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Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race
First edition cover
AuthorThomas Chatterton Williams
Audio read byThomas Chatterton Williams[1]
Cover artistJaya Miceli[2]
LanguageEnglish
Subjectsrace, identity
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
October 15, 2019
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages192
ISBN978-0-393-60886-1
305.800973
LC ClassE185.97.W7345 A3 2019

Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race is a 2019 book by Thomas Chatterton Williams. It was published by W. W. Norton & Company on October 15, 2019.[3][4][5][6][7]

Thesis

Thomas, the son of a black father and a white mother, who grew up identifying as black explains in the book how he has come to unlearn his racial identity.[8][9]

Publication and promotion

The book was published by W. W. Norton & Company on October 15, 2019.[10] Williams appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on October 18, 2019 to promote the book.[11]

Reception

At the review aggregator website Book Marks, which assigns individual ratings to book reviews from mainstream literary critics, the book received a cumulative "Mixed" rating based on 11 reviews: 2 "Rave" reviews, 3 "Positive" reviews, 3 "Mixed" reviews, and 3 "Pan" reviews.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Self-Portrait in Black and White (Audiobook) by Thomas Chatterton Williams". Audible. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Sewell, Summer (October 15, 2019). "Is it time to unlearn race? Thomas Chatterton Williams says yes". The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Friedersdorf, Conor (November 5, 2019). "Unraveling Race". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race by Thomas Chatterton Williams". Publishers Weekly. July 18, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  5. ^ "Self-Portrait in Black and White by Thomas Chatterton Williams". Kirkus Reviews. July 8, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  6. ^ Henderson, Cinque (October 15, 2019). "Black No More?". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  7. ^ Lozada, Carlos (October 11, 2019). "How to become an ex-black man". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  8. ^ Solomon, Andrew (October 14, 2019). "How Moving to France and Having Children Led a Black American to Rethink Race". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  9. ^ "Self-Portrait in Black and White". W. W. Norton & Company. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  10. ^ Stockly, Ed (October 17, 2019). "What's on TV Friday, Oct. 18: 'Charmed' on the CW". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  11. ^ "Book Marks reviews of Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race by Thomas Chatterton Williams". Book Marks. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
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