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“WHITE POWER IS REAL”: INSIDE CORK CITY HALL’S RADICAL ‘ANTI-RACIST’ SUMMIT
MAY 27, 2024,
BEN SCALLAN,
IRISH NEWS
A recent “anti-racism” summit in Cork was attended by An Garda Síochana “in an official capacity,” as well as politicians from government and opposition parties, and featured claims that: Ireland should be “ashamed as a country” for accommodating more white refugees than black ones; that George Nkencho was shot by Gardaí because “killing a black man is an achievement” in Ireland; and that even poor white people have inherent “white privilege”.
The 2nd Cork Anti-Racism Summit was held on Friday on the 17th of May at Cork City Hall. The event was organised by the Cork Migrant Centre – a State-funded NGO which receives money directly from Roderic O’Gorman’s Department of Integration. It was arranged in collaboration with Cork City Council.
UPDATE: Since the publication of this article, the Department of Integration has clarified that while a grant of €5,000 was provided to the Cork Migrant Centre last year, the Department “does not currently provide funding” to the group anymore.
According to organisers, the summit’s purpose was “to address and combat racism in Cork and set a precedent for other cities to follow.”
The event – which was “open to invited guests only” and which was not open to the public – was attended by a wide variety of influential groups, including:
– An Garda Síochana
– Green Party and Sinn Féin politicians
– The Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork
– Officials from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency
– A variety of State-funded NGOs, including the YMCA
– Teachers from Irish schools, including an Educate Together school
– Cloyne Diocesan Youth Services
– A University College Cork lecturer
– The Children’s Rights Alliance
– CYPSC workers
– and many more
At the venue there was also a pop-up banner with the logo of An Garda Síochana, leading Gript to ask the Garda press office if they had sponsored the event. A spokesperson replied that “An Garda Síochána attended the event in an official capacity,” but refused to say whether they had sponsored it, saying they had “no further comment.”
SINN FÉIN TD: IRELAND SHOULD BE “VERY ASHAMED AS A COUNTRY” OVER FAILURE TO HOUSE “DARKER SKINNED” ASYLUM SEEKERS
The event heard from Sinn Féin Cork North-Central TD Thomas Gould, who was asked why many black international protection applicants end up sleeping in tents on the street, while white migrants receive state accommodation like hotels and B&Bs.
He immediately replied that it was because of “ingrained racism”, adding that Ireland should be “very ashamed as a country” over its failure in this area.
“It’s racist,” he said.
“There’s no other way to explain it. You have one set of people because they’re light-skinned or white getting accommodation, and you have other people because they’re darker skinned not getting accommodation.
“It’s ingrained racism – something that we should be very ashamed of as a country.”
Gould went on to say that he had been “targeted” by the “far-right” because he “hates racists”.
“I’ve said publicly, I hate racism and I hate racists – and maybe that’s why the far-right target me,” he said, adding that he didn’t mind this, because “I am a big strong man.”
ATTENDEES RUN AROUND IN A CIRCLE LISTENING TO 2PAC TO HONOUR GEORGE FLOYD
At one point during the meeting, the MC was abruptly interrupted by an organiser who rushed the stage and cut him off mid-sentence, forcefully saying “Put on your masks! If you see the mask on your table put on your mask right now!”
The masks in question were Covid-19 masks with the words “Anti-Racist Here” on the front.
At this point a number of attendees put on the masks and started running around the room in silence with their fists raised in a “black power” stance, while music by American rapper 2Pac played in the background, including the line:
“Cops give a damn about a negro? Pull the trigger, kill a n*gga, he’s a hero”. This display went on for about 5 minutes.
When it was over, the event received thunderous applause from the entire room, with the attendee who started the display saying it was done to honour George Floyd.
“We decided to do this in remembrance of where we began,” he said.
“This anti-racism summit began in the midst of Covid after the killing of George Floyd, and we wanted to do it in remembrance of him.”
SLAM POEM ACCUSES IRISH SOCIETY OF RACISM: “HOW DARE YOU”
The event also featured a slam poetry session, in which a young migrant girl hit out at racism in Irish society.
“How dare you – you have no shame…You do racism, [yet] you hate being called racist,” she said.
“It’s more shameful, because you are supposed to be the people who understand my pain and my anger, but instead you are acting ignorant. You are the same people who were once slaves – ‘no dogs, no Irish.’ Today, why are you acting superior? Why are you racist? Did you forget your history?”
GEORGE NKENCHO KILLED BECAUSE “KILLING A BLACK MAN IS AN ACHIEVEMENT” IN IRELAND
The “poet” went on to claim that the fatal 2020 shooting of 27-year-old George Nkencho in Dublin at the hands of Gardaí was a result of racism, and that the failure to prosecute the Garda who shot him was due to “corrupt” individuals in the justice system, including Justice Minister Helen McEntee and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Notably, George Nkencho was shot by the Garda Armed Response unit while he was brandishing a knife at police, after they had already verbally warned him, tased him, and pepper sprayed him. The police had been called in the first instance because Nkencho had already hospitalised a Eurospar employee with facial injuries.
“George Nkencho was shot six times by a Garda,” the slam poet said.
“To this day, there is no justice. Killing a black man is an achievement to you.
“George needed help – not six bullets. Irish Gardaí: you should be ashamed of yourselves.”
JUSTICE MINISTER AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACCUSED OF BEING SHAMELESS AND “CORRUPT”
The poet went on to accuse Justice Minister Helen McEntee of being “corrupt”.
“Minister of Justice and the DPP [Director of Public Prosections]: you have no shame”, she said.
“How dare you make a decision not to prosecute the officer who shot George six times – six times, I repeat! It took you three years and five months to make such a lame decision.
“Just because the officer shot a black man, he deserved to walk free? You are corrupt human beings. The love you have is only for your own people. I feel like when you are black you are not protected in this country.”
Gript has reached out to Justice Minister Helen McEntee for comment, though no reply has yet been received.
UNICEF ACCUSED OF BEING PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR RACISM
The “poet” also accused UNICEF – the UN agency that provides humanitarian relief and developmental aid to impoverished children worldwide – of being partly responsible for the spread of racism for portraying black people of being “unclean” and poor.
“UNICEF – why do you show me looking unclean and unpresentable?” she said, adding that the agency “use” people like her “for donations.”
While she acknowledged that the organisation was trying to help, she added: “I am sorry, but not sorry, because all of the discrimination and racism that is going on around schools and outside school is partly because of you and your media team.
“White people see what you post – they believe that we are all poor and we are all starving. You chose to make me an unpaid model – how dare you…You see my colour, you see money.”
