Succinct With Clear Examples

Hughes doesn't waste time, but instead gets right to the heart of issues. He describes the origins and outcomes of modern race policies, and explains in detail how they are failing - both in terms of the misguided underlying philosophy, and the counterproductive results. A valuable primer for countering the current race-obsessed perspective ascending in Western culture.

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Coleman is one of the most important up and coming thinkers and philosophers of our time

Coleman‘s book reinvigorates and emphasizes all the good and hard work it took to get where we are today and provides the motivation to continue this effort. Coleman‘s message, and the way he conducts himself is a perfect mixture to maximize his effectiveness, saliency and importance. 

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Watertight argument for real race solutions

Coleman Hughes is the voice we need more of in the West to stop us from imploding from our misdirected self-flagellation.

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Excellent!

Mr. Hughes did a great job. I really appreciate how he explained very clearly that it is the person that matters not the color of someone’s skin. I believe that Martin Luther King had it right and Mr. Hughes is a clear voice in a mess of noise.

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Refreshing and Real

Excellent critical analysis on what's gone wrong in western culture and the religious like fever around certain ideologies. Coleman's book should be read along side any book that claims Anti Racism ideology.

Growing up in a diverse community and school system Coleman's view on race neutrality is completely accurate. Skin color is an insignificant trait when one's community is broadly diverse.

Exposure to and the normalization of different people is key to living in a society where race does not matter.

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Agree or disagree it's a must read

Agree or disagree with the premiss Hughes makes a compelling and thoughtful argument in favor of colorblindness. It is a masterclass in how to present and argue and it should be required reading. By placing colorblindness in both it's historical and modern context Hughes gives the reader more than just his argument but all the information they need to come to their own conclusion. He gives the counter position it's fair due by doing his best to steal-man the modern "anti-racist" ideology and not just focus on criticizing or devolving into ad hominem of it's proponents.

I'm a GenX'er so for me personally I didn't need to be convinced that colorblindness has always been the best way to improve race relations, our generation live(d) it and we know it's both logical and morally correct. Coleman Hughes has just re-proved the argument and given those of us less eloquent another tool to spread the colorblind solution to this new and a bit confused generation.

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A well presented, highly accessible must read.

I've listened twice, and on my third time - a sound and thorough dissection of one of the defining issues of our time. Mr. Hughes for President! An incredible young mind and communicator. Highly recommended for teens and older.

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This could have been a Substack

After hearing Coleman Hughes on a couple of podcasts, I was eager to listen to this and hear him expand on his case for colourblind politics. To be clear up front, I agree with his core thesis and I believe that people like Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendhi are not only themselves racists, but grifters who don't actually want racism to end, because it existing and "not improving" is how they sustain their business models.

That said, this book makes good points in a weak and bland way and reads like a series of blog posts, rather than a well thought out dissertation. Most of it is spend taking apart the models and arguments of people like DiAngelo and Kendhi, who Hughes refers to as "neoracists". While I was nodding along with everything he said in that vein, he offers few solutions, only a handful of vague suggestions in the last chapter, with no details provided on how to implement them, nor does he actually paint what colourblind politics really looks like, instead spending the majority of the short run time monotonely explaining how the other side has it wrong instead of how he has it right. I think he DOES have it right, but you have to make a compelling case that persuades people, not just point out the thinly-veiled bigotry of the opposition, acting as if the listener will just go "Oh of course!" He also puts the late Dr. Martin Luther King to WORK, using quote after quote after quote of his as a lazy scaffold to his argument, often using the same ones multiple times in different parts of the book.

Again, I agree with every point Hughes is making here and I'm glad this book exists and that he's undertaking the brave move of standing up to these well-entrenched and supported neoracist grifters. But you can do that in a Substack. If you're going to make the case for colorblind politics, you have to spend more than half a chapter you know, actually doing that, rather than just pointing and going "neoracists bad!" I hope this can be the kindling that fires up other authors, who can make better written arguments.

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