Thereโs nothing the anti-woke crowd likes more than a Black man who preaches from the โwe donโt see colorโ Bible. And thatโs exactly what theyโve found in Coleman Hughes, who appeared on โThe Viewโ last week to promote his new book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America.
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In the bookโand on the showโhe argues for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, and thatโs where he got into a verbal debate with host Sunny Hostin, who said many in the Black community believe Hughes has been co-opted by the right. Hughes pushed back, but the proof could be online:
On TikTok, the host of The Rubin Report jumped to Hughesโ defense by calling The Viewโs hosts โharpiesโ and praising Hughes for dealing with woke folks properly. The video received more than 4,500 likes and 200+ comments in agreement.
Megyn Kelly couldnโt control her glee, taking to X and writing: โFirst, it is wonderful to see Coleman getting before so many different audiences w/his measured, well-researched, superior arguments. Second, it is an absolute joy to watch him calmly & expertly demolish Sunny Hostinโs fact-free assertions.โ
Kellyโs post received more than 14K likes.
According to a New York Post op-ed, colorblindness is a โbasic core American idealโ and the left is attacking Hughes as โthough he had shown up wearing a white hood.โ
Letโs be fair to Hughes. He says heโs independent in all his endeavors (CNN analyst, writer for The Free Press and his own independent podcast), and his promotion of a colorblind Americaโone where we addressed socioeconomic disparities instead of blaming everything on raceโis what he truly believes. Nobody, he insists, is paying him to say what he says. And he also claims he doesnโt buy the โI donโt see race,โโ claim. That may be true.
But if Hughes, who argues race versus class, doesnโt see how conservatives are using his arguments to fit their narrativeโand spinning it as โjudge everyone by the content of their characterโ (who wouldnโt be in favor of that?)โthen maybe someone has a bridge named Brooklyn to sell to him. Or heโs sleeping on their intent. We would never call him dumb. Perhaps he just needs an alarm clock.
Kendra Lee is a writer based in DC.
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