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Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. This episode is actually my appearance on the Goodfellows podcast, which is run by the Hoover Institution.

They asked me about the reparations proposal that was recently put forward in California.

They also asked me about the legacy of Black Lives Matter.

We talk about the 1619 project.

We talk about color blindness in a post-racial society.

And they asked me what advice I would give to young black kids today.

So without further ado, my appearance on the Goodfellows podcast.

It's Monday, May 15th, 20203, and welcome back to Goodfellows, a Hoover Institution broadcast

examining social, economic, political, and geopolitical concerns. I'm Bill Whalen. I'm a Hoover Distinguished Policy Fellow, and I'll be your moderator today, which means I have the high honor and privilege of introducing the starts of our show. Two of my colleagues we jokingly refer to as the Good Fellows, that would be the historian Neil Ferguson and the Geostrategist, Lieutenant General, H.R. McMaster, they are Hoover Institution Senior Fellows.

One thing you probably noticed right away is we're missing a good fellow, John Cochran, who I think for the first time in the entire run of the show, something like 106, 107 shows. John's not with us today. That's because he's in the nation's capital about to receive his Bradley Prize. The next time we do a show, we'll talk about what happened that night. Congratulations, John,

and we miss you. We look forward to having you back. But joining us in his absence today, I guess it makes him an honorary Goodfellow, and that is also making his Goodfellow's debut is Coleman Hughes. Coleman is a writer, podcaster, and opinion columnist who specializes in issues related to race, public policy, and applied ethics. Coleman, welcome to Goodfellows. This is long overdue. My pleasure. So two things I'd like to point out, my friend, number one, you have seriously blown the age curve on this show. I think I have neckties in my closet that are older than you. Secondly, Coleman, we're making another first tier on Goodfellows. This is the first time we've actually had somebody on the show who could call himself a bona fide rapper. Neil and HR, I hope you do not turn this into battle rap.

Though, Neil, I do understand there's actually a vibrant hip-hop scene in Scotland.

Well, I wouldn't know about that, having left Scotland prior to the invention of hip-hop.

Though I once did, as I was leaving Harvard, a rap version of the opening of the musical Hamilton, switching the character of Hamilton for the character of Henry Kissinger. A few

members of the Harvard History Department have still bear the scars of that particular performance.

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