I’m so sick of hearing about “culture” and “diversity” and all that craic when the truth is we CREATE our country based on the lines we fail to draw in the sand
You set the stage for privileged white boys to dress up in blackface and call me a dark skinned side bitch whose only purpose is to lick their dick. Racism is supported by this lukewarm/short-lived outrage that supports a half ass apology and gives it the credibility of “satire”
All these sociology degrees and we can’t the racialized CODES in that.

And God my heart broke when I realized I had been calling myself a part of an Irish feminist movement that barely stirred when black Irish women were dehumanized and spat on like that
How do you dress up like this, be involved in a BLACK art and then fix your lips to ‘stand’ with George Floyd.

I wanted to slap the name out they mouth along with that fake ass apology. And every time I am celebrated for my ‘diplomacy’ I am reminded that outrage is not ‘safe’
If you are white and want to know how to be an ally here it is: speak. Learn. Confront. Affirm the truth being spoken.

Make a point of being as public about your support as alt right Ireland is about its vitriol. Allow love to mean going out of your way to stand with us.
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