The Trump administration is calling on white men who believe they’ve faced discrimination at work to file their complaints with a federal civil rights agency. 

In a video posted to X this week, the head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged white men to formally register their complaints with the government. “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,” EEOC chair Andrea Lucas said. 

Lucas urged white men who qualified to contact the EEOC “as soon as possible” and pointed them to the agency’s website and its explainer on “DEI-related discrimination.” “The EEOC is committed to identifying, attacking, and eliminating ALL race and sex discrimination—including against white male employees and applicants,” Lucas wrote.

The EEOC’s priorities have shifted dramatically during the second Trump administration. The EEOC, born out of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was created to protect Americans from workplace discrimination and harassment. Given its origins, the agency had a historic focus on protecting minority employees from racial discrimination. In more recent years, however, its mission has included investigations into instances of discrimination over gender, disability, age, and national origin. 

At the same time that the EEOC is collecting complaints from white men, the agency........

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