What’s it like to grow up in Dublin, Ireland? | Young and European

[@EmanChuks]

A country without its language is a country without its soul. This is why culture is more important than the economy

[@silverkitty2503]

AMEN SIR! I totally agree!

[@Faigh_as]

tír gan teanga, tír gan anam

[@silverkitty2503]

@@Faigh_as aontaim

[@AnnDurcan]

He comes across as a well mannered, smart, and respectful young man.

[@barbechivo]

As opposed to....? Sounds like Biden's gaffe when he called Obama "articulate and bright and clean."

[@mydogisbailey]

@@barbechivo there you go, people like you pitting races against each other for absolutely no reason. some people see everything through race and its a sad way of living

[@silverkitty2503]

absolutely

[@silverkitty2503]

@@barbechivo as opposed to right wing weirdos with zero manners

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

Doesnt matter anybody can be that. Hes not European

[@parkiiiiiiii]

I feel that the question of "where are you really from" (or phrased nicer hopefully) is more a human trait of curiosity rather than a micro-aggression. Humans are curious mammals. I am honestly in no position to comment on this as I am white Irish with Irish heritage, and grew up in Ireland, but it's always interesting to me to know where people are from. Many friends I made in school were Irish with Polish parents. It was always interesting to me discuss what Poland was like, the foods, culture, etc, and they enjoyed talking about it, as it shows pride in their origins (be proud of where you come from!). There's a stigma around asking the question now for fear of being verbally hurtful, but I don't think it should be seen this way. If someone's demeanour is nasty, then the reason for the question is nasty and can be seen as micro-aggression, but considering in Ireland the vast majority of the population has only grown up around white Irish, it can also be a sense of curiosity to know how the Irish population has evolved and changed. This doesn't apply so much to the much younger generations (the one's still in school, like primary school), but definitely to the middle aged and elderly. If something is new to you, you're likely going to be curious about it. It's not always meant negatively :)

[@crumb6407]

As a mixed child i agree. Never saw it as a micro-aggression nor been offended by it but the tone of delivery speaks loudest perhaps

[@cowboycrook987]

i love this series. i am 25 from the US and i don't live in a walkable city, but i got a taste of that lifestyle when i studied abroad. i really want to have that lifestyle back!

[@dweuromaxx]

Hi @cowboycrook987! 👍

[@stephenrobinson1648]

40% of people in Ireland speak Irish fluently? Whaaaat? Not true in my experience. Hey Tobias, lovely young man and hope good things come to you.

[@Paker12123]

Bollox no way 40%

[@fotoz2363]

I'm from Slovakia and love India and love living there, do I get to go on Indian TV now presenting that I'm and Indian now?

[@johnmcgrath6192]

Lol, my parents were from Ireland (to NYC) and I have many 1st cousins once removed who are black. No big deal. But in Ireland Irish people will often ask of white Irish people, "Whereare your people from?, meaning what's the county bof your family's origin.

[@craic5554]

Irish people are an ethnic group. Daniel O'Connel coined the well-known saying about the Duke of Wellington: "Being born in a stable does not make one a horse." When the Englishman heard this, he repeated the quote because he agreed with it. The quote is often attributed to him. Take note that I referred to him as an Englishman. The Duke was born in Dublin.

[@harshbutfair8993]

@craic5554 Unfortunately IMO, Irish is generally the term for us as an ethnic group as well as nationality. It would be better if the ethic group was referred to its other name more often, i.e. Gael. Tobias is obviously not a Gael, but he is an Irish citizen, so he's Irish for me. Btw precious few in Ireland are actually 100% Gaelic Irish.

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

Thats why your the laughing stock of europe

[@M.Đ-z4u]

​@@harshbutfair8993he is not😂.are u blind?

[@fotoz2363]

@@harshbutfair8993 he's not Irish for me, he's African, I'm from Slovakia and even when I'd get Irish citizenship, I'd still be Slovakian, my ethnicity cannot suddenly change to Irish

[@frisbeetarian34]

Great video but 40% fluency in Irish?? Not even close, unfortunately.

