A young anti-woke writer stood his ground during an adversarial appearance on “The View” where he defended his latest book calling for America to move toward a “colorblind” society.

Coleman Hughes, author of “The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America,” was invited on to the liberal talk show to share his viewpoints as a young man of Black and Puerto Rican descent and how he believes the country can heal its racial animus.

Speaking with Whoopi Goldberg, he started off with a basic premise. “My argument is that we should try to treat people without regard to race, both in our personal in our public policy,” a line that drew applause from the audience.
He politely continued on with Goldberg, agreeing that her own experiences with discrimination shouldn’t be ignored before co-host Sunny Hostin took the interview for a far-left turn.
“Many in the Black community… believe that you are being used as a pawn by the right and that you’re a charlatan,” she said, prompting Alyssa Farah Griffin to point out Hughes is not a Republican.

“He’s not a Republican,” Griffin interjected.

“You said that you’re a conservative,” Hostin alleged, something that Hughes and other hosts denied. “How do you respond to those critics?”

“I don’t think I’ve been coopted by anyone. I’ve only voted twice, both for Democrats,” said the 28-year-old. “I’m an independent. I would vote for a Republican, probably a non-Trump Republican if they were compelling.”

“I don’t think there’s any evidence that I’ve been coopted by anyone, and I think that’s an ad hominem tactic people use to not address really the important conversations we’re having here… I have an independent podcast, I work for CNN as an analyst, I write for the free press. I’m independent in all of these endeavors and no one is paying me to say what I’m saying. I’m saying it because I feel it.”

Hughes, a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, has previously testified before Congress against large-scale reparations for descendants of slavery, suggesting alternatives for living individuals who grew up under the Jim Crow era. He has backed away from past support for the Black Lives Matter movement as well, saying racial bias in police encounters does not hold up once factors besides race are taken into account, according to the National Review.