There were books all over the house, and I was always told that I could write and that it was something good to do. So when I finally did it, it wasn't so strange or bizarre. — 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
