Why Is TED Afraid of Coleman Hughes?
with John McWhorter & Coleman Hughes
Earlier this year, Coleman Hughes was invited to give a TED Talk on colorblindness. TED offers a virtually unrivaled platform that allows thinkers to get their ideas out into the world, and Coleman had every reason to expect they would treat him as they do every other speaker. But after he delivered the talk, a small group of TED employees took umbrage and tried to suppress the video of the event. In this clip, Coleman takes John and me through his encounter with censorship at TED.
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I listened to Coleman's podcast about the TEDtalk...What TED talk did was bizarre! I suppose TED talk has a right to do what it wants, but clearly it is not interested in either presenting unusual unpopular opinions about important things, nor in allowing such ideas to be presented in a free manner. I am glad that Coleman stuck to his guns, but man...what a PIA for him!
Everything Ted produces must fit the narrow NPC talking points or support a limit world view - or it’s not on the stage. I don’t expect ANYTHING objective from Ted, ever.