Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Coleman Hughes

Coleman Hughes is an interesting guy. He's super-smart, young (still an undergraduate), and non-conformist.

1. Read his blogpost Explaining Affirmative Action to a Martian

2. He wrote four articles for Quillette:
- Black American Culture and the Racial Wealth Gap
- The High Price of Stale Grievances
- Kanye West and the Future of Black Conservatism
- The Racism Treadmill

A slice of his writing from The Racism Treadmill
"Indeed, it is rare to find any two ethnic groups achieving identical outcomes, even when they belong to the same race. A cursory glance at the mean incomes of census-tracked ethnic groups shows Americans of Russian descent out-earning those of Swiss descent, who out-earn those of British descent, who out-earn those of Polish descent, who out-earn those of French descent in turn. If the disparity fallacy were true, then we ought to posit an elaborate system that is biased towards ethnic Russians, then the Swiss, followed by the Brits, the Poles and the French. Yet one never hears progressives make such claims. Moreover, one never hears progressives say, “French-Americans make 79 cents for every Russian-American dollar,” although the facts could easily be framed that way.'

4. And with Sam Harris, Beyond the Politics of Race, where he comes across like Sam's robotic minded twin brother.