Debating the Case for "Black Optimism" | Glenn Loury & Coleman Hughes [The Glenn Show]

1:08 Coleman’s new essay, “The Case for Black Optimism”
8:05 Does it make sense to check blacks and whites when it comes to progress?
10:54 Glenn presents the counterargument
32:10 Coleman detests that blacks are considered as “one large drawback”
40:34 Glenn sees many blacks as being in determined straits
44:13 The issue with focusing an excessive amount of on issues
53:42 Coleman’s congressional testimony on reparations

Glenn Loury (Watson Institute for Worldwide and Public Affairs, Brown College) and Coleman Hughes (Columbia College, Quillette)

Recorded October 16, 2019

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