Bringing An End To Race Politics - Coleman Hughes - #763
Coleman Hughes is a writer, an author and a podcaster.
The state of race relations in America seemed to be improving for decades, then crashed and burned over the last 5 years. What's going on? Why is everyone so obsessed with race again and how can we move beyond race politics?
Expect to learn why anti-racism is just neo-racism, the difference between being colourblind and actually being racist, why your social class is more important than your ethnicity, whether MeToo hurt women more than helping them, if there is a realistic case for DEI, whether any race-based policies have ever worked and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The State of Race in America
(04:29) Is This Not a Class Issue?
(07:47) America’s Reaction to George Floyd
(12:18) The Irony of Defunding the Police
(19:57) Racism, Anti-Racism & Neo-Racism
(30:18) Why Else Have Races Become More Divided?
(33:27) Are People Treating Each Other Worse?
(45:38) The Ineffectiveness of Affirmative Action
(52:47) How People Respond to Coleman’s Work
(56:23) The Inertia of Changing Perspectives
(1:02:02) Rising Trends of Revising American History
(1:11:10) How Do We Move Forward?
(1:14:49) Where to Find Coleman
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