Why Is TED Scared of Color Blindness?

[@ColemanHughesOfficial]

Pre-order my book: "The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America" - bit.ly/48VUw17

[@stevebutkovic3365]

I'm getting a broken link but not sure if it might be my location (Europe)

[@bozomonster]

. @stevebutkovic3365 Same here in The US. I hope he's just changing websites

[@MSHembree]

still a broken link. Awesome speaker, thank you for your hard work Coleman!

[@JCpNK]

A black man speaking against racism can’t be tolerated in this society. Thank you for being brave and truthful

[@niroc]

I am in a state of despair at our current anti-intellectualism. Keep up the good work Coleman.

[@TheEncouragementKid]

i second that

[@1DangerMouse1]

Yeah me too. It's authoritarianism.

[@twoshedsjohnson8540]

This is nothing more than white guilt run amok. Seems from Coleman's telling that things were on schedule to go when the Blacks at TED put their foot down...and the whites at the top took their orders and showed their gutless nature. This nonsense has infected the corporate world.

[@brianmeen2158]

It’s very hard for me to grasp what is actually going on .

[@Swatta637]

Haha, keep up the hope. Hopefully it's a phase that within the next 5-20 years we'll move out of. But I feel ya.

[@rodrigoserafim8834]

It's so insane that a small group of employees gets to have so much power over a huge organization, not by means of their competence, but instead by the volume of their complaints.

[@dmr6390]

such a great comment. The cowardice of leadership in a lot of these organizations drives me insane. It's leadership caving to a few loud people. All they have to do is stand up to it and it will be shut down. These people are CHILDREN

[@jfkst1]

It's a much larger group than most westerners will admit.

[@cwr8618]

f ted. just stop watching it. orgs who operate like this are garbage. i won't tune into another ted episode.

[@dmr6390]

@@jfkst1 Do you have any data backing that up? All polling seems to indicate that "woke" things like the term Latin-X, Defunding the police, etc all poll horribly with the public.

[@jeffswingdancer8302]

Anyone that is in a "protected group" can throw tantrums, bully and threaten people without consequences. People that enrage the woke have also been victims of financial attacks where bank, or PayPal, accounts were closed. They aren't satisfied with power over an organization. Their goal is power over all of society. It sounds alarmist, but those people aren't finished with their project.

[@gor764]

I never thought I would see the day where a black man would be censored and admonished for speaking to a public audience against judging others on the color of their skin. What decade is it?

[@brianmeen2158]

I know as I feel the same way - it’s so backwards . I thought our goal was to work towards color blindness

[@gor764]

@@brianmeen2158 The abolitionists and Civil Rights activists had us bamboozled all along, I guess. *sarcasm*

[@fireturkeyfly11]

Racism is never about black and white. The current policies of racism always ensure people in the society are split and not stand united. Anyone: black, white, green or yellow, that is influential and bringing in a discussion to unite people will be stemmed down.

[@denisl2760]

the 20s....

[@rewrose2838]

​@@denisl2760Ah, they are very committed about the whole history repeating itself part.

[@slothhq1929]

This is honestly scary. How can an idea that is a philosophy against racism, be treated so taboo.

[@JustSomeWeirdo]

Because they support racism.

[@GusOfTheDorks]

Hey, welcome to the culture war. The answer to your question is "The death cult known as socialism." Personaly Id suggest running as far away from "the left" (trademark) as possible since they only really seem to be good at false rape claims and street crime.

[@floridaman6982]

What else could they justify suppressing?

[@radicalcentrist7456]

Likely because neoliberal antiracism has become a perverse form of religion for the irreligious. Too many have become too invested at this point to go back.

[@billyray2150]

They're racist. That's it. They benefit from the status quo and don't trust black people who threaten to disrupt that status quo by asserting countervailing opinions. It's not complicated.

[@Michael_1138]

This might be a hot take, but TED has never been intellectually rigorous. They epitomize style over substance.

[@serpentines6356]

I agree. There was one several years back that was quite fascinating though. The brain scientist who had a stroke, and since it was her field she was trying to analyze it while she was going through it! She was a kick!

[@SlightlyOverripeAvocado]

You said it better than I could.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Thats because they are just trying to spread Marxism. They are intellectually disingenuous.

[@boodge.]

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[@Korea-Lens]

And everybody clapped

[@yanperchuk1]

The era of anti-intellectualism and pathetic submission to virtue signaling. Thank you for being the megaphone of reason, Coleman!!

[@TheWhitehiker]

Not so much 'anti-intellectualism' as doctrinaire woke censorship.

[@jordandthornburg]

It’s spiritual man, that’s why. It isn’t about rationality at all.

[@NameSpaceVoid]

People have been blowing the whistle about how cult like these people are for a long time now, not sure why he's surprised. TED elite have an agenda and are not going to support you if rock the boat on their group think. Marketing themselves as intellectuals just gives the appearance of taking the high road. They're no different than any one else and are not going to "agree to disagree".

[@ninadaly7639]

Anti-intellectualism??? Oh, you mean voluntary ignorance, stupidity.

[@user-hy4xz1qt9h]

Lol you only see what you want. How about the many cases of manipulation of research data, faking experiments etc. This is only anti-intellectual to you because you have your on views on what you subscribe to

[@npc-np7dc]

Consistently in awe of how Coleman manages to stay so calm, clear and concise in the face of blatant bad faith

[@Zombiphobia]

a cool mind is the deadliest weapon against fanaticism

[@brek5]

Yes, this is exactly what we (as a society, not a political team of any sort) need.

[@ninadaly7639]

And he’s 27!!!!n

[@ChristianToth-uv1nv]

you mean racism? its abject racism from white to a black person...its dictionary definition. however they will deny it as racism...but it is so that actually proves that they are not crusading against racism because if they were taking a stand against racism, there would be no exclusion criteria for a black person under any circumstance.

[@brek5]

@@ChristianToth-uv1nv Are you AI? Fix the algorithm. This makes no sense in this context.

[@michelep6300]

I can't think of another soul who could have so effectively exposed TED Talks' hypocrisy. BRAVO, Coleman Hughes, and THANK you.

[@neoflyboy]

You are white. Flag as hate speech. There is something called historical reconstruction laws, and if discrimination goes up, it shows that diversity and inclusion laws are working correctly, generating pressure. When power starts diversifying to all races, obviously the race relation is gonna go down momentarily, because privilegiests are losing ground. The solution is always invest in education of the old ways. Flag as hate speech, this doesn't belong in youtube. Attacking himself profiting his skin color to attack a historical fight for freedom, all for personal gains, to have some views, clicks and being a "TED talker". Flag it.

