Episode 19 – Talking George Floyd, Police Violence, and Structural Racism w/ Antar Keith

For this episode, we talked to Antar Keith. He pursued his BA in Adolescent Education in English Literature and MA in National and Transnational Studies before settling in his current residence of Leipzig, Germany. With over ten years’ experience as an English educator in inner-city regions of the United States and Germany, Antar Keith enjoys fostering stronger transnational ties between U.S. and German youth, civilians, and military professionals within Germany. His job is to facilitate bridges between cultures, and this is exactly what he hopes to accomplish for African Americans and white Americans within the context of U.S. race relations.

His previous and current activities include working to expand voter participation; leading discussions on racism, sexism, and homophobia for the German military personnel; and lobbying for anti-racist policies within German institutions of higher education. He is now dedicated to taking this fight to the triple evils of U.S. police brutality, mass incarceration, and voter suppression.

His book and movie recommendations:
- Assata by Assata Shakur 
- Nobody by Marc Lamont Hill
- The New Jim Crow by Michele Alexander

- Malcolm X (1992)
- 13th (2016)
- Suppressed: The Fight to Vote (2019)

DAIS stands in solidarity with the ongoing protests against police brutality and will continue to provide educational resources to understand and dismantle institutionalized racism in the U.S., Germany, and everywhere.