'Yes, I'm Irish': Meet Leah Minto

Leah Minto - who you might recognise from TV3’s Red Rock - experienced a culture shock after moving to secondary school from an Educate Together primary school.
She realised not everyone had been brought up in the same way, and weren’t as accepting of other cultures.
We spoke to Leah as part of ‘Yes, I’m Irish’, a video series focusing on the experiences of mixed-race Irish people. Watch the full series here: bit.ly/YesImIrish
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  • @kiddfresh626
    @kiddfresh6263 жыл бұрын

    She’s so damn gorgeous 😭😫😫

  • @sbakernyc5761
    @sbakernyc57613 жыл бұрын

    She is stunningly beaitiful

  • @hawkhm97
    @hawkhm975 жыл бұрын

    Your unique one of a kind and that makes you very special. Continue to be who you are!

  • @enochpowel4580

    @enochpowel4580

    4 жыл бұрын

    thats the entire world of people.. stop thinking with your bell end

  • @GiaBasquiAi-ho7hf

    @GiaBasquiAi-ho7hf

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@enochpowel4580 what ! So only Caucasian and European can Believe they're special and no one else 😂 get over yourself.

  • @Areflection4
    @Areflection47 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Leah for sharing your experiences and for being aware of sensitivities.

  • @Travel_lite
    @Travel_lite4 жыл бұрын

    We're all of one race....the human race. Let's just get along together.

  • @bernardbernard2760

    @bernardbernard2760

    4 жыл бұрын

    All of the human species, but different races, different identifying features , IQ , and skin colours.

  • @okay1928

    @okay1928

    4 жыл бұрын

    bernard bernard IQ tests are based on cultural exposure not innate intellect. They carry as much weight when measuring intellect as horoscopes when measuring personality.

  • @HITBnn

    @HITBnn

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bernardbernard2760 the point is we all need to get along despite our differences

  • @gatheringleaves

    @gatheringleaves

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes but don't forget sub-races and ethnic groups

  • @GiaBasquiAi-ho7hf

    @GiaBasquiAi-ho7hf

    2 ай бұрын

    ​​@@bernardbernard2760 The skin "colors", "identifying features" dont really mean anything, back then those guys making up that research were ignorant and dumb and didnt know anything or understand what made people looked and behaved differently so they created their own narrative. People look different because of their respective environments and genetics that were necessary to adapt. Thats it, and you should know by now the idea of race was just a unreliable, rude, and limiting way to categorize people....especially when you realize that multi racial people exist in the world...I'm an average looking person and yet most people have never correctly guessed my "race/s" 😂.

  • @hughciarancolgan9180
    @hughciarancolgan91802 жыл бұрын

    Great reminder we are all of the same family and humanity humanity

  • @Samuel115s
    @Samuel115s2 жыл бұрын

    She is very beautiful :)

  • @Littlething41
    @Littlething416 жыл бұрын

    The Journal, thank you for posting these videos. For any new episodes it would be good to share the people's family lineage so that any confused viewers can understand that when one parent is White Irish then YES the children are also Irish and not simply foreigners. Thank you for these stories.

  • @biracialawareness.7956

    @biracialawareness.7956

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm half Irish and half Zambian. This is my biracial people are not black video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5abr9uTYsXRYNY.html

  • @irulanam2274
    @irulanam22742 жыл бұрын

    beautiful

  • @SuperMageo
    @SuperMageo2 жыл бұрын

    She´s gorgeous

  • @slyons6618
    @slyons66183 жыл бұрын

    She is so beautiful omg, just saw her on TV and was like, omg who is she??

  • @stephpowell7648
    @stephpowell76483 жыл бұрын

    Can I ask why they all say 'Nigerian/Irish and not 'Irish/Nigerian? Is there a reason the other ethnicity always comes first?

  • @gallagher6904

    @gallagher6904

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's very true. I noticed that.

