Choosing the Right Path in Addressing Uncomfortable Facts

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Some individuals choose honesty in addressing uncomfortable facts, while others deny them or obsessively focus on them, which can be toxic and divisive. Avoiding discussion on such topics might be acceptable at a family dinner, but it is not appropriate for wider public discourse on issues like race. Journalists, in particular, have a responsibility to confront and report on facts objectively, such as the high percentage of shootings committed by Blacks and Hispanics in New York City.

Sam Harris speaks with Coleman Hughes about race, racism, and social justice. They discuss the ideal of "color blindness," race and crime, Coleman's experience at TED, LatinX, the confusion of the elites, Ibram X. Kendi, affirmative action, class differences, poverty, single-parent families, the death of George Floyd and the trial of Derek Chauvin, mob rule, Candace Owens, Christopher Rufo, guilt by association, John McWhorter, Glenn Loury, reparations for slavery and Jim Crow, immigrant communities, evidence of discrimination, Martin Luther King Jr., and other topics.

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