The end of race politics

[@ch1apet761]

Coleman is a gem

[@MechaJutaro]

He's dong things in reverse. He'll be a Black Nationalist in a decade

[@DrProgNerd]

“Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as ‘racists” - Thomas Sowell

[@JhonNye96]

Look at any KZbin comment section where a black person does a bad thing and compare it the comment section of a white person doing the same thing racism is alive and well

[@srijeetm]

Always impressed by how calm Coleman's demeanour is while presenting such dense ideas. Thanks for posting this talk!

[@1asdfasdfasdf]

So happy to see Nick here. Sucks what Ted Talk did to him.

[@jlljjl]

thank you Reason Mr Hughes is now on my radar. learned a number of expansive notions herein.,, plus his media presence is spot on.

[@mararainwater5290]

Thanks for posting this brilliant interview. Much appreciated.

[@chrisocony]

Black@Ted was harmed by your talk. They heard it and started weeping, breaking down. The words are so violent.

[@virtualalias]

5:30 - Wouldn't the ~worst~ system be muslim castration of slaves that would have prevented them from having children at all? EDIT: Oh snap, Coleman got me at 5:50. S'what I get for knee-jerk commenting.

[@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069]

LMFAO

[@MechaJutaro]

He's wrong also. Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan all have decent size Black populations

[@henryt4695]

​@@MechaJutarogiven the amount of slaves imported, not enough. And those 3 countries don't represent the whole of the ME.

[@chrisf2636]

@@MechaJutaroumm you might check those #’s at least on Iraq…500k-1.5M is sizable, of 43million. Many of their ancestors didn’t come as slaves.

[@MechaJutaro]

@@chrisf2636 Exactly. Many didn't come as slaves, so they weren't castrated(the way Hughes and others have asserted) and left a noticeable population of descendants

[@johnkubek4246]

Now I gotta watch Coleman’s TED talk. Streisand Effect.

[@RollingTree2]

Excellent! Thumbs up re the extreme high value of Hughes and a few others rare effort to seek out and engage opposing perspectives w/ a civil, inquisitive, steel man mentality (as opposed to a somewhat more common parody of opposition engagement consisting of very slight variance, straw man, outlier, shallow, or worst case opposition). Re Hughes comment self critiqueing his performance in objective engagement ...wonderful ...keep that self critical mentality ...but I don't think I have ever seen anyone do a better job in that respect, ...A+ in consistently giving opposition every benefit of consideration and civility, even when not returned.

[@angelomazzei2801]

Coleman is journalistic man amongst men.

[@wompa70]

My mother-in-law went to the family services division after her second husband died of agent orange cancer. She was told, “You’re white, go talk to your family.”

[@TJ_USA]

This is just marvellous.

[@ozachar]

Amazing sharp answers to all questions

[@ericrotsinger9729]

I am glad Coleman brought up Caribbean and Arab slavery. The castrations had a 80% failure rate. As a man I am not sure which is worse. To stay on subject colorblindness is achievable, I had many times in my 70 years when working on projects the end goal was number one focus which maybe just another form of tribalism. Some can't get past racism and the fact race-hustling is big business and an excuse to fail.

[@wompa70]

Wow. Once said it out loud it’s obvious. Prior to 1949, if your home was in territory lost to another country in war, you were expelled. End of story.

[@Robert-cd5zr]

How the heck is colorblindness a counter-culture movement now? Oh, how we've regressed...

[@pathacker4963]

It’s very sad.

[@bobwalsh57]

Great interview. BTW the quote Coleman gave about neither black nor white, neither Greek nor Jews…. Is straight out of Romans, written by Paul thousands of years ago. Coleman should consider adding the Bible to his required reading list. Hopefully it would bring him into the true light. Peace and blessings.

[@juniorchomsky9609]

Excellent interview!

[@JohnEP223]

24:26 : Coleman discusses his study and interpretation of the significance of MLK and his legacy.

[@kathrynchamberlin3405]

Coleman is REASON personified. And TED talks sux.

[@lanebrain55]

great interview

[@MechaJutaro]

Therein lies the fatal flaw in the notion of color blindness.... It can mean anything from "Let's pretend that we don't notice the fact that different human populations have different colors and features"(horse shit), to "Don't jump to conclusions based on someone's complexion and hair texture"

[@WhizzingFish12]

I dont think that anyone means it literally. They mean "of course I notice but it doesn't matter in one's worth or how I treat you." This is where I stand although I think a better term is "race neutral."

