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Cultural critic Touré’s article in the September 5 issue of ESPN magazine, “What if Michael Vick Were White?” prompted a maelstrom of controversy. At the center of the debate was the magazine’s choice to run an unsettling image of a white-washed Vick, a decision Touré immediately distanced himself from via Twitter. On Tuesday, the provocation flamethrower releases his new book, “Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness: What it Means to Be Black Now,” for which he interviewed 105 prominent black academics, artists, poets, politicians and community leaders about their experiences and perspectives on race, while also including his own personal musings and analysis along the way.