[@secondchance6603]

When I saw the one with the female defending pedophiles I was done.

[@EveloGrave]

I was born and raised in California. Grew up in a town that at the time was roughly 30% Asian American, 65% White American, 5% Other. Growing up I was raised color-blind. The cultural differences between the sects of whites and asian americans I never thought of as cultural differences, just gow people in their family do things. Reflecting on it now I recall going to friends houses and seeing cultural traditions from: Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, itallian, Jewish, German (me), Russian, Australian, Mexican, Irish (my bestie), and Greek. I am sure I experienced others but those are more in my core memories. I miss the days and am frankly excited to see someone supporting color-blindness. When I moved to go to college I was told to leave for bringing up color-blindness because it was considered racist. I think the biggest irk I have is cultural appropriation discussions. I am almost certain that is because I grew up seeing people and their families at barbecues, birthdays, and sleep overs, not how this culture or type of people do things.

[@neoflyboy]

Flag as hate speech. There is something called historical reconstruction laws, and if discrimination goes up, it shows that diversity and inclusion laws are working correctly, generating pressure. When power starts diversifying to all races, obviously the race relation is gonna go down momentarily, because privilegiests are losing ground. The solution is always invest in education of the old ways. Flag as hate speech, this doesn't belong in youtube. Attacking himself profiting his skin color to attack a historical fight for freedom, all for personal gains, to have some views, clicks and being a "TED talker". Flag it.

[@ChenBen-y6n]

there was never a time without racism in america

[@Broseftoast]

Think I was fortunate enough like you to have a similar childhood, lots of friends all from different races/ethnicities. I get what you’re saying man. I think a lot of these people supposedly fighting for “equality” are those that have never grown up, even exposed to or just been around any other people than their own race.

[@davidryder3374]

As a teacher in a large city public school system, I was chastised when I told a racial sensitivity training instructor that I don't pay any attention to race when operating in my classroom. I judge the kids solely on whether they come to my class prepared and eager to learn.

[@andrewgreeb916]

I got something like that for openly asking a diversity teacher why he wasted an hour of our time to try to make us more racist

[@1865Highst]

Oh, the public school system (where I also work as a teacher) is absolutely a conquered province. But that really should come as no surprise considering their mandate.

[@ASNS117Zero]

Dated a chick who was in public education once, briefly. She basically believed in a philosophy that was more or less a reimagined version of segregation combined with concept of the "white man's burden", dressed up in terms to make it look altruistic toward ethnic minorities. The most amazing feat that progressives ever did, was convincing the general public that they're the one's who aren't bigoted, and that their opponents are the one's who are, while pretty much using the bigoted ideas of yesteryear with some limp wristed changes of language to disguise it.

[@Pixie1001.]

Ok, but there is some useful data there. Kids brought up in different cultures often learn differently. Now obviously, someone's race isn't a surefire way of knowing what their home life is like or how they were raised, but it is a pretty good indicator. If you just ignore those differences, and only see one version of 'ready to learn' then you might not be helping your class as much as you could.

[@orppranator5230]

@@Pixie1001.Under what circumstances, exactly, does a kid get an inferior education by being expected to be prepared and eager to learn? It’s one thing for them to be continuously abused by bad parents, or parent, but that is a problem that is unfixable by a teacher in school. I’d actually argue that that expectation in school may be the best thing that the school can do for such a student.

[@limop20]

the fact that something like "a safe space for people who identify as black" (ignoring the fact that only black people are allowed to identify as black, which makes identifying unnecessary) exists in Canda, US or western nations for that matter, is simply absurd. Even more at a company like TED. Quite sad and definitely more than one step backwards.

[@markpostgate2551]

What do you mean, only black people are allowed to identify as black? That's gatekeeping that is!.~ 😉 Lol, wouldn't it be wild if "black at TED" is just a bunch of white college kids with dreadlocks and kente cloth "identifying" as black?!

[@hope-cat4894]

​@@markpostgate2551We've been inching closer and closer to trans-racialism for a while now. 😆

[@La0bouchere]

Honestly, going by the logic of the self ID stuff for trans, identifying as black should be valid for anyone to do. We should embrace this, start telling people "I'm actually black, I was just assigned white at birth" just to see how many people go along with the absurdity. If it ends up being like the trans movement, trans-black white people will be seen as a more oppressed minority than actual black people.

[@dava00007]

This is their way of doing "separate but equal" and other segregation policies in a polite manner. If the black employees go and segregate themselves inside their safe space the white employees will not have them around! I feel bad just writing this.

[@MrMcSwiftface]

Yeah the regressives have a lot to answer for!

[@TheJustina102085]

Coleman did an excellent job. I use to LOVE TED, but lately their content is clearly being influenced by woke ideology. I have no issue with that content being on TED, but very rarely do I find any countering narratives at this point or even good old fashion STEM. Btw: the fact TED needs a “safe place for black employees” is laughable!!! God the narcissism behind identity politics...as for the censorship, it just proves what we already know in that “we need to have a conversation” trope is just total BS.

[@La0bouchere]

It's "people who identify" as black, not just actual black people lol. I wonder if some white employees have tried getting into it by self ID

[@lkae4]

TED was always empty calories, politically correct, pseudo-intellectual emotionalism. Sorry not sorry.

[@jimplamondon637]

@@ljb7179: I wish woke ideology would disappear!

[@Doutsoldome]

"We need to have a conversation" translates to "you should listen quietly and accept everything I say without questioning."

[@sdrc92126]

@@jimplamondon637 It's a religion. -Voegelin

[@neondystopian]

I was raised in the 80s and 90s and taught to be color-blind. Modern society terrifies me. It's like we've gone backwards, literally and figuratively, and I may have to participate in some kind of actual war to fix things.

[@robotnoir5299]

No. You were taught to not be racist. Color-blindness is an eye-condition that you either have or you don't. It's not something you can be "taught".

[@neondystopian]

@@robotnoir5299 ignore that last reply. I read your comment too quickly and didn't notice the word "not" LOL

[@robotnoir5299]

@@neondystopian No worries. You made your corrections before I noticed you comment, so we're all good.

[@AudreyfromParis]

Same here. Agree 100%

[@VillainViran]

My first day in uni they had the boys split off to attend a lecture about how like 3/4 of us would sexually harass someone by the time we graduate. That we were like latent criminals, and that we shouldn't be bad. It was disgusting. Later on in most of my classes we'd spend weeks on Trump and sociopolitical trash that had nothing to do with the material. We had assigned seating based on sex, race, income, disability, sexuality, etc. I wrote a paper in opposition to the author of a book we read which proposed pursuit of happiness as a model to follow. I was asked to step out and was spoken to like i was ill. Rather than nostalgic crazy street "pastors" talking about end of days, there were zoomers and millennials barking about how we're already sinners and need to make up for it. I dropped out and was a mess for so long. I recently returned but it's only worse, i was a canary in a coal mine. I'm going to try transferring to another school which i heard isn't like this at all.

