Leon Diop on finding his identity as a mixed race man in Ireland
Updated / Thursday, 24 Dec 2020
10:30
Lifestyle There was a gap in where black and mixed-race people could go in order to learn about the experiences of others, to find out they re not alone , Leon Diop says. And that’s certainly how I would have felt, like I’m the only person going through this right now!
Growing up as a mixed-race man in Tallaght, with an Irish mum and a Senegalese dad, Diop says he experienced everything from overt racism to covert racism and struggled to fit in with either community for a time. This struggle for identity is one he recognises in many members of the black and Irish community.
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