[@cocazade7703]

I think they meant to say 40% of people report "some ability" in speaking Irish (like having a simple conversation), according to the census

[@ActuallyDoubleGuitars]

They said right after but that number drops right after leaving school. This includes school kids, so that number is probably right because a lot of people are proficient enough for the yest but forget it right after.

[@RazorMouth]

0.0 Guinness 🤮

[@TheEmpressgoth]

Loved it❤😊

[@barbechivo]

If Tobias feels so Irish why does he use "them" and "they" when referring to the Irish. "They have good hearts" etc, ???

[@harshbutfair8993]

Because he obviously acknowledges he has a different background to white Irish, so what, not acknowledging that difference would be stupid and would be of the political correctness that so many of the people who like your comment would be complaining about. He's Nigerian, he's Irish, you can be both in a world where people move around a lot.

[@barbechivo]

@@harshbutfair8993 before proffering an argument please improve your writing skills.

[@podjun80]

​@@harshbutfair8993and if a "white irish" used "they" "them" then it's racism...

[@sh0gun570]

@@barbechivo his writing skills seem fine enough. what's your response to him?

[@fotoz2363]

@@sh0gun570 easy response, he's not Irish, he lives in a bubble of leftists who live on the southside in posh area who lie to him that he's Irish, he has no working class Irish friend and finds no common language with them, so he's not considered Irish even by foreigners such as myself who live/work in Dublin, his culture is more Nigerian than Irish, he might be Irish on paper, such as children of Syrians in Germany, but as they don't integrate with common people, they're not part of the general culture, only living in their small parallel society

[@dhaloh]

turkey and potatoes for ONLY 7.99 EUR??? As a Latvian, consider me shocked

[@GILFHunter121]

Bear in mind thats a work canteen the food is certainly much cheaper than if they went to an other establishment. A bread roll with some chicken is about 7e in the inner-city. 🤣🤣😂😂

[@user-Tudor007]

I wonder if an Irish born in Nigeria will be called Nigerian by the Nigerians.

[@zaychik02]

Thanks a lot for subtitles!❤

[@colors6692]

There are subtitles on every KZbin video for ignorant people!

[@GuliversTravelocity]

By the logic of so many people there are no such thing as a white American, white Australian, white South Africans etc because they don’t speak the language of the indigenous people and have ancestry that originated elsewhere. Regardless of if they were born in that country or not. It doesn’t make sense. Many of the people commenting are not living in the places that their ancestors came from…

[@Faigh_as]

Ireland has never seen this level of immigration

[@cboy0394]

@@Faigh_asExcept it has. Given that the English invaded the country and sent a bunch of English workers and landowners.

[@Faigh_as]

@@cboy0394 not even close. We have over 100,000 a year immigrating to Ireland now. But English people are much more similar culturally to Irish people than the Indians and Africans that we're getting now.

[@GuliversTravelocity]

@@Faigh_as Literally Africans have been in Ireland since the invention of chattel slavery by Europeans. The issue with immigration towards Africans seems to be a problem when they come on their own free will.

[@GuliversTravelocity]

@@cboy0394 They don't have a problem with other wyt people coming to invade and take resources they have a problem with Africans coming to study and pay taxes.

[@rachelnidhugain5398]

Its funny how at the end of the video, they talk about the microaggression of "where are you really from?" And then you look at the comments on this video.... He was literally BORN in Ireland! What more proof do you guys want that he is Irish, for him to be white and have blue eyes and be ginger? I find it weird that we hold prejudices for people who hage lived their entire lives in this country, and we still don't welcome them as our own. When he is clearly integrated into our society, claims his irishness... I'm glad to see all people from Ireland getting a voice.

