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 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.