I think I was drawn to black culture by the same things that have been drawing the entire world to it since the days of Richard Wright, Josephine Baker and Louis Armstrong. This culture is original, potent and seductive. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
Pent-up white racism did fire Mr. Trump's candidacy, and he happily fanned the flames. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
I do think that some form of reparations for the descendants of American slavery would go a long way. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
The ideal post-Trump politician will, at the very least, be a deeply serious figure with a strong record of public service behind her. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
I think that unlearning race for black people is more along the lines of seriously saying blackness isn't real, race isn't real. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
If the idea of separate human races is a mistake to begin with, then monoracial forms of identification are fictitious and counterproductive. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
Paris has long been a palimpsest of different cities, each new iteration grafted on top of the still visible last, spanning the extremes of… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
I've been socially deemed black in America, and this is a category that's been hurting my family for generations and that has also led… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
The French, whose fascination with 19th-century Japanese painting and decorative art led them to coin the term 'Japonisme,' have reciprocated the interest, and the… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
White people have basically been encouraged for most of recent history in America to think of themselves as outside of race. White people do… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
I had the benefit, I'll say it, of coming up behind my brother and seeing what he went through and just simply trying do… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
It is mind-blowing to pause and think that a film as forward-facing and potent as 'Do the Right Thing' was released the same year… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
I write a lot about race precisely because I don't believe it's real. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
If the first year of the Trump administration has made anything clear, it's that experience, knowledge, education and political wisdom matter tremendously. Governing is… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
Traveling through France in regular times, for better or worse, I am simply perceived as an American. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