[@gonja5954]

That's crazy man. I feel bad for youth in universities today

[@taintwasher3703]

Not going to call out your uni by name?

[@VillainViran]

@taintwasher3703 what's the point, man? Dissent is the minority. I used to walk around with a biography of Stalin as backup whenever I read Peterson lol people would confront you about him. After enough shutting up and keeping your head down you feel you don't belong and leave. They won, at least locally. I heard a nearby college refused any of this happening, but I'm not sure. The process to be accredited is corrupt so I don't know how free a school today can really be

[@IamFrancoisDillinger]

I was in my mid-30s when I went to college, so there were moments when I had to shake my head, but a lot of it also has to do with your major. I did Computer Science, so most of what we constantly heard had to do with Women in tech and minorities in tech, but other than that, not too much. IDK what your major is, but STEM doesn't have it quite as bad, though things tend to be heading that direction since math is now racist.

[@VillainViran]

@@IamFrancoisDillinger was business management.

[@finnmccool1591]

It's remarkable the extent to which SocJus has revealed how impressionable, easily bullied, and ultimately spineless the heads of these institutions and organizations really are.

[@brianmeen2158]

The cowardice is truly astounding

[@patrickgomes15]

White guilt is alive and well!

[@patrickgomes15]

Okay, the cowardice too. :-)

[@serpentines6356]

Boy, ain't that the truth. Spineless dweebs. They are feeding the totalitarian vampires. I just posted a comment regarding that. Most people have to work on that one.

[@DailyPolemics]

People don't become intellectuals because they deal with aggression well. They become intellectuals because they believe in rationality, which is like the Queensbury Rules for argumentation.

[@BradSamuelsPro]

The fact that they're suppressing your points rather than refuting them just underscores how wrong they are and how right you are.

[@sifridbassoon]

I stopped watching TED talks several years ago. Thanks for giving me yet another reason to avoid them. I'm sorry for what you went through. It's despicable. Just know that there are millions of us who support you.

[@1Mutton1]

Yeah, I stopped ages ago. They were always just reiterating progressive talking poins.

[@MeOhMyOh2324]

Same

[@PancakeProduct]

TED is out of touch with reality.

[@stevedurrant6112]

Ted talks are pointless now. They are not about truth, they are more about WEF agenda enforcement

[@sczygiel]

Same here. Early TEDs were interesting. Then a wave of BS and garbage was posted there. for me and many others TED is now low quality noise. The guy showing how to wash hands and save paper, many TEDx-es. So much garbage...

[@brkbtjunkie]

When the demand for racism exceeds the supply. What really is crazy is the emphasis society has on “feelings” and “being upset” over logic and reasoning.

[@carolthedabbler2105]

"When the demand for racism exceeds the supply" -- what an apt way of putting it!

[@Mythraen]

I'm wondering how much effort you've put into understanding the viewpoint of those that are against the "color-blind" viewpoint. Perhaps the amount of effort is none, and you're just stereotyping them because they disagree with you?

[@CMP-st5wh]

@Mythraen it's quite easy to understand.

[@Mythraen]

@@CMP-st5wh Said by someone who understands very little, based on your contribution to the other thread.

[@brkbtjunkie]

@@Mythraen please enlighten me, I’m all ears (or eyes, rather).

[@TheBreadPirate]

I thought this would be about literal color blindness (my father is color blind so I think about it often). But I stayed for the discussion cause you are eloquent and captured my attention. I'm sorry you had to go through so many hoops! I'm gonna watch the TED Talk now to support you.

[@s_don57683]

It’s funny because Adam Grant literally released a book called “Think Again” which has a core message about “listening to others opinion”. Now we know that the book was about everyone that disagreed with him to think again and see things from his perspective.

[@NuncNuncNuncNunc]

Hughes ignored the conclusions of the meta-analysis which contradict his own beliefs, so I'm not sure he's really some kind of intellectual hero.

[@robinheinemann1740]

​@@NuncNuncNuncNuncnot suprised by the conclusion differing from the collected data, "The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself" has become a mantra is social sciences where results get interpreted what ever way the person politicial leaning goes. There is more and more evidence comming to light how common faking data in social sciences as a whole has become all to common with cases like Harvard's Francesca Gino and Marc Tessier-Lavigne showing that the whole system has become corrupt.

[@Betcsbirds]

It's time for us to call TED talks out on this en masse. Coleman is one of the most intelligent, eloquent and thoughtful speakers I've ever heard. It's ludicrous that this has happened.

[@serpentines6356]

I agree! Send letters to TED!

[@Crunkmastaflexx]

if only we could see his face before ;)

[@dougcross800]

thank you for doing this. TED is captured. I was loving TED in the beginning but over the past 5 years i've stayed away from their talks.

[@Endless_Jaguar]

So, there's a hunger for alternatives to TED? That would be a good way for some young kids to make their mark. 😈

[@jodycwilliams]

It’s been downhill for closer to a decade. Pretty sad what has become of it. TED used to be thought provoking even when you disagreed with it. These days, it is more often than not emotion provoking to push a political message more than science and facts.

[@dougcross800]

hey Corey - you are right. they have deleted this comment below: OOL @ dougcross800 - yyyyyyep. Any organization that is wired into Western academia will, shall, must reflect the prevailing ideology. They can dress it up as they please, but on any issue that has ideological/political implications, conformity is required. I say this as a lifelong liberal American democrat.

[@Danioton]

The necessary and ethical first step solution is for TED to fire all of the employees who demanded the suppression of Coleman's TED talk.

[@Pizzaplease477]

Dude you’re so smart. Great job navigating all this nonsense! You Rock

[@John-mn7op]

This is appalling behavior by TED, and I hope they’ll find a way to make it right. I don’t want to have to roll my eyes every time I see the name “TED” from now on.

[@serpentines6356]

Well, we all better at least send a letter to TED and let them know what we are saying here.

[@traypaquette7887]

I walked away from ted a few years ago

[@alicedoors4826]

You're missing the point. It isn't about this one situation, it's clearly a culture. Everything you see on TED will have gone through this filter, the people that work there can only handle certain ideas.

[@MD-zm6sn]

Yeah this is very old news haha.

[@thadmatson4754]

Perhaps it will reach the “lofty air” of the Nobel Prize

[@maxpbeaumont]

I hope this goes viral. Important message from you, Coleman. You're handling yourself with incredible poise and courage. Keep it up man.

