Some thoughts on what's been happening in the US over the last few days.
Firstly, I want to listen. I want to hear what is being said, here & in the US, on the reality of racism & how white supremacy has benefited my life.
If you're the same, start here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1BR…
Firstly, I want to listen. I want to hear what is being said, here & in the US, on the reality of racism & how white supremacy has benefited my life.
If you're the same, start here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1BR…
There are extraordinary voices coming from the US right now, voices filled with grief, pain & righteous anger, and I could fill a thread with them alone.
As someone who spends time in both the US and Ireland: I hear you. I'm so sorry. I'm listening.
As someone who spends time in both the US and Ireland: I hear you. I'm so sorry. I'm listening.
And: I'm speaking now to all of us in Ireland.
If you're horrified by what's happening in the US – well, me too.
And lads: it's not enough to point across the water. We have to look closer to home.
If you're horrified by what's happening in the US – well, me too.
And lads: it's not enough to point across the water. We have to look closer to home.
To that end, here are some people who are speaking to Irish experiences of racism & oppression – be it in Direct Provision, among the Traveller/Mincéirí community, or simply living your life as a person of colour in Ireland.
I value @SindyLJoyce's perspective for a thousand different reasons – for her work as a thinker, a writer and a public figure, we are lucky to have her.
She shouldn't have to write tweets like this anymore. The numbers are horrifying.
She shouldn't have to write tweets like this anymore. The numbers are horrifying.
I would include the voice of Sylva Tukula, if she were alive to speak right now. But she's not. She died in an abhorrent system of institutionalisation, in an all-male DP centre, to our ever-lasting shame.
Her friends were not notified of her burial.
Her friends were not notified of her burial.
Sometimes voices are raised together in unison. Please follow @masi_asylum and fight for the end of Direct Provision in Ireland.
