Coleman Hughes

A young Black intellectual who argues against race-conscious policies and identity politics from a liberal universalist perspective, advocating color-blindness as the proper goal of civil rights. Testified before Congress against reparations. Hosts the 'Conversations with Coleman' podcast and writes for City Journal and The Free Press.

Articulated a color-blind liberal alternative to both progressive race essentialism and conservative race-baiting, grounding it in MLK's universalism and empirical social science. Became the most prominent young voice for this tradition.