  • @shiva_productions

    @shiva_productions

    3 жыл бұрын

    Steph, if someone grows up in Ireland they will call themselves Nigerian Irish. That's because they see themselves as Irish, but what kind of Irish? Nigerian kind of Irish. If someone grew up in Nigeria but their parents were Irish, then they would call themselves Irish Nigerian. The second should be the country you grew up in, the first is your ethnic background.

  • @amyjohnson4449

    @amyjohnson4449

    Жыл бұрын

    shes not actually Irish, Minto isn't an Irish surname.

  • @francohouston2495
    @francohouston24953 жыл бұрын

    Her accent is not that thick like other Irish people can someone explain ?? Is it because she's from Dublin!!

  • @paigewatsonx1512

    @paigewatsonx1512

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shes just well spoken

  • @shakezist

    @shakezist

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's a new accent every 20km here.

  • 6 жыл бұрын

    Quite the most gorgeous woman on air today. What a beautiful combination. Beauty, intelligence and can really act. I love you, and hope to see much more of you in the future.

  • @raythompson6861
    @raythompson68614 жыл бұрын

    Im am. Black irish from the US 43% spanish Portuguese and 34% Irish Scottish Dutch

  • @bernardbernard2760

    @bernardbernard2760

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are a rare race , you are a dolly mixture race , a biracial person of colour.

  • @SineaddeFaoite

    @SineaddeFaoite

    4 жыл бұрын

    What you are is yourself. You can experience every aspect of your culture as you wish and I wish you well in doing so.

  • @mcfcfan1870

    @mcfcfan1870

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why does skin colour matter?

  • @COM70

    @COM70

    3 жыл бұрын

    Come on home for tea sometime so ! You can swing by Portugal/Spain too as Ryanair does very cheap flights. The Irish passport is not a bad passport to have either will get you into Europe and uk for indefinite stays without paperwork and visas.

  • @biracialawareness.7956
    @biracialawareness.79566 жыл бұрын

    (Mixed Race) mean, 2 different race made a baby, which mean the 'black' race and another race made a baby in this case, what it mean is that the 'black' race is a race of it's own and not a mixture.

  • @lindasmith9834
    @lindasmith98342 жыл бұрын

    More real talk

  • @taneikajones9584
    @taneikajones95842 жыл бұрын

    They're saying you can't be Irish because of the color of your skin. Period. It's racism/classism/colorism, etc. pick one, any will do. As children I can understand being a little bit more understanding, but there's no excuse for ignorance among adults, because at that point it's a choice and blaming mommy and daddy is a cop-out. How often have white people been argued with and told, "you can't be Irish"? I would love and honest answer to this question.

  • @amyjohnson4449

    @amyjohnson4449

    Жыл бұрын

    is she irish? Minto is Scottish

  • @Happy_HIbiscus
    @Happy_HIbiscus4 жыл бұрын

    😊

  • @legin3753
    @legin37533 жыл бұрын

    Dont feel offended

  • @grs0753
    @grs07533 жыл бұрын

    She is Irish heck she even sounds Irish

  • @crazychicSHENA
    @crazychicSHENA2 жыл бұрын

    Black white mix 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇪 irish American 💘

  • @rubycobbin2645
    @rubycobbin26454 жыл бұрын

    I love all my mixtures of race.

  • @bernardbernard2760

    @bernardbernard2760

    4 жыл бұрын

    what race are you , a dolly mixture?, if we go by what you posted.

  • @celticfc81
    @celticfc816 жыл бұрын

    As Leah said herself she is Nigerian-Irish or African-Irish or simply Irish. However children born in Ireland to Nigerian parents are not Nigerian-Irish, African-Irish or Irish in any way they are simply Nigerian and no piece of paper will change that. If a dog is born in a stable it doesn't make it a horse. But as I said mixed race people like Leah who are both culturally and ethnically Irish are as Irish as they come. The comical thing is Irish features are so dominant mixed race Irish people often genuinely look Irish. Leah certainly does, Paul McGrath, Chris Hughton, Simon Zebo and Lee Chin all do as well just to name a few.