[@89qwyg9yqa34t]

"His case for colorblindness is contradicted by an extensive body of rigorous research." Reminds me of when they talk about Rowling's anti-trans stance on Reddit. There's link upon link and when you look at them directly, it almost seems evident that literally nobody has ever once clicked on them. We in the United States of America are violently allergic to reality. -- both progressive and conservative.

[@kronk358]

Color blindness strips them of their victim status

[@justmyopinion9883]

Colorblindness would take away White privilege. So, it will never be acceptable in the USA.

[@StarchieSkizzyx]

Good for Tim Urban for standing up for you. Shame on TED for what they put you through. Good for you for this calm analysis and explanation. I just subscribed to you to support you. Keep fighting the good fight!

[@gagestandingready1472]

This is insane. My "Indigenous" arse has lived 48 years believing in color blindness!!

[@serpentines6356]

Uh, oh, "you racist you". Join the club! 😁

[@peterbrown6387]

Coleman deserves 10 million views!

[@geoplaten337]

What a disgusting indictment of TED this is. Thanks for sharing, Mr. Hughes, you deserve better.

[@neoflyboy]

No, TED did right. He is betraying TED as he betrayed people, specially black fellas. Flag as hate speech. There is something called historical reconstruction laws, and if discrimination goes up, it shows that diversity and inclusion laws are working correctly, generating pressure. When power starts diversifying to all races, obviously the race relation is gonna go down momentarily, because privilegiests are losing ground. The solution is always invest in education of the old ways. Flag as hate speech, this doesn't belong in youtube. Attacking himself profiting his skin color to attack a historical fight for freedom, all for personal gains, to have some views, clicks and being a "TED talker". Flag it.

[@joedennehy386]

You are 100% correct. Colour blindness is ideal. But it doesn't go far enough these days, there is a new definition of racism, that has nothing to do with racism

[@npc2153]

Reminds me of communism.

[@WhyGodby]

​@@npc2153communism in Marxs view is not racist against anyone but Jewish people. He was incredibly antisemitic. Other than that Marxist thought especially post Marx is THE most tolerant ideology. From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs No caveats on race, religion, language, gender

[@pepperonipizza8200]

Racism really has become “whenever someone I don’t like does something”. As long as your red string is long enough to connect something to race, everything can be racist.

[@Mythraen]

I'm curious. With a ton of systemic racism in place in the United States, how can we justify not seeing race? It's like saying you can just go around ignoring the hardships black people face because you don't recognize that they're black people. See, not seeing color would be ideal in a society wherein there were no systems in place which now or previously (and through imbalanced inheritance, continue to) benefit white people over black people, but we don't live in that society.

[@orppranator5230]

@@WhyGodby Communism sought to take down all who had power and privilege, except communists don’t primarily attribute those two things to race and whiteness, but wealth instead. Regardless of race, as you pointed out. It’s also worth pointing out that modern feminism is also the same, except it’s about gender instead of race or wealth. Feminism is gender communism. These are very similar concepts.

[@Marcel-dx5hl]

You confirmed my impression on the TED becoming actively leaning towards the extreme left (wokism); I reach that impression just by browsing the titles and subjects af so many TED talks of the last 5 years. You clearly explain its mechanism and its internal well-hidden policies.

[@jasondashney]

You are correct. I used to love these talks. Now every time something comes across as a suggestion for me it’s always about social justice. There used to be awesome talks on new technologies, or the amount of sugar in school lunches or whatever, but now it’s almost entirely Woke.

[@falsepanda2981]

I'd caution against thinking in vaguely defined terms. There are undoubtedly idiots, but they are varied both in how they behave and how they are best handled. As such, using terms that describe what the people in question are actually doing is important for retaining clarity when making judgments. "Woke", "left", "right", "fascist" - all have been used in such divergent manners single, they don't have any single, clear meaning, so what you mean by that can very easily be misinterpreted by other people who have seen them used differently.

[@thelandofmatt]

Rumi once wrote, raise your words, not your voice, it’s the rain that grows the flower not the thunder. Coleman is the epitome of this virtuous piece of wisdom. I’m always so impressed with him.

[@Sam-kp7ti]

This is the REAL man, he is transparent and wanting to have debates in the open, not behind closed doors, where emotion and hate dictates outcomes. Love this man!

[@MajorMumwett]

That's why he was censored in Canada

[@stephen6851]

I can’t believe that in this day and age you have to make a stand and argue for and defend the idea of treating individuals equally regardless of their race

[@jwenting]

it started in the 1980s. They started the racial quotas favouring blacks back then in all kind of things, like forcing companies to hire 50% blacks in areas where the black population was only 10%. And to give it a veneer of being moral and ethical called it "positive discrimination" rather than what it really is: discrimination against anyone who's not black, aka black supremacism. And it's only got worse since. In the early 1990s my father (and his company) were sued by the government for "not employing enough black people" (in specific, high paying, positions within the company). The SOLE reason the case was grudgingly dismissed by the judge was that my father went to the trouble of submitting ALL graduation records for the required (by law) education for that job from the last decade in the country, which showed not a single black person had graduated with the legally required degree to be hired in that time frame, IOW it was impossible for them to hire a black person for the job as none such existed!

[@JohnLeidegren]

I hate that I'm here because of the controversy but I'm glad to have found you, your channel and content. Thank you.

[@dr.a4707]

Thank you Coleman -- a very thoughtful, dispassionate and fact-based account of corporate hypocracy at TED. Regrettably, the cult of woke is cutting a rather wide path through this society and has sadly become engrained in many of our institutions. I will make a point to view your initial talk, as well as your debate. Your candor and your courage to push back here are certainly appropriate and very admirable qualities. BTW, as you may be aware, Jonathan Haidt and his Heterodox Academy speak to this idiological clash with extensive research data and a unique clarity of mind. You may take some comfort in the thought that many moderates, classic liberals, and thoughtful social scientists generally support your ideas. Not all of us have checked our brains at the door, nor have we all gone over to the dark side. All the best, Dr. A

[@vkevpe]

So sorry Coleman. You’re so thoughtful. It just makes me angry as hell to think that Ted is full of such cowards. It’s very equitable cowardice, exclusive cowardice, diverse cowardice. When will this age of intolerance end?!?

[@sdrc92126]

They're not cowards, they're religious fanatics and on a crusade from God. Change my mind

[@joythought]

​@@sdrc92126why would we bother changing a mind that is closed. 100% agree with the original post's statement. This assumed consent around a genuine conversation that hasn't been allowed to happen is sad. It is good to see there are a lot of people ready for more good faith conversations around different topics. Advantage and disadvantage can take many forms. The key is we want to build a society that maximizes safety, opportunity and expressiveness/freedom across the board. A society that cannot tolerate diversity of ideas has fallen into tyranny.

