9 Afrogreeks discuss: What does “I can’t breathe” mean in Greece?

Onassis Stegi invited two Afrogreeks – Jackie Abhulimen and Eirini Niamouaia, Ontoul, both of whom have a background in legal representation and activism – to curate and chair a discussion of their own, with the participation of a group of young people living in Athens, about what “anti-Blackness” means in Greece. About how racism has touched their lives. The daily experiences of people of African descent around the world – the “Black Experience” – brim with projections and social stereotypes that often mean their voices cannot truly be heard. This manifests, in the main, as a kind of insurmountable “wall” that rises over and again before them, constantly blocking their path forward: yet another dimension of “I Can’t Breathe”.