Supreme Court Rules 1964 Civil Rights Act Also Protects Whites

After only 61 years, the Supreme Court unanimously declares that whites, men, and straights have civil rights, too.

One of the craziest things about America since the 1960s is that until today, nobody knew for sure if whites, men, and heterosexuals enjoyed equal rights under civil rights law or not. Federal appeals courts had ruled differently on the question. Thus, in five-twelfths of the country, whites, men, and heterosexuals were — until this morning — official legal Untermenschen when it came to the right to sue over discrimination.

From the New York Times news section:

Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit

The justices rejected an appeals court’s requirement that members of majority groups meet a heightened standard to win employment discrimination cases.

By Adam Liptak

June 5, 2025

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled in favor of a straight woman who twice lost positions to gay workers, saying an appeals court had been wrong to require her to meet a heightened burden in seeking to prove workplace discrimination because she was a member of a majority group.

The actual lawsuit is a run-of-the-mill tedious office politics discrimination case with the usual sample sizes too small to allow an outsider to get a clear perspective on the merits of the case: a straight woman sued because homosexuals were twice promoted rather than her. So, I have no interest in the specifics of the suit.

But the principle at stake — Across the nation, should whites, men, and straights finally be declared in no uncertain terms to enjoy the equal protection of the laws, same as the more privileged castes? — is monumental.

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