[@MechaJutaro]

@@WhizzingFish12 That's where I stand also. As said in my prior post though, the term is open to such a broad interpretation, it's not especially useful

[@MechaJutaro]

@@WhizzingFish12 Yep. Given that the concept has been seen as laughable since The late 60s though, there's cause to wonder if it's not more intelligent to adopt a new term, such as the one you just used... Race Neutral. Or, better yet, ask ourselves if there's even much more that we can do to reduce prejudice and bias, here in '23. I would submit no, and that doing so isn't really isn't really vital to our nations' survival

[@jam1087]

With a name like Coleman Hughes it's actually a law that he is a jazz musician

[@JonMI6]

Don’t you mean “Identity Politics”?

[@j.daniels7429]

​@BertrandHolton, if you watched the entire video, you wouldn't be asking this question.

[@CrimsonLegacy]

They forgot to capitalize the title of the video as well, so it might've been an oversight

[@j.daniels7429]

@@BertrandHolton ye, my apologies

[@annakortukov2845]

Coleman is a man I would want to see teaching in the university. We need some sense there. Republicans have to reclaim education.

[@MechaJutaro]

CH is doing things in reverse. Give it another decade, and he'll be a Black Nationalist, who's renounced everything he said in hist 20s. Something of an Anti-Shelby Steele

[@matt4887]

Faculty has tenure to safely navigate controversy, but admin doesn't have tenure so that controversy inherent to academia is riskier for them, but the controversy needs priority.

[@Lopfff]

This is like watching Han Solo interview Luke Skywalker

[@TRyan3]

ty

[@Kimani_White]

A culture of cowards is easily dominated by a small minority of bullies.

[@Bumper_jed]

End of race politics? Never ppl will never change

[@mikegray8776]

It is sad that the intellect and even-handedness of Nick Gillespie seems to be only one person deep in the Reason organisation. Too many surly and unrelatable apparatchiks amongst the current crop.

[@mustang607]

As racism waned, the woked actively waxed it.

[@jeffbeamer9882]

I guess Nick just has the one jacket then?

[@purdysanchez]

Coleman loves "honesty" except for when it can threaten his funding and influence.

[@kashkaMH1]

Say more @purdysanchez

[@purdysanchez]

@@kashkaMH1, his positions on a certain geopolitical situation run very contrary to his positions about the suppression of free speech.

[@MiaFantastic]

Racism is alive despite it being a created concept. We are all one race....you just fell for the lie. Admit it and talk about it for God's sake❤

[@aslkdjfzxcv9779]

you cant talk your way out of marxism.

[@RobBates]

@42:29 c'mon Coleman. You're better than that. Don't mischaracterize his position. I watched your debate, and you tried the same trick during the debate, and he called you out for straw manning him. Stop it.

[@maxprize829]

I can’t take NG seriously with that gimmicky fit, jewelry and haircut

[@PanhandleFrank]

Lookist …

[@pathacker4963]

That’s very superficial of you.

[@akoben]

But he supports race politics in the middle east. Hypocrite much?

[@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069]

Israel has 2 million Arab Muslims in it, and that is actually the point I hear Coleman stress most often as his defense of Israel at a fundamental level in that there are no Jews in the surrounding Arab countries.

[@akoben]

@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069 and how does that state define itself again?

[@triplea657aaa]

It's a little different when there's an actual genocide around a race... It's still not good, but sometimes there is no good.

[@markbalentine-k2t]

i could disagree with him respectfully without doing things like that hahaha

[@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069]

@@akoben I honestly don't know. But it includes millions of arabs, unlike any other nearby arab state with respect to Jews.

[@CIARUNSITE]

Painfully dry and uninspiring.

[@MechaJutaro]

Yep. I admire Hughes's courage, nonetheless he also lacks the verve and fire which draws so many folks to Intersectionality

[@VeniVidiVid]

Maybe he should try using a puppet. Or hats! Funny hats!

[@Maphics.]

You liked your own comment. Pathetic.

[@srijeetm]

Consider reading Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neal Postman