[@jimsully9851]

He claims his Irishness, but is very active in othering himself from society (even allowing a news piece highlighting it) and would an Irish person talk about Irish people as ‘they’ as he does at the end? Clearly his self identity is somewhat mixed anyway

[@JaxonSmith-sg2rd]

But white South Africans born in South Africa are colonists and invaders right? 😒

[@GuliversTravelocity]

@@jimsully9851 You clearly don’t understand intersectional identity. Have you read the comments? Is he othering himself or is he being othered? Why is it that when Black people of any nationality share their experiences of racism, more people are angry about that persons acknowledgement of racism than the actual racism that you yourself are reading in the comments, that you heard from his own mouth, or from the stories that are in literature, movies, and first hand experiences? At this point your willful ignorance should be studied. Is it a mental illness? I honestly don’t know.

[@LeMerch]

@@jimsully9851because of the amount of othering he receives

[@randomuruk7230]

Because he will never be Irish, you're a straight up m0r0n if you think otherwise. Wouldn't matter how long I live in China I'd never be Chinese. Doesn't matter how long I live in Nigeria I'd never be Nigerian. If I was born in space I wouldn't be an extraterrestrial alien I'd just be a human who happened to be born in space.

[@trusolace3117]

The racism in this comments make me sad man, like i wanna visit all these European countries and now i have worry if i can walk thru them safely

[@SunmisolaOtomi]

Bro stay at home,Europe is hot right now.

[@Estherggy]

@SunmisolaOtomiit is?

[@Aidan_Au]

Let's do a video for Oslo, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Reykjavík, and Stockholm

[@MrDrinksprite]

I'm afraid you'll find them even there nowadays my Chinese friend.

[@loumac9312]

He seems lovely. Polite and well brought up.

[@jami376]

SEEMS? Jesus wept 😂

[@luckylogger7594]

He's an African in Dublin

[@LPBineli]

He was born in Ireland

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

​@@LPBineliStill African

[@yezzitv]

Big up Tobias wow 👏👏👏

[@pawprintsjersey5787]

His in a nice part of Co Dublin, nice man polite repectful. His probably more Irish than the Irish, well spoken, lovely to hear him speaking irish ❤

[@Leonardson-qi1mp]

He is not Irish. If he was mixed race he could claim to be Irish but he is African regardless of where he was born

[@pawprintsjersey5787]

​@@Leonardson-qi1mphis from Dublin Ireland. Dont look at colour his skin. His family are from Africa. So what ❤😂

[@bewelllovetoteachyoutoove]

Let's do a video for Russia younger people

[@cem2503]

We have similar issues here in Germany regarding not being considered German because of the way we look

[@nicolasbrennan5129]

We have similar issues here in Pakistan regarding not being considered Pakistani because of the way we look

[@Faigh_as]

@@cem2503 South Africans have that issue a lot I hear

[@tonymurphy9795]

And they're not German. If I was born in Japan (I'm red-haired blue-eyed Irish) would people think I'm Japanese?

[@MSC85x]

germans are white u know a germanic tribe native to germany.

[@maintaininganonymity234]

​@@tonymurphy9795Ethnicity is different from nationality. Why does Germany have a naturalisation process if you need to have German ethnicity to be German?

[@tonymurphy9795]

Making no judgement on this individual but the impact of mass migration into Ireland has been catastrophic.

[@RuthOmegon]

Much like the Irish did when they emigrated to America.

[@HenryHolden-b2k]

As an American of Irish descent (100%) who is married to a black person, I am delighted to see this diversity in Ireland.

[@themaskedman221]

Well, as long as it has your approval sire 🤣

[@JaxonSmith-sg2rd]

How's the racial division working out in the USA? 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@Faigh_as]

@@HenryHolden-b2k DEI merchant

[@Grmario85]

He is lovely and young but not European. He is African. Europe must remain white. We did not sign up for racial diversity. This is not America

[@craigieplaysstuff]

You just polluted your heritage congrats 😝

[@sv-bd5em]

Fella cannot pronounce the th sound to save his life - how is there any doubt about how Irish he is?

[@leptir7110]

Oprostite biti Irac i imati.Irsko državljanstvo nije isto ..

[@dweuromaxx]

Both apply to him...

[@craigieplaysstuff]

​@dweuromaxx he's not Irish, he's just a citizen who understands its culture

[@chancellorjake]

The racism in these comments is so gross.

