#442 - In Defense of Colorblindness (w/ Coleman Hughes)
The Fifth Column
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Individual Pride over Racial Solidarity
Zora Neal Hurston argues against the concept of race pride and racial solidarity, emphasizing that individuals should feel pride and shame based solely on their own accomplishments and failures. She criticizes the psychological appeal of racial solidarity as ultimately being unfounded. Additionally, her scathing editorial in the 1950s criticized the basis and methods of integration following the Brown versus Board, reflecting deeper disagreements within the black community at that time.
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