Pause Quotes by Thomas Chatterton Williams

Pent-up white racism did fire Mr. Trump's candidacy, and he happily fanned the flames.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

I do think that some form of reparations for the descendants of American slavery would go a long way.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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