Ep. 73 ‘Uncensored’ with Zachary Wood

Zachary Wood has become comfortable with uncomfortable
conversations. He’s engaged in them his entire life — with his
mom who suffers from schizoaffective disorder, with his neighbors
in Washington, D.C.’s impoverished Ward 8 community, and with his
friends at the elite private high school he commuted four hours
round trip to each day.


So when Wood arrived at Williams College in 2014, he was prepared
for the uncomfortable learning that comes along with
uncomfortable conversations about the world’s most important and
controversial issues. Unfortunately, he was quick to learn not
everyone was up for the challenge — including his college
president.


On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we
talk with Wood about his new memoir, Uncensored: My Life and
Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and
White America.


Show notes:


Podcast transcript

Randall Kennedy So to Speak podcast

“Williams College Bars ‘Uncomfortable Learning’ Speaker from
Campus, Declares ‘Hate Speech’ Too Uncomfortable”

“The Condescending Paternalism of Williams President Adam
Falk”

The Chicago Statement

“In Response to the ‘Chicago Statement’ Petition” (Williams
College student petition)



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