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18ck 's review for:
Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race
by Thomas Chatterton Williams
This is so good: he has obviously lived in many different contexts and seen himself reflected in many other people's gaze and it's given him a really open view of race and racism in America, drawing on that experience in other countries. He talks about being seen as an Arab in France, seeing his daughters looking, to outward appearance, white even though, under the rules of chattel slavery, the fact of their parentage would make them quite definitely black enough to have their rights and freedom taken away.
He takes a really strong line on what needs to change in society but it's very much at odds with the prevailing orthodox approach to anti-racism since he is advocating outgrowing the notion of race and moving to a post-racial society, rather than one of endless division where everything is seen through that one lens.
He takes a really strong line on what needs to change in society but it's very much at odds with the prevailing orthodox approach to anti-racism since he is advocating outgrowing the notion of race and moving to a post-racial society, rather than one of endless division where everything is seen through that one lens.