  • @biracialawareness.7956

    @biracialawareness.7956

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm half Irish and half Zambian. This is my biracial people are not black video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5abr9uTYsXRYNY.html

  • @theduke6174

    @theduke6174

    6 жыл бұрын

    So white South Africans are actually just Dutch

  • @Bayo106

    @Bayo106

    6 жыл бұрын

    sure. a nigerian that cant speak a nigerian language and has never been to nigeria, doesnt understand nigerian culture... how can you call that nigerian

  • @bernardbernard2760

    @bernardbernard2760

    4 жыл бұрын

    Duke Temz......yes White cannot be African or Black , they are White European no matter were they settle , same as Black in Europe , they are European Citizens, as the little bit of paper says , but cannot ever be European. Their is no such thing as a little bit Black , a Little bit white, or a little bit Mixed race , you have no choice.

  • @mic_derin

    @mic_derin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bayo106 Nigeria’s National language is English

  • @thebadgerbailey
    @thebadgerbailey4 жыл бұрын

    She is good lucking. Thats the only thing that matters.

  • @MrJfh86
    @MrJfh867 жыл бұрын

    Well said Leah.

  • @theyalllie1788
    @theyalllie17882 жыл бұрын

    You are beautiful

  • @naki6028
    @naki60284 жыл бұрын

    I recently found out that I am 37% Irish.

  • @COM70

    @COM70

    3 жыл бұрын

    Come over for tea sometime so !

  • @gallagher6904
    @gallagher69043 жыл бұрын

    She's equally Irish as she is black. A mixed race people.

  • @GiaBasquiAi-ho7hf

    @GiaBasquiAi-ho7hf

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes!

  • @TheEnigmaProductions
    @TheEnigmaProductions4 жыл бұрын

    She very pretty

  • @bernardbernard2760

    @bernardbernard2760

    4 жыл бұрын

    what race is she , she not Irish because they are of the White European race, she is not Chinese , they are yellow, she is not African because , well she not really Black , how mixed up can a person be. This is exactly why I would never accept having children outside my own ethnic group. To many complications , and the fact the Black genes always are more prominent , nearly 95% in most case , so well, they would never look like me or my ancestors.

  • @tigeleonsaintdeaubyn8187
    @tigeleonsaintdeaubyn81876 жыл бұрын

    BEHOLD Thou Creator And Thou One True GOD Guide Us too Create And Not too Fall For Thy Lost Soul Of Man Still Lives On THY KINGDOM COME UPON US ALL

  • @simpdemiakhalifa4516
    @simpdemiakhalifa45162 жыл бұрын

    I'm 0% Irish

  • @chocoMyCoco

    @chocoMyCoco

    Жыл бұрын

    Good for you? Were are you from? :)

  • @decembersveryown5935
    @decembersveryown5935 Жыл бұрын

    But they and their parents are wrong.

  • @mcfcfan1870
    @mcfcfan18703 жыл бұрын

    Nationality is culture. Not skin colour, ancestry, religion or any other factor

  • @amyjohnson4449

    @amyjohnson4449

    Жыл бұрын

    nationality is not culture. There are multiple cultures in a nationality.

  • @ronaldocatarinense12
    @ronaldocatarinense122 жыл бұрын

    She look white for me

  • @davidmccarthy6053
    @davidmccarthy6053 Жыл бұрын

    Your only half Irish

  • @northernking6610
    @northernking66102 жыл бұрын

    Im black. And i think shes hot!😍

  • @ellismeah8110

    @ellismeah8110

    Жыл бұрын

    But she's not black , she's more brown

  • @missira3362
    @missira3362 Жыл бұрын

    This isn't special, should have seen me being the first biracial kid on the rez, born completely white unlike my mum who looks native. This isn't special.