[@jason4275]

its from cowards who will never achieved anything in their lives.

[@CGM_68]

The real question is what are KZbin doing to prevent Russian Troll farms spamming the comments section with such divisive hateful messages? Not much by the looks of things currently. Most of these are fake accounts, which are easy to spot since they spout Russian Imperialist nonsense, things which no European would say .

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

​​@@CGM_68 That's actually a fact if you look at Moat of these irish they have completely generated users like micheal collins and Brian boru 😂 The foreigners are even worse for not seeing this.

[@randomuruk7230]

​@@jason4275 I mean, you couldn't even achieve the satisfaction of a coherent sentence. Throwing stones in glass houses are we?

[@jason4275]

@@randomuruk7230 Sounds like you're on the list I mention.

[@scottg3456]

Nice watch, believe that this young man will indeed go on to do great things, especially since he comes across as positive, kind and with a good work ethic.

[@ot7stan207]

if a white boy grew up in china, speaks the language, does all the holidays, he is AS chinese as me who is american but is chinese by ethcniity. I really dont get what issue is, its your nationality

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

Eurasia and Africa are 2 different things

[@M.Đ-z4u]

He's not😂.stop with that s**t

[@fotoz2363]

no he's not Chinese, you're logic is flawed

[@patriciajpb7308]

Hes not Irish if both parents are from africa .... its simple as that... if child born in china with both parents overses its not consider chinese

[@dweuromaxx]

Yes, he is Irish. Born and raised in Ireland = Irish

[@patriciajpb7308]

@dweuromaxx vast majority of people will disagree with you ....

[@furcaswolfbane7334]

@@dweuromaxx well one of his points is you dont have to be born in ireland to be irish did you watch your own video

[@fotoz2363]

@@dweuromaxx doesn't make him Irish, if I come to Germany from Slovakia and will have kids with my Slovak wife the kid will be Slovak, not German

[@ribbrascal]

He's neither Irish nor European.

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

I never seen a video of an asian migrant claim to be european or something else like these oongas do

[@drts6955]

Where's he from?

[@patriciajpb7308]

@@drts6955 parents are from Africa , both of the parents .... child of both Irish parents born in china is never and never will be considered chinese

[@jiderdanso2727]

He was born there

[@fotoz2363]

@@jiderdanso2727 so if my child gets born in China he's Chinese using your logic, right?

[@lynnecromack4933]

This will go well in the long term .....🤔

[@h.b16]

What do you mean by that?

[@HoO-t9j]

I'm irish and I went to Kenya. I now feel very proud to be a luo man. Can I get on Kenya T.V now.

[@patriciaredmond3996]

I don't know how i feel about this, i grew up in a neighborhood where everyone knew each other already, my parents where first generation Dublin , tribalism exists every where

[@SmokyOle]

This guy isn't an immigrant he grew up in the same neighborhood.

[@Faigh_as]

@SmokyOle but he isn't Irish, obviously. Irish citizen sure but not Irish. No disrespect to anyone that's just an obvious fact

[@sv-bd5em]

How is this an obvious fact? He was born in Ireland. Raised in Ireland. Has Irish friends. Is the only culture he knows bc it’s the only place he ever lived in. Only reason you’re saying this is bc he’s black. If he was born to white english immigrants in Ireland you wouldn’t be saying this.

[@SmokyOle]

@@Faigh_as A country is literally just borders on a map. If you grew up there then you are from there. It is what it is. If you want to get picky about guys like this going to lose the battle because this makes you look bad to everyone. Not supporting immigrants is one thing but when you don't support countrymen who look different you're not helping the cause.

[@Faigh_as]

@SmokyOle I'm not denying that Africans can be citizens of Ireland. The nation of Ireland is not just lines on a map. Have you ever been abroad? Have you been to India, sub-Saharan africa? I'm guessing not because they are GENERALLY unsafe, sexist, and racist. You don't have to go there to know we are not the same. They have their traditions, values and religions, and we have ours. He is not Irish, Chinese, or Japanese. It's nothing to be ashamed of, but he is African; It should really go without saying. Allowing our culture and society to be watered down with mass immigration is not virtuous. It's pathetic, and we're paying the price. Do you want Ireland to become minority Irish? Are you willing to give up your country, culture and history for the purposes of growing our GDP and creating "diversity." Do you want Ireland to become like London(minority English). Stop trying to portray your weakness as kindness.