[@serpentines6356]

​@@sdrc92126 They are cowards - the ones not standing up to the anti-free speech totalitarians that is.

[@sdrc92126]

@@joythought Being in a society [or group] that cannot tolerate diversity of ideas is a sign that you belong to a cult. It's why the censorship happens. Cults are totalistic

[@PhilipBaker-sf4yv]

​@@sdrc92126they are on a mission from the Devil

[@Subgenrelol]

Something really interesting about the actual presentation was that Coleman got a huuuuuge applause at the end. It’s like you could almost hear the sigh of relief that someone was expressing what they believe but are afraid to say

[@healingcreationsmandalaart5056]

So sad to see this happening. I used to be a librarian and organised many TEDx events in Ireland. Both bodies appeared impartial at the time. Not so any more. It’s awful to witness it unfold. Looking forward to listening to your talk Coleman.

[@chipwilliams6170]

Obviously you’re on the right track if they don’t want you heard!!!! Big up coleman

[@nparakh]

Guys please share this and let your friends know about this -- Coleman is a rare voice talking sense about race relations. You'd expect better from TED leadership but like most other institutions, an offended minority that doesn't agree with other points of view imposes its dictate even on CEOs sigh

[@GusOfTheDorks]

From thos of us who have been waist deep in this muck for a decade, its not a small group of employees that did this. Its a group of well funded corperations, activist organizations, and investments groups that have extreme levels of control. That control of course given to them by people who kept assuming the government could solve problems.

[@pepperonipizza8200]

I wouldn’t be shocked if the CEO has similar opinions. But his contractual obligations prevent him from doing anything. So he just uses his workers as a scapegoat.

[@donnadavis3649]

The fact that these pseudo-intellectual Black conservatives have massive platforms that serve white supremacy is wild. Thank goodness Ted shut down this fuckery. Whew chile!

[@bumblecrumb]

I love your drive for clarity and to have questions answered. In your corner!

[@CKtheCam]

Appreciate you for your voice and intellect, brother. Truly. I'm not much older than you but wish I was as wise as you are when I was your age. I'll be looking forward to your book.

[@disf5178]

After 2 years as a Sociology major at a California college, I realized that the ideological and dogmatic nature of the coursework was NOT GOING AWAY. I found that the most enthusiastic and highly credentialed professors shared a similar background. White and relatively young, from small towns in well-off, monocultural neighborhoods. Any pushback, let alone thoughts and ideas that I offered based on books by Sowell and others, and my own experience growing up in low income, and highly diverse neighborhoods of 70's-80's San Francisco, were quickly shut down. I hoped as I progressed I would "earn" the right to challenge some of the theories. At least have a dialog. As well, question some of the research conducted to reach some of these theories. For example, I know (from experience) that a Psychologist/Sociologist spending time working with prisoners, might mistake rapport/relationships with peer acceptance. They will conduct their research asking questions of inmates without much consideration of their motivations and manipulative nature. I won't say every inmate was disingenuous in their responses, or that the studies were all flawed, but it's very easy to understand what a researcher in this setting wants to hear, or what type of responses might work in favor in the perception of an inmate. To avoid going on and on, I think Sociologists are mostly ideological academics who seem to have a savior complex. Perhaps some issues as well with their own identities and a desire to be part of a subculture or community they have romanticized. And, they're probably in fear. Of the WOKE MOB I dropped Sociology. I don't outright denounce it, as I think understanding the history of social structures, hierarchies, oppression, etc, etc, has definite merit. Understanding Marxism for example, has value. But to think Sociologists have the sway over academia, society, policy.. that they decide what ideas are worth sharing/hearing- It's frightening.

[@Mateo-et3wl]

Sociology, along with schools of ed, is pretty much the bottom of the intellectual barrel. It's barely a legitimate discipline, and practically speaking it's made up of by some of the stupidest people in academia. You did the right thing

[@serpentines6356]

Enjoyed reading your thoughts on the matter. That's too bad. We need people like you in these "sciences". I thought you were going to say these guys were open to various thoughts, ideas, etc. I loved Psych, Sociology in College. Didn't major in them but they are high interests. Went to college ages ago, and wish I could jettison people like you to experience "the good old days", when college was liberal, and open-minded. The word "offended", well, NEVER ever would have crossed our minds, unless someone truly insulted us, or our mother. Hope you find your niche anyway.

[@brolan5150]

This is really sad to hear. My daughter is a junior in high school and it's unclear how to navigate college at this juncture.

[@donk8961]

Those who can, do. those who can't, teach. those who can't teach teach gym, and those who can't do, teach, or demonstrate a push-up do social sciences.

[@cinderheart2720]

I got a sociology degree and now I have nothing to do with it. Turns out every job that can use it wants a masters. I don't want to learn a skill just to turn around and teach it, feels meaningless. I wanted to go into Sociology to understand how societies work! I learned nothing of the sort.

[@temporaryscars]

Pretty wild how I grew up in a time where color-blindness was pushed as the ethical path, and now I'm called a racist for following that path. I almost feel like I was set up to fail in a no-win situation.

[@jackminghoff8437]

It's so weird how it is so contrary to what we were taught and raised to believe.

[@sortof3337]

You sound like nazi childrens in 1946. "How am I supposed to accept that everybody is equal? How do I accept we are children of evil and were taught to be?" uuuugggh. Its not a no win situtation, don't be a dick, be a decent human being. Don't hate people and know that racism is more about socio economic conditions and capitalists trying to divide us on economic and racial lines than the color of our skin.

[@jwenting]

same here. "Racism" is now defined as "not being black supremacist".