  • @missira3362

    @missira3362

    Жыл бұрын

    It's fine were all friends now.

  • @GiaBasquiAi-ho7hf

    @GiaBasquiAi-ho7hf

    2 ай бұрын

    Be proud of who you are and you claim both races if your parents are of two different races. I've had so many dumb, delusional and ignorant people try to argue and tell me what I am as if they know me better than I would myself and my family 😂.

  • @fakereality3792
    @fakereality37925 жыл бұрын

    I’m Irish. So if my child is born in China he’s Chinese ???? 🤷‍♂️.

  • @fiveyearflan

    @fiveyearflan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't see why not.

  • @enochpowel4580

    @enochpowel4580

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fiveyearflan because chinese is an ethnic group of people..

  • @fiveyearflan

    @fiveyearflan

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@enochpowel4580 I mean I'm pretty sure specifically its a national group. China is a country of many native ethnicities.

  • @enochpowel4580

    @enochpowel4580

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fiveyearflan today yes... but what about 200 years ago... to be chinese in my view means you look chinese...

  • @fiveyearflan

    @fiveyearflan

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@enochpowel4580 Again "chinese" isnt a singular group. China spans a massive space of land with many different kinds of Chinese people that are all unified under the national label of "Chinese".

  • @Heisen77
    @Heisen776 жыл бұрын

    About as Irish as Barack Obama

  • @hectorgarza8540

    @hectorgarza8540

    5 жыл бұрын

    @ she isn't Irish.🤣

  • @foodlover7756

    @foodlover7756

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hectorgarza8540 youre right she's not Irish nor is whites born in Africa is African nor whites born in Australia are Australian nor is New Zealand so called whites are called New Zealand people i can go on if you like 🇬🇧🤣🤣🤣

  • @marrz5266

    @marrz5266

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ireland is a nationality. Which means "the status of belonging to a particular nation." I quoted it word for word from the dictionary for you. Meaning if she lives in Ireland her nationality is Irish. She would be Nigerian/Irish.

  • @loriellemitchell2176

    @loriellemitchell2176

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think she's talking about her parentage, i.e. one of her parents is Irish, and the other is Nigerian. That would make her some percentage of Irish. Barack is 50% Kenyan and 50% American. I don't know what he has to do with this.

  • @hectorgarza8540
    @hectorgarza85405 жыл бұрын

    She isn't irish. 🤣

  • @mic_derin

    @mic_derin

    4 жыл бұрын

    hector garza why , is bill gates American 🤔 America is not the land for white people it’s the land of the native Americans so does that make someone who’s not Native American , not American ?

  • @gloin10

    @gloin10

    4 жыл бұрын

    @hector garza "She isn't irish. 🤣"? She self-defines as Irish. She is accepted by the vast majority of Irish people as Irish. It is up to her and us. None of your business...

  • @hectorgarza8540

    @hectorgarza8540

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gloin10 she is not white, so she is not Irish. If I move to China and get a piece of paper that says Chinese guess what, I'm still a Mexican. 🤣☠

  • @gloin10

    @gloin10

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hectorgarza8540 I have ZERO interest in what you want to define yourself as. The reality is that the lady is Irish. She defines as such, and is accepted as such by the people of Ireland. It is still none of your business...

  • @hectorgarza8540

    @hectorgarza8540

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gloin10 you are clearly delusional. 🤣

  • @Justme-zo3jy
    @Justme-zo3jy5 жыл бұрын

    Half cast

  • @morningstomper123

    @morningstomper123

    4 жыл бұрын

    racist

  • @foodlover7756

    @foodlover7756

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least black men and white women are mixing at a high high rate praise God in Jesus Name 🇬🇧🇬🇧🤣

