‘Where are you really from?’: Growing up black in Ireland

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'For many black people, growing up in Ireland can mean you work so hard to create an identity to suit other people that you start to lose your own,' writes Tamilore Awonusi

, moved to Ireland with her family in early 2014. Then 13 years old, she felt intense pressure to excel to prove that she wasn’t inferior due to her skin colour, she says.

Laju Uwatse, a 22-year-old model from Limerick, says there was a time when he used to dislike black people., recalls a period where he used to dislike black people. “I reached a point where I didn’t like black people; the stereotypes that were around us made me hate being compared to it.

Saeed recalls events he organised where non-black attendees would often assume he held a menial role, speaking down to him or dismissing him to later find out that he was the one organising the event – sometimes after security had been called., a 27-year-old account executive from Dublin, now works in London. He highlights a scenario in a previous workplace when, at a work lunch surrounded by the leadership team, he was referred to as “Black Kev”. “It’s a moment of reflection,” he says.

 

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