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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity's time people couldn't read and texts couldn't be published in any great number.

A reckoning with the way we choose to see and define ourselves, Self-Portrait in Black and White is the searching story of one American family's multigenerational transformation from what is called Black to what is assumed to be White. Thomas Chatterton Williams, the son of a "Black" father from the segregated South and a "White" mother from the West, spent his whole life believing the dictum that a single drop of "Black blood" makes a person Black. This was so fundamental to his self-conception that he'd never rigorously reflected on its foundations....

Unabridged, 7 hours Read by the author A pitch-perfect account of how hip-hop culture drew in the author and how his father drew him out again-with love, perseverance, and fifteen thousand books...

An incisive, culturally observant analysis of the evolving mores, manners and taboos of social justice (“anti-racist”) orthodoxy, which has profoundly influenced how we think about diversity and freedom of expression, often with complex or paradoxical consequences. In this provocative book...

Wrongthink is a podcast where minds are free to go wherever logic might take them. Host Thomas Chatterton William explores the issues of the day with the goal of shedding light on areas that have been left unexplored. The podcast is – as the tagline says – “more of a question than a comment”. Whether you’re a conservative, liberal, or something in between, we invite you to join the Wrongthink conversation because challenging our assumptions and listening to others can help us figure out what's right.

Wrongthink is a podcast where minds are free to go wherever logic might take them. Host Thomas Chatterton William explores the issues of the day with the goal of shedding light on areas that have been left unexplored. The podcast is – as the tagline says – “more of a question than a comment”. Whether you’re a conservative, liberal, or something in between, we invite you to join the Wrongthink conversation because challenging our assumptions and listening to others can help us figure out what's right.