Coleman Hughes || The Humanity of Race

“There are very few people who have nothing of any value to say.” — Coleman Hughes

Today it’s great to have Coleman Hughes on the podcast. Coleman is an undergraduate philosophy major at Columbia University and a columnist for Quillette magazine. His writing has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, City Journal, and the Spectator.

In this episode we discuss:

• Coleman’s initial plan in life to become a trombonist
• Coleman’s early childhood education
• Coleman’s transformation of his thinking about race
• Coleman’s nuanced thoughts on intersectionality
• Why we set up a norm against racial stereotyping
• Is reverse-racism legitimate?
• How the main message of the civil rights movement is often ignored today
• Coleman’s humanistic perspective on race
• Coleman’s criticism of the woke mindset
• What makes sense about the woke mindset
• Looking at things from the perspective of police officers
• Understanding the causes of the underrepresentation of African Americans in gifted education programs
• The moral imperative to enhance cognitive development of people in the bottom of society 
• How racial categories can mislead us
• How people underrate the value of local programs and community to solve problems of racism
• Why policy shouldn’t look at racial disparities
• The important distinction between culture and race
• Why focusing on racial disparities (assuming that racial disparities are a proxy for well-being) is a mistake
• Coleman’s vision for the good society

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