E151. Coleman Hughes Is Allergic To Alarmists

Coleman Hughes sits down with Bridget for a conversation about why Critical Race Theory is an interesting but misguided philosophy, where it came from, what it's doing to our society, and why he's an advocate of color-blindness. They discuss the importance of viewing people as individuals rather than as groups, how efforts to fight racism often wind up treating black people like children rather than adults, and why it's good that a conversation about race has been started, but that there's a different, healthier message that needs to happen. They also cover why Hollywood execs don't want the black characters in comedies to have any flaws, why Joe Rogan isn't as famous as he should be, how the Occupy Wall Street movement was redirected into the race debates, why human flaws and human selfishness should be accounted for the the systems we build, and why you kind of sound like an asshole if you're an optimist. Check out Coleman's podcast Conversations with Coleman.