A general view shows Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas, U.S. December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge

(Reuters) - Texas A&M University has been hit with a proposed class action claiming its employment policies unlawfully discriminate against white and Asian men.

Richard Lowery, an associate professor of finance at the University of Texas at Austin, said in a complaint filed in Houston federal court on Saturday that Texas A&M's affirmative action policies bar him from getting a faculty job with the university system because he is white.

Lowery says policies adopted by the school favor women and non-Asian minorities in hiring, promotions and pay. That includes setting aside some faculty positions for members of underrepresented minority groups, according to the complaint.

"These discriminatory, illegal, and anti-meritocratic practices have been egged on by woke ideologues who populate the so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion offices at public and private universities throughout the United States," Lowery's lawyers wrote.

Laylan Copelin, vice chancellor of marketing and communications for the Texas A&M system, in a statement said it was "unusual" for Lowery to claim he could not get a job with the system when he had not applied for one.

"Our lawyers will review the lawsuit, confer with Texas A&M and take appropriate action as warranted," Copelin said.

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