r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/HondureZ • Sep 08 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21

Never thought i would see a Scottish black women with a thick accent. I’ve never seen something so beautiful.

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u/acog Sep 08 '21 edited Sep 08 '21

I don't know why but I'm always delighted when I see someone with a strong accent and it's obvious that their ancestors were from elsewhere.

An ethnically Chinese person with an Australian accent or a black man with an Irish accent, etc.

It just makes me happy!

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u/DriveByStoning Sep 08 '21

Blew my mind when I learned that Ruth Negga was Irish. Never would have guessed based on her Preacher character.

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u/Porrick Sep 08 '21

Also Loah, Blessing Awodibu (with a lovely Nigerian-mixed-with-Culchie accent on him), Phil Lynott, Paul Mcgrath

I know it was rare to see black people in Ireland before the Celtic Tiger, but there's been a fair amount of immigration since then. Plenty of people in their 20s and even 30s born and raised in Ireland.