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Next month is Black History Month. I have been taking some time to educate myself on racial issues, and attempt to understand the ongoing struggle and frustration of people living with racism. This week’s chat with Áine Mulloy is insightful for anyone interested in living in a more equal and just society. A society where the colour of skin does not define or exclude people from identifying as a proud, Irish citizen. 
Áine Mulloy, Diversity & Inclusion advocate and TEDx speaker, talks growing up black, and Irish.  

 Topics include: 

•  Personal experiences of racism in Ireland
•  Lack of support from authorities including An Garda Síochána (police) 
•  Protected and accepted in small, rural community versus racism experiences escalated in anonymous, urban cities 
•  Sense of relief to finally make friends in adulthood with another black person
•  ‘Yes, I’m Irish!’ …. Yes, but where are you really from? 
•  Who is actually, ‘Irish’? 
•  Sport a great equaliser. The Gaelic Athletic Association doing a lot of work to improve diversity and inclusion in local communities.
•  Experience of hair as part of black identity and history   
•  Idea of time being ‘spent/wasted’ in Western society, versus in African societies where a task takes as long as it takes – not dictated by time: an alternative, calmer way of perceiving time
•  #Black Lives Matter – recent protests in Ireland 
•  Grassroot movements in Ireland – appetite for change 
•  Discuss what white Irish people can do to become anti-racist
•  Educate ourselves! Books, podcasts, TED talks, Instagram sites 

Useful links:
Áine Mulloy TEDx talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/aine_mulloy_insert_female_speaker_here?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Nobel Prize in Literature, Toni Morrison: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1993/morrison/biographical/

 ‘Don’t Touch My Hair’ byEmma Dabiri: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/23/dont-touch-my-hair-emma-dabiri-review

 RTÉ documentary ‘New Gaels’: https://www.gaa.ie/news/new-gaels-documentary-shows-where-we-all-belong/

 Black and Irish Instagram: @black_andirish

Kimberle Crenshaw TED talk: 

https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?language=en

 Ibram Kendi: https://www.ibramxkendi.com/

 Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo Lodge  http://renieddolodge.co.uk/books/

 White Fragility by Robin diAngelo: https://www.robindiangelo.com/

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