[@neglectfulsausage7689]

They tell you to be colorblind if you're white and looking at yourselves. They tell you to be colorist, if you're looking at non-whites and how you need to support them. They say its only fair if blacks have special accomodations, greater access to schools, greater access to financial resources, and freebies. They say its only natural for blacks, latinos, and all other non-whites to collectivize under race. To look out for each other solely because of skin color and gene sharing. They tell you that race isn't real, and that whites aren't real. They tell you that there's nothing special about belonging to an ethnic group if you're wrhite. They tell you that if you identify as white you should become a white traitor and dismantle whiteness to live in solidarity with other ethnic groups. They tell you that the idea of maintaining white ethnic group is racist. They tell you that non-white ethnic groups need money so their individuals, and through them their groups, can thrive. They tell you that there was no vaccine mandate to derank whites access to shots. They tell you tucker carlson lied about white exclusion for the shots. They tell you not to read the articles on cnn or affiliate news sites for NBC and CBS which detail how numerous hospitals told whites not to get shots. They tell you that we shouldn't live in a world where hard work exists, because that's whiteness. They tell you that we shouldn't live in a world where meritocracy matters, because it holds back non-whites. They tell you that whites should be wealth taxed (like the N's did to the Js in 1941), because those are ill gotten gains of white privilege so we need a reckoning. They tell you that theres no plan to replace white ethnic groups despite the attempts to move masses of non-whites to white countries like england and america. They tell you that whites aren't being endangered at an ethnic level by a continued transfer of wealth from whites to non-whites through taxation and free stuff. They tell you that whites just arent having enough babies because they don't feel like they have the money to have a baby. They tell you that systemic racism is when a purportedly non-racist policy has disproportionate impact on one ethnic group or racial group compared to another. They tell you that taxation which disproportionately pulls from whites to pay for non-whites isn't systemic racism designed to reduce white survival, while they tell you that laws which are colorblind but impact non-whites more reduce non-white survival. They tell you that there is no anger or hate against whites while they read Whiteness Not My Idea and the deal with the devil whites made for power over all others, just like the N words of WW2 stated of the J words. They tell you that they are only seeking to be treated fairly while saying whites should give up their territories because resistance to it is racist,while they decry all times in which whites took territories from other ethnic groups in spite of their protests. They are playing to win for their ethnic genetic group. You are not. The tolerant always are wiped out by the intolerant. When I heard the FAA nominee say "I want the future of america to look less white", I understood these people. They are filled with hatred toward your very existence. They dont want whites in politics in white countries, but they sure want blacks to represent the black majority in black countries. Open your eyes and your mind. The liberalism will wear off if you read this daily and remind yourself of exactly how they're behaving. These aren't people looking for equal treatment. They're looking for subjugation under the claim "its just fairness".

[@robotnoir5299]

I grew up when color-blindness referred to people who perceived hues differently, as proven with an Ishihara test. And then weirdos hijacked the term, while REAL color-blind people screamed "No" and "Stop" but were ignored. And as predicted, now the name of my disability is a slur. That's just great.

[@kimberlytilley3427]

Important ideas and courageous people are so often a threat to small minds. I’m glad you see this for what it is and that you’re speaking out. Thank you, Coleman!

[@roysokolowski7234]

I was called a racist by family members, over not supporting the BLM riots. Being called a racist has become meaningless, when anyone who believes something different from race hustlers is labeled a "racist". Wear it as a badge of honor, the more flak you receive, the closer to the target you are. Keep up the excellent commentary and analysis.

[@sdrc92126]

My mom actually yelled at me for not being back enough. I think the brainwashing got a little scrambled.

[@init100]

It's like "transphobe", which nowadays simply means that you have rejected an invite to a date with a trans person. "If you don't date me, you're a bigot." seems to be the latest trend among trans activists. 🤡

[@zeehero7280]

Not supporting terrorists and criminals is the only decent option. Those who support them are the racists, and evil ones.

[@oz_jones]

​@@sdrc92126why dont you like KFC and watermelon?!

[@sdrc92126]

@@oz_jones Don't like fast food, but watermelon is goodgood.

[@timagee147]

It's quite possible the term "negatively related" is confusing to current social scientists.

[@curtislavoie2242]

I bet you’re right.

[@jwf2125]

Yep, TED's gone "woke" (ie delusional and tyrannical). All the best to you, Coleman.

[@TheBigJhonka]

5 days in and this video has more views than the TED debate released a month ago…. Good on you Coleman! Subbed!

[@sifayun6336]

Color-based policies tried to block me from entering colleges. They had met their Asian quota and wanted to save room for other races. As a result, my family was severely disappointed in me and I ended up working at Wal-Mart for years until I moved on; both away from my family and away from that dark period of self-harm. Thank you for having the strength to stand up for color-blind methodology.

[@adamfox2326]

Very well spoken and thoughtful Coleman. Racism in any case is unacceptable. Thank you for making the world culture more aware. I hope others will see your talks and help your cause by donating where they can. Thank you so much for your courage Coleman!!!!

[@ClamChowderTruckers]

Why do you your children to become adults who have no normal sexual function, no orgasms and never reproduce because your son's penis/testicles shrink/ never grow, daughters uterus/ovaries shrink/ never grow by consuming PUBERTY BLOCKERS? Why you want your children to have body parts surgically removed ( like Jazz Jennings) and take exogenous cross sex hormones for the rest of their lives as a created doctor- medically- crippled -person? The presence of a Y chromosome means you are MALE. The ABSENCE of Y chromosome means you are FEMALE. There are only Y sperm gametes and X sperm gametes. That is why only the MALE FATHER can determine the sex of the baby. INTERSEX people are either male or females. However, their genitals are abnormal looking, anomaly, congrnital abnormality and birth defect with incidence of only 0.00001% of the population. NATURE WANTS HUMANS TO REPRODUCE. INTERSEX PEOPLE CAN'T REPRODUCE because their genitals are abnormal, but they are still binary humans. TRANSGENDER is a social construct, a trend, a social contagion in which a person with NORMAL, HEALTHY, GREAT FUNCTIONING genitalias get them cut off, removed, mutilated, SRS due to MENTAL ABNORMALITIES.

[@CockTaco]

The Oligarchy started this after "Occupy Wall Street" focused attention on the 1%. The 1% much prefer pervasive racism and conflict among the proles than a united proletariat that has begun to view their (1%) wealth and privilege through a jaundiced eye.

[@znx418]

what a donation! the highest i've seen so far on the internet

[@sortof3337]

You can't be racist against the status quo. Fighting against the quo is the revolution. It's so obvious that white people have been and are scared, racist and rotten to the core. Some you guys are so evil to your core, you don't even realize it. Yuck. It does make me wish the god you guys so pray was real, so he would smite you. lol. too bad word ain't fair and arsonists are the ones playing firemen. Take a moment to self reflect please and know that you're a very disgusting piece of shit and thought of someone like you existing makes me nauseous.

[@GusOfTheDorks]

Are you kidding me? The only thing remarkable about this video is the surrender via Ambien. He got run over by TED and the first words out of his mouth have basicaly been, "That was not entierly pleasent." No offense but for what this video adds, its waaay too long. And his solution is to politely wag his finger at people that tried to get him taken off of TED and I promise you would love to see him thrown off all the other platforms after this.

[@cherkovision]

As a big fan of Tim Urban, I'm very happy to hear that he called attention to the lack of promotion TED was giving this talk. Everyone should read his book What's Our Problem.

[@loki_tha_god]

The fact that there is a "Black@Ted" group within the company tells you everything you need to know.

