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‘I am extremely proud to be Irish... but there is no conversation about racism’

UCC academic Amanullah De Sondy celebrated the arrival of his Irish passport on Twitter — then the backlash came

Amanullah De Sondy, senior lecturer at UCC: 'The backlash that I’ve received is because I am not white.' Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision/UCC
Amanullah De Sondy, senior lecturer at UCC: 'The backlash that I’ve received is because I am not white.' Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision/UCC
Bankole Oluwole
Sat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00