Trump says civil rights were 'very bad' for white people as he flips sacred law on its head
By Phillip Nieto
Daily Mail
Jan 12, 2026
Trump said the Civil Rights Act resulted in discrimination against white men
Donald Trump believes the Civil Rights Act led to white people being 'very badly treated.'
The president bragged about his crusade to end diversity policies in America by noting the civil rights-era resulted in 'reverse discrimination' for white Americans, in an interview published on Monday.
Trump told the New York Times: 'White people were very badly treated, where they did extremely well and they were not invited to go into a university to college.
'So I would say in that way, I think it was unfair in certain cases.'
The Civil Rights Act, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, outlawed discrimination based based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
The law championed by Martin Luther King Jr. also ended segregation in schools and workplaces as well as prohibited voting repression.
Trump added, 'I think it was also, at the same time, it accomplished some very wonderful things, but it also hurt a lot of people - people that deserve to go to a college or deserve to get a job were unable to get a job. So it was, it was a reverse discrimination.'
Vice President JD Vance and other top Trump officials have urged white men to file federal complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in order to gain financial restitution.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson
The chief proponent of civil rights was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Trump on his first day in office last year signed an executive order demanding the dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices across the federal bureaucracies.
The president has compared diversity programs aimed at protecting minorities and women as incompetence and inferiority.
A key proponent of Trump's anti-DEI agenda is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) led by Chairwoman Andea Lucas.
Lucas appeared in a video last month promoting the agency's new commitment towards reviewing cases of discrimination against white men.
'Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your race or sex?' she said in a video posted to X.
'You may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws. Contact the E.E.O.C. as soon as possible. Time limits are typically strict for filing a claim.'
Historically, the commission has been the top litigator in the country for workplace discrimination, representing cases to help minorities, women and other groups for decades.
'The E.E.O.C. is committed to identifying, attacking, and eliminating ALL forms of race and sex discrimination - including against white male applicants and employees.'
2 comments:
As a White man who was told flat-out to my face by three different public agency employers that I would NOT be hired (despite testing in the top rank of all applicants) solely because I was a White male I confess to an interest in this. (That was admittedly back in the late 1960s and early 1970s.)
In 1988 I also felt the sting of Affirmative Action after Ann Richards a Democrat was elected Governor.
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