I feel, think and act like a Corkonian, why can't I be treated like one?

Lorraine O'Donovan, Nadia Moussed, and Andrea Williams at the Anti Racism Summit at Cork City Hall in April. Picture: Gerard McCarthy
"We are Cork too", said Cecilia, a good friend of mine from the Mexican community at the launch of the first ever youth-led Anti-Racist Summit in Cork, held at City Hall on April 12 this year.
As a new citizen living in ‘Cork like’, I feel, think and act like a Corkonian even though I may not speak or look like one.