Lucas v. Nike: The EEOC’s Pivot From Civil Rights Enforcement to Grievance Politics
EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas is subverting the agency’s original mission to maintain the MAGA delusion that white men are oppressed in the workplace.
When the Civil Rights Act of 1964 created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, its mandate was clear: dismantle structural exclusion in American workplaces.
But under the Trump administration, fueled by what I call the “MAGA Delusion,” civil rights enforcement is being repositioned. Tools designed to confront discrimination are being redirected to amplify false white grievance.
On Dec. 17, after public attacks on corporate diversity programs framed young white men as victims, EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas released an official agency video inviting white male employees to file discrimination complaints tied to diversity initiatives.
She stated plainly: “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.”
This was not a dog whistle. It was a public signal.
Then, on Feb. 4, the EEOC filed a subpoena enforcement action against Nike in federal court in Missouri, seeking records related to alleged “reverse discrimination.”
When a federal agency created to fight anti-Black discrimination deploys its investigative power against a corporation publicly known for supporting Colin Kaepernick and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, that is not routine enforcement.
It echoes a darker precedent.
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