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episode of Conversations with Coleman. Today's episode is a recording of a debate that occurred a few

weeks ago between me and Jamel Bowie, who is a

columnist for the New York Times. This debate was hosted by TED, as well as open to debate, formerly

known as Intelligence Squared. The motion was, does colorblindness perpetuate racism? Jamel took the

affirmative, and I took the negative. Now, there's a long backstory to this debate,

and I'll give you guys the short version here. I gave a TED talk about colorblindness back in May,

which was finally released about two weeks ago. From what I could tell on stage, the reaction

to my talk was largely positive, but I could see a handful of scowling faces out of the corner

of my eye. Following the talk, the handful of scowling faces out of the corner of my eye. Following the talk,

the handful of scowling faces, some of which were internal to the TED organization, grew in number,

and eventually demanded that my talk not be released. So after a long back and forth, we finally

agreed that Ted would release my talk normally, but that my talk would be followed by a separate debate on the topic of colorblindness.

Now, as you all know, I am more than happy to debate these topics, and I have actually actively sought out debates in the past.

For instance, I offered to debate Ibram X. Kendi several years ago and donate all the proceeds to a charity of his choice,

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