, and eliminating all race and sex discrimination—including against white male applicants and employees.” Lucas, a Republican, urged white men with claims to “contact the EEOC as soon as possible.”