John McWhorter & Coleman Hughes – The Colorblindness Controversy and Israel-Hamas

0:00 The blowback from Coleman’s TED Talk

8:50 Did TED intentionally throttle promotion for Coleman’s talk?

17:08 John’s trouble with TED while promoting Woke Racism

20:21 Coleman’s forthcoming book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

29:17 Race in public and private life

43:49 Closure on the TED affair

45:14 What are the goals of each side in the Israel-Palestine conflict?

51:58 Will the Israeli military response simply restart the cycle of violence and resentment?

1:02:15 The threat of post-October 7 overreaction

Links and Readings

Coleman’s Substack, Coleman’s Corner

Coleman’s podcast, Conversations with Coleman

Coleman’s forthcoming book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

Coleman's conversation with Glenn Greenwald about the TED Talk

Coleman’s TED Talk, “A Case for Color Blindness”

Coleman’s Free Press piece, “Why Is TED Scared of Color Blindness”

Coleman’s conversation with Jamelle Bouie

Geroge Packer’s Atlantic piece, “Israel Must Not React Stupidly”