The End of Race Politics

The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America by Coleman Hughes, Penguin Random House (2024) 

Color Blind

The author believes that the color blindness principle, also known as race neutrality, is valid for all times, not just for when full equality is achieved.  He writes: “Colorblindness embraces our common humanity.”

Racial Preferences

He states that the euphemism “affirmative action” has come to mean racial preferences. He believes that we should return to the original meaning of affirmative action: “Aggressively recruiting minority candidates and candidates from less-privileged backgrounds and then judging them by race-neutral standards”. 

Doublethink

The author criticizes the doublethink inherent in believing that hiring can be be both quota-based and merit-based at the same time.

Academics

The 1954 Brown vs. The Board of Education decision of the U.S. Supreme Court was based on a misinterpretation of a sociological study of Kenneth and Mamie Clark. Harvard economist Roland Fryer has found that there is not a racial bias in police deadly shootings.