Coleman Hughes || The Humanity of Race

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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“There are very few people who have nothing of any value to say.” — Coleman Hughes Today it’s great to have Coleman Hughes on the podcast. Coleman is an undergraduate philosophy major at Columbia University and a columnist for Quillette magazine. His writing has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, City Journal, and the Spectator. In this episode we discuss: Coleman’s initial plan in life to become a trombonist Coleman’s early childhood education Coleman’s transformation of his thinking about race Coleman’s nuanced thoughts on intersectionality Why we set up a norm against racial stereotyping Is reverse-racism legitimate? How the main message of the civil rights movement is often ignored today Coleman’s humanistic perspective on race Coleman’s criticism of the woke mindset What makes sense about the woke mindset Looking at things from the perspective of police officers Understanding the causes of the underrepresentation of African Americans in gifted education programs The moral imperative to enhance cognitive development of people in the bottom of society How racial categories can mislead us How people underrate the value of local programs and community to solve problems of racism Why policy shouldn’t look at racial disparities The important distinction between culture and race Why focusing on racial disparities (assuming that racial disparities are a proxy for well-being) is a mistake Coleman’s vision for the good society --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Psychology Podcast, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.
0:13.0	I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman,
0:15.0	and in each episode I have a conversation with a guest
0:18.0	who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself,
0:21.0	others, and the world we live in. Hopefully we'll also provide a
0:24.7	glimpse into human possibility. Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast.
0:37.0	Today it's really great to have Coleman Hughes on the podcast. Coleman is an undergraduate philosophy major at Columbia University and a columnist for Colette magazine.
0:42.0	His writing has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Spectator. Coleman, so great to have you on the psychology podcast finally. Great to be on Scott.
0:54.0	I wanted to have you on for a while and I've known you not only for your intellectual prowess, but also as a human and I thought we could start there.
1:02.0	Let's let's let's let our our audience a little bit more about Coleman
1:04.8	you are I don't know if you would accept the phrase polymath but you are quite good at
1:09.7	multiple things so you're one thing is you're a musician, right?
1:14.8	Yeah, yep, musician.
1:16.8	I play trombone, piano, drums a little bit.
1:21.1	Trumbone is my best instrument, and that was my initial plan for life
1:25.0	was to be a jazz trombonist out of high school.
1:27.9	Really? So were you in like Allstate? Like what were you like in high school?
1:31.6	I did all those things, yeah.
1:34.0	Yeah.
1:35.0	Did all the all state bands and I did the national bands and all of that stuff.
1:40.0	So why do you choose Columbia University philosophy?
1:45.0	So it's a little bit of a, it's not really so long a story.
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