“My voice barely matters. That’s the truth. A Black gay man from the developing world has nothing to offer a white colonial ego. That’s why white people need to get over their defensiveness – admit they have privilege and work to dismantle the systems that stifle our breaths. It should be enough for me to say I’m scared or that we should stop entertaining white nationalist rhetoric. However, that isn’t the world we live in.” - Austin Tillet

In this episode of Wittenberg Radio, Dan and Chloe are joined by writer, international student, Comm + Media major, CMQ co-director, and overall cool-guy, Austin Tillet. Austin shares about his practicum with Geez Magazine, and the article he wrote titled “Our Breaths Are Stifled”, chronicling the reality of racism and white-privilege from a very personal point-of-view.

Read Austin’s article here:

https://geezmagazine.org/blogs/entry/our-breaths-are-stifled-by-austin-tillett