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Ciaran said:
More than 5,000 people gathered on the streets of Dublin on Monday afternoon protesting the death of George Floyd and chanting “black lives matter”.

The crowds marched under clear blue skies from the GPO on O’Connell Street to the American embassy in Ballsbridge in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and following the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, who died last week after being arrested by police outside a shop in Minneapolis in the United States. Cities across the US have been rocked by protests over the death in recent days.

Monday’s demonstration in Dublin was attended predominantly by young people aged 16-30, with hundreds carrying signs calling for an end to racism, an end to direct provision and in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter campaign.

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Lawson Mpame: ‘It feels like we’re second-class citizens and we don’t have the same rights as you guys.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Lawson Mpame (27) from Castleknock, who walked at the head of the protest, said he felt “frustrated and angry” by Mr Floyd’s death and that he was “sick of the injustice” towards black people around the world.

Many Irish people still refuse to accept racism is a problem in this country, he said.

“They think we’re just making it up but I’ve experienced it at first hand, my family has experienced it and my friends too. We want people to listen to us and understand the frustrations we go through.

“Being black in Ireland should mean being part of the Irish community but sometimes we feel like we’re not actually part of this community. It feels like we’re second-class citizens and we don’t have the same rights as you guys. That has to change and that needs to start now.”

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Judy Ehiguese: ‘[Racism] hides in the bushes and the trees here; it’s silent’. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Judy Ehiguese (25) and her sister Tessy (23), originally from Nigeria but both living in Lucan, said there was “silent racism” in Ireland.

“It’s not spoken about here because it’s not as serious as what you see in America where people are shot or killed,” said Judy. “It hides in the bushes and the trees here; it’s silent.”


I'd like to know 1 right a black Irish citizen hasn't got that a white Irish citizen has. Just 1.

They live in Lucan ffs
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She spent all that time making the poster, but couldn't spell peace correctly.

Unless it means she hasn't got a weapon in her pants.
 
Ciaran said:
I would execute folk who harass the homeless and I'm not even joking. What kind of **** looks at a homeless guy and thinks ' I know, I'll make this fellas life that wee bit worse'? ****ing ****s.
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some **** set one on fire in Glasgow recently.
 
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