Debate: Coleman Hughes and Jamelle Bouie on Color Blindness for Black History Month

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🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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During Black History Month, we reflect on a debate that confronts America’s complex history with racial and social inequality. How can we ensure fair treatment for all in the workplace, on campuses, and in our personal interactions? Is it possible to imagine a future beyond race? As we honor this month of remembrance and celebration, we revisit a conversation that confronts the challenges of our past and the promise of a future that aspires to secure equitable opportunities for all. Arguing Yes: Jamelle Bouie, Columnist for the New York Times Arguing No: Coleman Hughes, Host of the “Conversations with Coleman” podcast and Contributing Writer at The Free Press Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.8	It confronts America's complicated history with race
0:45.6	and tries to get it a central question.
0:47.6	How can we achieve that vision at long last of a world that is fair and just for all regardless of skin color. The debate hinges on the idea of color blindness and whether that helps or hurts the realization of that vision.
1:00.0	This issue certainly has resonance today, we get into that.
1:03.1	But the reason we wanted to share it here
1:05.0	is that in order to make their arguments,
1:07.0	both of the contemporary thought leaders
1:09.0	in this discussion ended up going back in time,
1:11.6	sometimes way back to the most influential leaders in black history
1:14.7	from the abolitionist movement through to the civil rights era, and they ended up debating what those
1:19.7	visionaries saw as the best path forward. This debate was done in partnership with the organization Ted.
1:25.4	So before we get into it, I want to have a quick conversation with the head of Ted,
1:29.4	Chris Anderson.
1:30.2	Hi Chris, how are you?
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