# The Mood Music of Anti-Racism (Coleman Hughes)

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Podcast: [Uncertain Things](https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822)
Published: 2025-06-25T18:20:05+00:00
Episode link: https://uncertain.substack.com/p/anti-racism-coleman-hughes
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## Resource

Coleman Hughes, author of The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America and writer for The Free Press, argues that recent progressive theories about antiracism have looped all the way back to racism. He joins Adaam to discuss the power of language to reveal and distort, the moral confusions of revolutionary activism, the aesthetics of social justice, and how this all relates to Israel’s war on Iran. On the agenda: -Coleman’s backstory and the march through the institutions (or at least Columbia) -What do you mean, Neo-racism? (Speak plainly!) -Social science versus social redemption -Ta-Nehisi Coates composes mood music (and conceals reality) -What’s up in Israel -The West doesn’t understand death cults Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe

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