1. Coleman Cruz Hughes was born on February 25,1996 and is an American writer and podcast host.
16 Facts About Coleman Hughes
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Coleman Hughes was a fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and a fellow and contributing editor at their City Journal, and he is the host of the podcast Conversations with Coleman.
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Coleman Hughes graduated from Newark Academy high school and was selected as a United States Presidential Scholar in 2014.
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Coleman Hughes subsequently attended the Juilliard School and studied jazz trombone but later dropped out, due to his mother's death.
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On June 19,2019, Coleman Hughes testified before a US House Judiciary subcommittee at a hearing on reparations for slavery, arguing against the campaign.
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Coleman Hughes suggested an alternative proposal of paying reparations to Black Americans who personally grew up under Jim Crow.
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Coleman Hughes is listed as a scholar for the 1776 Unites project.
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In February 2020, Coleman Hughes debated Julianne Malveaux on iHeartRadio's Munk Debates regarding the topic of slavery reparations.
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Coleman Hughes's talk encountered criticism from TED leadership and an internal employee group named "Black@TED", with efforts being made to prevent its release.
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Coleman Hughes disputed this claim, arguing that the referenced research actually supported his position.
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Coleman Hughes has cited research from Roland G Fryer Jr.
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Coleman Hughes voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election.
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Coleman Hughes expressed a "quite fierce dislike of both parties" but said in 2023 that so far, he had only ever voted for Democrats.
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Coleman Hughes says he has no religious belief and does not believe in God.
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In December 2020, Coleman Hughes was listed on the Forbes 30-under-30 list for 2021 in the Media category.
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Coleman Hughes plays jazz trombone with a Charles Mingus tribute band that plays regularly at the Jazz Standard in New York City.