Perhaps a lawsuit filed on May 5 by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the storied New York Times will mark the beginning of the end for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). A 12-year employee of the Gray Lady, an unidentified white male, filed a complaint in 2025, alleging that he had been passed over for a promotion to the editorial staff because of his ethnicity. If the man’s claim is proven to be true, The Times will have violated the employee’s civil rights, which is what the EEOC is charging. And if the agency’s legal action against the paper is successful, the repercussions are potentially far-reaching – particularly in left-wing-dominated sectors such as the media industry, entertainment, and academia.
According to the EEOC, the employee was excluded from a final shortlist of candidates for an editorial position that included “a white woman, a Black man, an Asian female and a multiracial female.” According to a New York Post report, the position apparently called for someone with real estate news experience, which the white male applicant had. The job ultimately went to the “multiracial” female who was “less qualified.”
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