Coleman Hughes: Public policy helping the disadvantaged should prioritize class over race
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Author and podcaster Coleman Hughes outlines the core philosophical argument of his book and TED talk, 'A Case for Color Blindness.'
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“Wherever we have policies that are meant to collect and help the most disadvantaged, we should preferentially use class as a variable rather than race.”
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