DUBLIN AIRPORT - GOODBYE DUBLIN!
jonah and i are heading back to new york today. we’re in dublin airport waiting to board our flight. going through U.S. customs and immigration i saw something i haven’t seen in an Irish airport before - one of the U.S. customs offcials is Asian-American!
yeah, it’s really not such a big deal, but after all the ignorant B.S. i experienced while living in dublin it makes me proud that the the first face some Irish people see as they officially enter into the United States will be an Asian one - with an American accent!
reminds me of when i had a conversation with this one guy out in Dubs who told me (in regards to being Asian-American) “I knew your kind existed,” he said “But I’ve never actually met one of you before.” Heh… but seriously, it makes me happy when the multi-racial reality of my country is represented, even in ways as small as this.