  • @bernardbernard2760
    @bernardbernard27604 жыл бұрын

    Sad this woman is of mixed race, as it means she is confused as to what race she is , of course she is not Irish , that is a total nonsense. The fact she has to speak about what she thinks she is, proves how confused she is. Irish people are White, this woman is African , or mixed race , but she is not or never will be Irish . Irish people are not a mixture of Black, or any other race , no more than Africans are a mixture of Chinese, White , or any other race. She can be a Irish Citizen with a little bit of paper, but not of the Irish race. Why would she call herself Irish , why not call herself African , Zimbabwean, Congolese, Somalian. Even Africans would not view her as African , but of mixed race. If she walked down the street in any country in the world , everyone would see her as African or mixed race , not in a million years would someone say , "oh look their is a Irish woman, or White woman". . It sad that so many race mixed people are confused of who and what they really are, that is mixed race.

  • @poeticperez14

    @poeticperez14

    4 жыл бұрын

    She is not confused at all as to who she is. I believe you are confusing the terms “race” and “nationality”. Nationality refers to the nation in which a person is born (i.e. the country of Ireland) and race refers to the hereditary descent. She is of mixed races ancestrally (African (from whichever African country), Irish, and possibly other places she does not know about), but she was born in Ireland, therefore making her an Irish citizen. Therefore she is 100% correct when referring to herself as an Irish woman as that is the country and culture she grew up in (just as anyone of any racial background born in say the U.S. would refer to themselves as American). Additionally, mixed-race people can refer to themselves as whatever race they would like to, whether it’s a single race or a combination of the races they are made up of. It is not up to those who are (as far as they know) only made up of one race to choose what mixed-race people must refer to themselves as.

  • @bernardbernard2760

    @bernardbernard2760

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@poeticperez14 .......your 100% correct , she is not ethnic Irish, as Irish are neither mixed race , brown , or Black. Same as ethnic Chinese race are not White Brown or Black. Irish people are of the White European race. She is as you pointed out, maybe confused , and can claim to be any race she wishes, but only on paper, never in the true sense of the meaning. If she migrated to China tomorrow, and was given citizenship, she could hold both Chinese and Irish citizenship,no problem whatsoever, but she still racially neither Irish or Chinese, still mixed race, aka, biracial .

  • @flodeyleedeylee6248

    @flodeyleedeylee6248

    4 жыл бұрын

    Race is a social construct there is not such a thing as race but one human kind. Culture is a group of people sharing same beliefs, symbols ect... you can not retrace the whole human kind history from origin of human. At the end of the day . You have to stop this non sense. People respect the Irish culture Irish are one if the rare human that are well respected admire everywhere in the World and yes you did not get a chance to preserve your culture heritage as you wanted let your language behind but today there is people who are willing to.do so.from every cultural background.

  • @flodeyleedeylee6248

    @flodeyleedeylee6248

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did you check each Irish family and identify them as pure "race " just because they looks white. At the end of the day you should stop this non sense talk and propaganda the World do not need this and Ireland and Irish do not need this either. Every culture had face in time if their history a mixité and embrace some knowledge from others from.Africa to Asia .

  • @bernardbernard2760

    @bernardbernard2760

    4 жыл бұрын

    If anyone were to deny the fact , that Africans were not a pure race, Africans, Eskimos, Chinese , Tibetans, or any other race , liberals would call them racist. For the last time to all you liberals , no matter what you have been conditioned/brainwashed to believe , they are different races of people. Yes, any race can interbreed with another race, any offspring from such, are never ever in a trillion years considered to be pure, from either race , but are known as biracial , mixed race . What is the big deal , the vast majority of mixed race people call themselves biracial , or mixed race, if it good enough for them to accept scientific fact , then liberals should start to embrace such basic facts also.

  • @amyjohnson4449
    @amyjohnson4449 Жыл бұрын

    is she? Minto isn't Irish?

  • @simpdemiakhalifa4516
    @simpdemiakhalifa45162 жыл бұрын

    I'm 0% Irish