What Has Changed Since the Civil Rights Movement?

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The book is a defence of color blindness, both in the law and more broadly. It argues that race neutral treatment is actually the best option for society. Most people o every race believe that the merit principle is basically the best way to go. We have this alete consensus that color blindness is horrible and its basically white supremacy. And so i'm trying to give a defence of race neutrality and color blindness as an alterlip guide post.

Coleman Hughes is the host of Conversations with Coleman. Racialized, his first book, is forthcoming from Penguin Random House.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Coleman Hughes discuss how we can remain vigilant about racial injustice without treating others differently on account of their race; whether reparations for slavery are justified in theory and workable in practice; and how we should measure progress on race.

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