[@mjw12345]

Lovely! It really always pisses me off: where are you really from called a microaggression - young Irish are so widely travelled there's always a very friendly interest where people are from. You're interested because you might have travelled in their country or the country their parents were from. It's just genuine cultural friendly interest.

[@ko0974]

Exactly always part of our way of talking and should not be bullied into changing who we are

[@TheContrarianMind]

Tobias is a credit to both his family and Ireland. However, I was a bit confused by his response when asked about his future in Ireland. He said, 'They have good hearts, they are good people, and they're friendly and everything,' which sounded as though he didn't include himself among the Irish. Shouldn't he have said 'we' instead? It makes me wonder if he doesn't see himself as Irish. In this instance, I think he unintentionally distanced himself from the Irish people, perhaps subconsciously. Ironically, he seems to be committing the same 'microaggression' that he perceives others are guilty of.

[@gibememoni]

@@TheContrarianMind even he knows hes not irish

[@ErnaBjørn]

prejudice is only increasing here in Norway, I was threatened by my own family, just for dating a black boy who lived in Sweden and later came to live in Norway🤦🏼‍♀️

[@JaxonSmith-sg2rd]

It HAD to be a Scandinavian liberal woman.

[@mistatrollge3184]

Good

[@tonymurphy9795]

They did you a favour.

[@leptir7110]

Nije bilo bijelaca ,Norvežana ,

[@maintaininganonymity234]

Far right is on the rise in Europe. The replies here are also indicating the same

[@echo8665]

🇮🇪🔥🔥

[@newlife526]

Funny how Irish citizens in Ireland are complaining about immigrants while Irish population abroad are more than 50 millions compare to current ones in Ireland. Please educate yourself complaining

[@Atk190]

When the Irish went abroad they worked you do realize that ??? Illegal migrants come here and get free food free accomadation of the taxpayers money not the exact same buddy. Silly comment

[@Atk190]

Irish built Amercia what has immigrants built in Ireland???? Went over to work while they come here for handouts. IPAS Centers across the country are full and who’s paying Irish taxpayers. Do your research silly boy

[@LeMerch]

What does another countries immigration policies got to do with Irelands immigration policy?

[@pauls.2526]

We go abroad to work.

[@JaxonSmith-sg2rd]

Also, perhaps you should educate yourself on the English language?

[@johnkelly7692]

Can someone show me multiculturalism cities in Nigeria or India or the Middle East. Why is it only Western culture has to be multicultural.

[@mjw12345]

Well, St Patricks Day is some type of national holiday in Nigeria, has I think Guinness breweries, Irish missionaries worked for a century in Nigeria (many Irish first names, recall Biafra). Recall Chinua Achebe! Delusional that multicultural is some European/USA notion!

[@BlackJackOfAllTrades1]

Ever heard of Dubai in the Middle East ? Cape Town & Johannesburg in South Africa ? .. Lebanese people make up 10% of the population of Abidjan which is the capital of Ivory Coast. Nairobi Kenya also has a sizeable European and Asian population ...

[@Faigh_as]

@@BlackJackOfAllTrades1 not exactly thriving countries are they

[@GuliversTravelocity]

@@johnkelly7692 This is what loud ignorance looks like. It isn't only the west? Have you completely forgotten about colonization and slavery? There are stolen African artifacts in western Museums around the world. Have to also forgotten that Hawaii, and North, south, central America, South Africa, and many many other regions are all stolen indigenous land inhabited by people of European descent... Wow.

[@themaskedman221]

@@Faigh_as He didn't say they had to be 'thriving' -the bigot wanted to know why "multiculturalism" doesn't exist in the Global South, and two people have now shown him to be ignorant.

