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Coleman Hughes on the New Racism
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By Oliver Wiseman
02.13.24 — U.S. Politics
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At just 27, Coleman Hughes is one of the most important voices on race in America. In his speeches and his writings as a Free Press columnist, he has argued for a return to the color-blind ideals of Martin Luther King Jr.

You might think that’d be uncontroversial. But it puts him at odds with the most dominant black intellectuals today, led by voices lik…

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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