[@oz_jones]

"people who identify as Black" as a pasty Finn, how are you doing my fellow African-Americans

[@lautheimpaler4686]

​@@oz_jonesIt would be wild if some white employee joined that group by identifying as black and the first thing he told them was "salutations my fellow nibbers".

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

TED also supports openly pedophilic people

[@augustday9483]

Corporate sanctioned supremacist group which exists solely to perform activism on the company dime. Unfortunately this phenomenon is very prevalent across America, often fueled by DE&I initiatives.

[@curtcarlson8312]

If our "elites" don't believe in free speech we are doomed. How are those views even possible at TED. Now we can never trust them. Coleman is such a respectful, smart, courageous person. Thank you for what you do to make America and the world a better place for all.

[@andrewgreeb916]

If the elites wish to crush you, crush them. They aren't as strong as they think they are

[@ColemanHughesOfficial]

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[@PaulKulas]

@ColemanHughesOfficial thank you for sharing what happened to you! How can we amplify your TED talk?

[@marc988]

There is no doubt that if you were not black (specifically if you were white), they would have quickly said that you were racist

[@ConnectingODots]

Unsubscribed from Ted's YT channel following your All-In Summit presentation. Hoping that truth will prevai. Great talk!

[@TheJeremyKentBGross]

Taking their argument that colorblindness is a Trojan Horse for huwhite supremes seriously is a mistake. I don't remotely believe that their argument is made in good faith. It's deliberately a divide distract and conquer gaslighting attack on their part.

[@jbobhutto]

Link to ted talk?

[@josephbravo2590]

Cogent and epistemologically rigorous as always. With people like Loury, McWhorter, Sowell and CC in your corner, you’re going to have a greater cultural impact than any TED talker. Well done. 👏

[@Metaphix]

Thanks for what you do Coleman your integrity and intellectual courage are inspiring and extremely refreshing in this age of cowards and cynical grifters.

[@HappyRoach1]

This is what we blacks who are centrists/moderates, conservatives, and independents are going through with the black radical left collectivists. Like Uncle Hotep once said, if a foreign nation wanted to learn how to be oppressive government and quell dissent, all they would have to do is learn from the African American community, because they got it down pat.

[@serpentines6356]

Wow, that's sad. I will definitely share that with some friends who are either lefty, or fall for all the lefty stuff.

[@johnnyfive9815]

The black community that leans left are really Marxist; the same goes for my Latinos

[@JodyBruchon]

KZbin is suggesting your video to libertarians like me. Thought you'd like to know. You have a new subscriber as well.

[@dylanjastle]

Ted sucks. I’m excited to buy your book and spread the ideas around.

[@myh400]

Well done Coleman. Someone has to take on, and name and shame, these joyless puritanical tyrants, who have existed throughout the ages, screaming 'heresy' whenever their malevolent beliefs are questioned.

[@PhilipBaker-sf4yv]

Real puritans were not like the woketards

[@TuhljinTampergauge]

"puritanical" Stop slandering the Puritans by comparing them to the modern left. I'm half-joking, but fully serious in saying the Puritans are slandered by the comparison, and by that term itself. Though misguided as some of them surely were, the historical Puritans actually generally had a very healthy attitude according to reputable sources. To the point at hand, they were motivated by actual morals (something the Orwellian postmodernist left is incapable of having, and that's before analyzing the extreme immorality of their beliefs and actions) and the "joyless" label -- while applicable to the woke mob -- is a history revisionist myth about the Puritans.

[@ed.sweeting]

Well done Coleman. I love your calm reasonableness, it just elevates your message and make it hit even harder!

[@patrickpaez]

I watched the TED talk. It was a great message and I found nothing wrong with it. Keep up the good work.

[@drlca6601]

Respect. Well said, and well intentioned. I appreciate your use of logic and patience, at least in so far as you're striving to maintain a theatrical execution of civility. Even so, your frustration has seeped through, and rightfully so. My suggestion would be to give in to your emotions to a degree and let them be expressed in your delivery full heartedly. Passion is what needed to fight the authoritarian creep. Postmodernist, collectivist, deconstructionists are destroying the Enlightened Societies! Good luck, brother.

[@dimitrioskantakouzinos8590]

Someone on Twitter said about some other incident: these people wield their own emotional incontinence as a weapon. It's applicable here as well.

[@serpentines6356]

I suggest reading an article titled, "No Truce With the Left", by Daniel Greenfield. He expounds a bit on that. Soooooo many people just don't understand.

[@BlackBeltMonkeySong]

It's amazing -- and predictable -- that Adam Grant cited a paper that worked against his argument. And then all the weasel words to make it seem like he's being fair minded. Many in the woke echo chamber really believe that they're working from a basis of evidence.

[@jfkst1]

Modern social sciences is not academically honest.

[@jonmoceri]

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King Jr. August 28, 1963 Washington, DC

[@mattb9320]

Stay strong Coleman this will be just one of your many battles! Great job and thanks for taking on these challenging subjects.

[@kimberlyeason-sims8224]

God bless and keep you dearest Coleman Hughes for speaking the hard truths that absolutely NEED to be said out loud! 🙏 Your words, well, that's the way my generation grew up, and, it's like you stated, loving what is on the inside of a person, that REALLY is what truly draws us to other humans, NOT skin color at all. I have so much respect for the most incredible black men and women in my life, not because of their skin color, but, because of their kindness towards me, their caring, their love, and generosity too. I'm God-Smacked at just how far we've come in the "opposite direction" away from "Color Blindness" and personally feel that it's done strategically and on purpose in order to cause MORE DIVISION, which is seemingly what has not organically happened, but, was something very much FORCED to happen. For me, it's easy and Biblical, love others as you love yourself. And love God above all else. Thank you for your amazing courage, strength, and ability to know the real TRUTH! Truth always, even when it hurts. Blessings upon Blessings kind Sir. Said with love ❤️

[@irisj2211]

Coleman Hughes, I read your article in The Free Press and then immediately watched your TED Talk over an hour ago--- both your TED Talk and subsequent article (essentially this vid) are excellent! How dare that TED employee come on stage right after your TED Talk and challenge you on stage? Censorship! But you answered him intelligently and cogently, you thought on your feet and defended your argument, despite his failed attempt to cancel you and your views. You should never have been treated like that by TED and they owe you an apology. Thank you for your TED Talk on Color-Blindness and Racism, for the article you wrote in The Free Press on TED's censorship, and for this video---you're my new hero in the defence of Free Speech. You've risen above TED's Cancel Culture with intelligence, courage, boldness, and grace---MLK would be proud!

[@serpentines6356]

Remember, leftists, never, ever, ever apologize, EVER. Don't ever apologize to them either. They will take that as a cue to stomp on you even more.

