PositiveAir MailThe oddly distancing and speculative mode that Williams adopts with regard to his own earlier feelings and motivations is striking. He describes himself wincing at the memory of the op-ed but does not quote from it and attempts no refutation of its argument. The refutation comes in visual form ... [Williams] plays a role of saying what the white person often cannot say ... By the end, he persuades the reader that the world beyond race is an attractive vision while offering scant reason to think that it will arrive anytime soon. But it is a welcome alternative to the daily racial micro-apocalypses that increasingly populate our news feeds.
