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

Will those born in Cork but who look different ever be in a position to equivocally state ‘We are Cork’ without having to add ‘too’, asks Naomi Masheti
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. 

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