[@lukehuss_]

It seems to me that your only mistake was dealing honestly and in good faith with dishonest and bad faith activists. Thank you for the insightful video Coleman 🙏🏻

[@adamnoble1689]

TED can't even handle MLK's position being espoused. MLK'S!!!

[@darinrmcclure]

I went to high school in the early 80’s, jocks, band geeks, preppies and stoners, non of us were hyphenated by color. 🖖😎

[@Curkofsky]

I’m a lifelong liberal & HUGE admirer of Coleman. I may have posted this already but, if so, it’s worth repeating. I’m only aware of one other instance of a TED talk receiving the kind of treatment Coleman’s has - Nick Hanauer’s 2012 TED talk. There is, as Marc Andreesen alluded, a connection. Recommend folks look at all 3: Nick Hanauer, Coleman’s interview w Andreesen and Coleman’s TED talk

[@wolfganglauth4015]

4:15 is an absolute gem. Chuckled to myself. Social scientist who completely misinterprets a paper that he uses to counter Coleman's position, which it turns out actually supports Coleman's position because poor reading comprehension 😂

[@LittleVenator]

This is beyond absurd, Coleman. I’ve just gone to pre-order your book on Amazon to show you some solidarity and support, but I know this can’t make up for what’s happened with your TED Talk. Keep doing what you do 🙏🏻

[@StevenStoft]

I love your work, and this is some of your best. You might consider adding this to your argument in the future. Every major civil rights act is color blind yet fully and completely color conscious. That disproves this CRT assumption and talking point: Color blind means "not color conscious" and if you're not color conscious you can't fight racism. Also the first two affirmative action executive orders (JFK's and LBJ's) were color blind. Neither these nor the civil rights acts target any race. They protect all races equally. Even K B Jackson relies on the deceptive CRT talking point, which is blatant nonsense.

[@austincooper7282]

CRT theorists say the civil rights movement was a mistake because it removed the ability to discriminate on color

[@GD_Truth_and_Beauty]

Very thoughtful video. We live in weird times, where people are judged by the color of their skin (and also their sex or sexual orientation, all things we are born with and have no choice over) instead of by the content of their character. Keep up the good, rational, work!

[@chubsmichaelfats]

@colemanhughesofficial I really appreciate your work. When I was in college more than a decade ago nuanced discourse was already being discouraged. I don’t like where this is going and I’m glad that there are voices like yours and Jonathan Heidt’s that calmly and fairly articulate this issue. You’re the man.

[@elmagnifican]

I stopped watching TED a long time ago. Yours is the only one I've watched in recent times. Keep up the good work of speaking plain common sense and eschewing bitterness.

[@rosemaryalles6043]

Coleman, you are a national treasure. Keep speaking truth to power/power-play and help create our new America. Blessings to you. 💚

[@katherinejohnson2288]

Coleman really made lemonade from a bag of lemons here. TED created a Streisand effect situation, Coleman got the extra exposure of the debate, plus a Substack post, a podcast episode, and this KZbin video (the latter three are all basically the same essay, granted). While the immediate KZbin view count of Coleman's original TED talk might be small right now, the topic is evergreen, and people will be stumbling onto this content for years to come (and TED will be looking silly for years to come).

[@RedHeadMERMAID83]

I saw you on curly boy chuck reviewing your appearance on the View. You’re compelling, eloquent, calm, classy & forward thinking. I’m with you my friend! 🎉😊

[@markwilson3723]

A sad state of affairs. Much appreciation to Coleman for sharing his experience.

[@ricksimmons9054]

You're a brilliant man, Coleman. I look forward to hearing your views for years to come.

[@liquidpza]

Holy moly. If nothing else, our epistemological journey as humans should be sacred. When I was a college student over a decade ago, TED felt like a beacon. This is really frustrating and unfortunate, regardless of the ideas being discussed. The one constant that I've found in getting older is an ever higher sense of disappointment in our structures of power, often reaching a level of abject disgust. Cheers.

[@ExterminatorElite]

My one quibble is that progressivism often is at odds with this DEI orthodoxy, by emphasizing class. The conflict is that DEI actually perpetuates the status quo by obfuscating class issues... something that is rather convenient for the wealthy and connected of TED. A form of corporate class concern trolling, if you will. I know what you mean, Coleman, but I like to take the effort of making that distinction.

[@bsmithhammer]

DEI also perpetuates the status quo by hyper-focusing on emphasizing visual differences and "race" (an archaic term, imo), which I used to think was exactly what we are trying to evolve past. I guess I was wrong, because most of the DEI crowd seems pretty invested in maintaining differences rather than emphasizing commonality and unity. Beyond that, I have little tolerance for people from the upper middle class purporting to self-righteously lecture others about things like "diversity." DEI has become intolerance in the name of tolerance.

[@dwindeyer]

Would be a shame if you were labelled as a class reductionist now

[@sweetiespoon5150]

Don't let the wrapper fool you. DEI is repackaged Marxism. And DEI is full of doublespeak. Phrases like "white supremacy" = "capitalism." Which is WHY they can refer to someone like Larry Elder as "the blackface of white supremacy."

[@noahsimon8776]

One of the dissonances that tends to happen with the people who eat up Kendi's brand of "anti-racism" is that they'll gladly point out how race is a social construct... while simultaneously going on about how sacrosanct racial identity is. I agree that race is a social construct. Let's follow Coleman's advice and stop putting so much weight on that social construct.

[@sdrc92126]

The TLAs cult is exactly that - a cult. The philosopher Eric Voegelin studied 'widespread political violence and the devastation that results when totalitarian ideologies that closely resemble religions foster the notion that pursuing the creation of utopias on Earth is achievable and worth any cost, including death.' --From the EVI

[@ajsdfkajsdf3219]

You and your message give me hope. Keep up the righteous work.

[@grants7390]

who else when they saw the title thought it was about TED being scared of people not being physically able to see differences in certain colors.

[@OratorOfDivinity]

Thank you for what you do Coleman!! Keep pushing because you are a mover and changer

[@mimandshaindy4906]

Thank you Coleman. When I got your Ted talk in my KZbin feed, it “redeemed” Ted for me, making it stand out from other progressive institutions that have succumbed. I now see that it did not deserve that redemption.

[@jenx3338]

Thank you Coleman! We need more young voices like yours to get our current world back in order.

[@HatefYaminiOnline]

TED is dead to me after this. You will prevail Coleman. You’re on the right side of history.

[@ParisLatka]

The irony of these people who are so anti-racist and wanting everyone to experience equality - actively discriminating and practicing racism. Wow. Not surprised in an inverted world. Thank you for sharing Truth. Loved your Ted talk.