Born out of the Civil Rights era, the EEOC pivots toward protecting white people

Born out of the Civil Rights era, the EEOC pivots toward protecting white people

Andrea Lucas, the Trump-appointed chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has set a new agenda for an agency that long prioritized vulnerable and underserved workers.

How Trump's EEOC is attacking DEI and emphasizing white people

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas is changing the priorities of an agency that had long focused its efforts on protecting vulnerable and underserved workers.(Elizabeth Gillis)In late February, Andrea Lucas sent a letter to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies. The Trump-appointed chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) framed it as a friendly reminder of where she stood on a hot-button issue: diversit…