Black History Month Ireland, why?

I’m disappointed in you Bubblypop. You’re continually referring to Phillo as ‘black’ when he was clearly a mixed race man, with one white and one black parent.

It’s really quite insensitive of you to abnegate 50% of his heritage. I expected more nuanced thinking from you, as possibly the most prolific Boardsie on all ethnicity- and race-related topics.

Are you denying the existence of and the experiences of mixed race people?

How else would you describe a man with a white mother and a black father?

But you freely admit that you didn’t know the man personally and have no idea how he identified, apart from some spurious articles in the media. You don’t believe everything you read in the newspapers, do you bubbly?

Mixed race people are 2% of the UK population. In the UK, mixed race people are perceived as the children of two parents from different racial backgrounds. Phillo is pretty much the archetype of a mixed race man.

Are you whitewashing (pardon the pun) the experiences of ca. 1.5 million people in the UK?

There’s no issue here! I’m just highlighting your previous lack of nuance in referring to Phillo as ‘black’. Given that that you’re clearly passionate about race-related topics, this fixed mindset of yours was quite a surprise.

I just wanted to be clear that you weren’t unintentionally abnegating 50% of the man’s heritage. I’m glad that we’ve cleared that up.

Gingers have no souls though. Can't be doing that.

Funny reading that nonsense you just posted ..

TLDR;

A middle class girl from Ghana immigrated to New York at age 16.

She met an Irish man, married him and moved to Galway.

She started an online business catering for the maternity clothing market.

She won an auction for a bricks and mortar store and began trading there successfully.

She diversified her business to include selling jewellery with a preference for collaborating with local immigrants.

She hopes her success will inspire non-Irish women to be successful business people.

Its irritating they'd have this scumbag arrested within 48 hours if they wanted to. Every square inch of any town in Ireland has ccctv. Don't tell me they can't find him

I'd argue that the person in your story looking to integrate would find it much worse to on every turn see a certain group of people going out of their way to attack or belittle every completely harmless measure taken to in anyway support them - the same activity that a sizeable group of posters here seem to spend their lives doing.

I would have historically thought this effort wasn't needed but from reading threads it is clear that people do not have a clue about black history either within Ireland or abroad. I know 'the regulars' here are completely lost causes and will remain willfully ignorant but if it educates a few people that are open to learning then it is worth whatever minimal cost to RTE.