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Trump's EOCC chair says "perpetual victim complex" isn't the answer to discrimination

May 27, 2026
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“Are you going to say that the solution is a perpetual victim complex?” At the Fortune Workplace Summit, EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas claimed that addressing historical discrimination should not require "present discrimination," arguing that that approach creates “an endless cycle” of oppression and power struggles. “That is an ugly version of our country because it begets discrimination after discrimination after discrimination,” Lucas said.