Thomas Chatterton Williams

Thomas Chatterton Williams (born 1981) is an American cultural critic and author. He is the author of the 2019 book "Self-Portrait in Black and White" and a contributing writer at "The New York Times Magazine".
He is a 2019 New America Fellow and a Berlin Prize recipient.
Early life and education.
Thomas Chatterton Williams was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1981, to a black father, Clarence Williams, and a white mother, Kathleen. He was named after the English poet Thomas Chatterton. He was raised in Fanwood, New Jersey, and attended Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains. Williams graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy. He also completed a master's degree from New York University's Cultural Reporting and Criticism program.
Career.
In 2010, Williams released his first book, "Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture".
Williams released his second book, "Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race", on October 15, 2019.
Williams is a contributing writer at "The New York Times Magazine". He is a 2019 New America Fellow and a Berlin Prize recipient.
In 2020, he wrote the initial draft of "A Letter on Justice and Open Debate", an open letter in "Harper's Magazine", signed by 152 public figures. It criticized what the letter argued was a culture of "intolerance of opposing views."
Personal life.
Williams married French journalist and author Valentine Faure in France in 2011. He lives in Paris, with Faure and their two children.