Coleman Hughes: belief

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…Could you imagine a world where you just say “goodbye to politics,” do something else, and you’re simply happier? I think the truth is, if I wanted to do that, I would have done it. And vice versa: If I wanted to not do music at all and just go fully into it, I think I would have done that too. I think the truth is, when I was a full-time musician, gigging trombone every night, I had an itch to scratch that was not getting scratched. For instance, when I was at Juilliard, I would go to the music library and try to pull out books about philosophy, and when I was at Columbia, I was always itching to get off campus and go play some music. They’re just two sides of me that both need to be fed. Before the final question, let me just repeat: Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America, which I enjoyed very much. Very last question, Coleman: What will you do next?…

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