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Coleman Hughes

Coleman Hughes is an author, podcaster and opinion columnist who specializes in issues related to race, public policy and applied ethics. He has appeared on prominent TV shows and podcasts including The View, Real Time with Bill Maher, the Joe Rogan Experience, and Making Sense with Sam Harris. In 2024, Hughes released his first book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America.

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Coleman Hughes: The End of DEI
Trump is ending racial preferences, and America will be better because of it.
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Coleman Hughes: My Mom—and the Case for Assisted Death
My dying mother chose to end terrible suffering. I want others to have that choice, too.
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How the Democrats Rigged the Vote in Puerto Rico
The island has long been divided between those citizens who want statehood and those who want the status quo. Yet in an upcoming referendum, the status…
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The Fantasy World of Ta-Nehisi Coates
His new book, ‘The Message,’ is a masterpiece of warped arguments and moral confusion.
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On Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, and Reasonable Doubt
Coleman Hughes wrote a column in these pages that set off a flurry of criticism. Here, he sets the record straight.
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The Prophets: Bayard Rustin
The 1960s civil rights hero, who was sidelined because he was gay, predicted the rise of identity politics and affirmative action—and how they would…
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Coleman Hughes on the New Racism
The rise of a new race consciousness has turned elite American institutions into neoracist strongholds.
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What Really Happened to George Floyd?
Coleman Hughes on some inconvenient reporting that suggests Derek Chauvin is not a murderer, but a scapegoat.
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Coleman Hughes: The Struggle for Black Freedom Has Nothing to Do with Israel
The belief that Israel is analogous to apartheid South Africa or Jim Crow America has no basis in history.
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Why Is TED Scared of Color Blindness?
The organization’s tagline is “ideas worth spreading.” But they attempted to suppress mine.
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Jason Aldean Isn’t ‘Pro-Lynching.’ And His Critics Know It.
Coleman Hughes on the faux outrage that made the country song #1 on iTunes.
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Actually, Color Blindness Isn’t Racist
Why have today’s most celebrated intellectuals ignored the historical record to recast it as a reactionary idea? Coleman Hughes explains.
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