I happened to listen to Coleman's "Colorblindness" Ted Talk last week and found it wonderfully coherent, thoughtful, factual and informative. However, upon listening to Coleman's podcast describing the surprising, negative, turn of events initiated by Chris Anderson and a few Ted Talk staff, I found myself reaching for my blood pressure …
I happened to listen to Coleman's "Colorblindness" Ted Talk last week and found it wonderfully coherent, thoughtful, factual and informative. However, upon listening to Coleman's podcast describing the surprising, negative, turn of events initiated by Chris Anderson and a few Ted Talk staff, I found myself reaching for my blood pressure meds. (I immediately thought Glenn is going to have Coleman on his show to discuss this.) The level of depravity and absolute cowardice levelled at Coleman's very rational talk and the lack of promotion from the TT organization was irrational and unfair. Essentially, Coleman was subtly punished for delivering a talk that lacked a hefty dose of a victim narrative with emphasis on systematic racism and white-blaming. This was simply too much for me to stomach.
A message to white CEOs and corporate managers: STOP allowing yourselves to be held hostage by uninformed, unenlightened, people who perpetually see themselves as victims. You are not helping us to live up to Dr. King's dream of colorblindness by kow-towing to the cultural elites employed by TT. Moreover, please get a backbone, grow a pair, and stand up to black and white bullies of the woke persuasion that throw unnecessary temper tantrums. What happened to the Ted Talk mission to "foster the spread of great ideas." Did they forget?
I happened to listen to Coleman's "Colorblindness" Ted Talk last week and found it wonderfully coherent, thoughtful, factual and informative. However, upon listening to Coleman's podcast describing the surprising, negative, turn of events initiated by Chris Anderson and a few Ted Talk staff, I found myself reaching for my blood pressure meds. (I immediately thought Glenn is going to have Coleman on his show to discuss this.) The level of depravity and absolute cowardice levelled at Coleman's very rational talk and the lack of promotion from the TT organization was irrational and unfair. Essentially, Coleman was subtly punished for delivering a talk that lacked a hefty dose of a victim narrative with emphasis on systematic racism and white-blaming. This was simply too much for me to stomach.
A message to white CEOs and corporate managers: STOP allowing yourselves to be held hostage by uninformed, unenlightened, people who perpetually see themselves as victims. You are not helping us to live up to Dr. King's dream of colorblindness by kow-towing to the cultural elites employed by TT. Moreover, please get a backbone, grow a pair, and stand up to black and white bullies of the woke persuasion that throw unnecessary temper tantrums. What happened to the Ted Talk mission to "foster the spread of great ideas." Did they forget?