Coleman Hughes
Colorblind liberalism, free speech, and good-faith debate.
American writer and podcaster, contributing writer at The Free Press, and host of 'Conversations with Coleman' (podcast/YouTube). He is the author of 'The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America' (2024) and, as of 2026, a visiting professor at the University of Austin. He is best known for advocating race-neutral, colorblind public policy.
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Out of politeness, I've called what Candace suffers from "apophenia" in the past. But let's call a spade a spade: It's schizophrenia. High-functioning? Sure. But it's textbook schizophrenia nonetheless––right down to the cliché of seeing meaning in a string of random numbers.
1y ago · 8,102 likes
“Pure joy in the air” is how an Israeli journalist describes the mood in Israel right now. But how could that be? If the Israelis want, above all, genocide and ethnic cleansing, then why would they celebrate a deal that ends the war with no ethnic cleansing and 97% of the
1y ago · 23,973 likes
Hey Norm! Just a reminder from a Black guy: We don’t speak Yiddish. If you want to insult us, you’re gonna have to use the N-word like all the other racists. https://t.co/9r2t7wVVWk
1y ago · 12,585 likes
Honestly the weirdest critique I’ve ever gotten. I brought notes and I look like another black guy?
1y ago · 8,300 likes
The strongest case
Public policy and civic life should treat individuals without regard to race, and heterodox arguments challenging the prevailing race-conscious consensus deserve a fair hearing rather than suppression (as with his contested 2023 TED talk).
And against
Critics contend that colorblindness as a policy principle can overlook entrenched structural disparities that race-conscious remedies were specifically designed to address.
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