[@AJ_real]

Dublin people have a huge chip on their shoulder when it comes to outsiders. Anyone from the countryside knows it all too well.

[@themaskedman221]

The girl in this video who speaks Irish seems to like it there, and you damn well know she didn't grow up in Dublin.

[@TE-xk4tg]

Frankly it sounds to me like it's you who has the "chip on the shoulder".

[@VdeVenegas5]

El gran reemplazo

[@asdfghjklyzxcvbnm]

I don't think you can be Irish if you're not born in Ireland. Most of European countries are ethnic states. Places like America Australia which are nations that were built by immigrants are the places where you can say that you are a national despite not being born - via immigration

[@sv-bd5em]

Ok so if you’re born in Spain but move to Ireland at five and grow up in Ireland making it the only culture you know does that mean you’re still not Irish? If that person moved to Spain later in life they’d have more in common with Irish people his age. People here are so

[@asdfghjklyzxcvbnm]

Nope. I am a brown person here and I stand my the opinion that Europe is an ethno-state. You gotta be European.

[@harshbutfair8993]

@asdfghjklyzxcvbnm Sure you are!

[@Paker12123]

Hes irish talks walks and acts like dub… an and lives in the posh part of Dublin

[@MakenaObeWildosh]

Would you come to ponders end Enfield,African Ipiçh,white Ipiçh, come and enjoy the river,the restaurants the lushing parks, for yoga, horses near ponders end river, it is very nice

[@JanieClement-h7b]

He is attractive

[@marthaallen8670]

Just seen you on u tube talking to a UTuber

[@learningvideosbynikhil8308]

He’s 23 and an intern! Meanwhile(I’m 21 about to be 22 in about a week), kids here in the us feel a lot of pressure for getting something full time(especially when they are doing business)

[@sv-bd5em]

Ok sucks for you I guess? Not his fault the system is different in Europe

[@fotoz2363]

@@sv-bd5em that's why his family migrated there from Nigeria

[@d3r4g45]

guys we found the Demoman!

[@lucasfontainha9053]

God bless Tobias and may he be shielded from bigots and far-righters 🙏

[@violetgoesshopping]

This is literally normal people wow. Connell's chain even. He seems so nice

[@johnmcgrath6192]

Big influence of Ireoland in Nigeria. I have some Irish cousins married to Nigerians. Very compatible in culture, very at ease with each other.

[@fotoz2363]

@@johnmcgrath6192 wow I hope you visit Nigeria soon

[@johnmcgrath6192]

@@fotoz2363 Would be niice but I'll be dead in no time, lol.. I'm 85.

[@Steve-gr6jm]

Tobias stop saying "them". Start saying "us".

[@VdeVenegas5]

Horrible. No pudieron encontrar un irlandés de verdad para entrevistar.

[@mistatrollge3184]

Re-make this video with an actual Irish person next time.

[@thoins]

He is Irish ya freak

[@MSC85x]

@@thoins nonsense

[@tonymurphy9795]

@@thoins He's not. He's an African who happened to be born in Ireland.

[@Grmario85]

@@thoins Europeans are white. Europeans are a racial group not a location. This is not America. That's why in the USA they say African American for blacks and European Americans for whites. This guy is an African in Europe.

[@rockeee]

​@tonymurphy9795 You're a white person who just so happened to be born in Ireland with no doubt British and/or Scandinavian and even the odd time Iberian DNA making up part of you..what's your point?

[@danielahmed8162]

Wow 🤯😳

[@gieljanstouten]

Wish i was Irish and living in Dublin. slán from NL.

[@poo81]

No one cares

[@FreeSpeech-q7v]

Suuurrreeee

[@paddyconnolly6213]

Exactly part of the culture part of the scene, integration and respect.

[@S4v3_w3st]

african

[@Faigh_as]

Ffs

[@samiraolivier11]

Lmfao people just discovering black Irish 😂😂

[@ribbrascal]

That's not what "black Irish" means He's not Irish at all

[@Faigh_as]

"Lmfao people just discovering black Irish 😂😂"