"The panel for CNN's Saturday Table For Five exploded over Vice President J.D. Vance's assertion that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies led to deliberate discrimination against white men. Host Sarah Sidner played video of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chair encouraging white men to sue their employers if they feel they've been wronged. Sidner said that not only did Vance repost the EEOC's message, he took many steps further by claiming that DEI isn't just, quote, lame diversity seminars or racial slogans."
"Did some white men get screwed over because of DEI? Probably, said panelist and comedian Paul Mecurio. Did everybody to the point where you do that was like a shyster personal injury law firm commercial, wasn't it? He continued, So this isn't correcting a systemic inequity. It's treating discrimination as symmetrical. And it's not because what you're doing is you're ignoring the imbalance of power that led to the civil rights legislation."
"Wait, hold on, Republican politician Joe Borelli interjected. Why shouldn't a white person who has been discriminated, which you just admitted is real and it has happened? Why wouldn't a white person who has been discriminated and can prove a case, or at least can bring a case? Why wouldn't they be able to sue for that? Because I think the federal government, in that kind of announcement is emboldening people that maybe don't have a claim,"
Sarah Sidner aired video of the EEOC chair encouraging white men to sue employers if they feel wronged, and noted Vice President J.D. Vance amplified that message. Vance characterized DEI as more than seminars or slogans, calling it a deliberate program of discrimination against white men. Comedian Paul Mecurio acknowledged some white men may have been harmed by DEI but argued DEI does not merely mirror systemic discrimination and warned against treating discrimination as symmetrical. Republican Joe Borelli asked why proven victims should be barred from suing, while Mecurio cautioned federal messaging may embolden weak claims.
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