by Coleman Hughes
I wish this book had come out before my book club did HOW TO BE AN ANTI-RACIST. I knew ANTI-RACIST didn’t sit well with me, I still think that color-blindness should be the goal. The argument for anti-racism seems to be: We tried color-blindness, it doesn’t work, look at all the problems we still have! But you’re ALWAYS going to have problems. You don’t give up working towards the goal, if the goal is worthy, and what could be more worthy than living up to our nation’s promise and treating all of our fellow human beings equally!
It’s like complaining that even with umbrellas, even with raincoats, even with very good weather forecasts, people still sometimes get wet… so you argue to do away with umbrellas and raincoats.
Tytania 