“Talking about race is a complicated thing,” Boni Odoemene, former DIT Students’ Union president, told The Irish Times. He has also set up an Instagram account for young black Irish people to share their experiences of growing up here. “I’m probably the only black male in the Irish fashion industry and I didn’t feel I could talk about these things before. As a model, she’s found most Irish agencies only have a couple of women of colour on their books. “It’s great the black Irish community finally has the courage to step up.

Source: The Irish Times June 05, 2020 18:00 UTC