Black, Korean, stateless: a Slickyboy’s American dream, part 2

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I was taken as a baby…I didn’t know who I was, part 2

Jackie makes sporting history for Ireland and uncovers the truth about her past.Taken from her mother as a baby and raised in an Irish institution, Jackie McCarthy O’Brien grew up in silence, facing prejudice because of the colour of her skin, and with no real sense of who she wa ...  Show more

I was taken as a baby, I didn’t know who I was, part 1

A black girl in a white town, Jackie’s made to grow up silenced and alone. This episode contains outdated racial language that some might find offensive. Jackie McCarthy O’Brien was just a baby when police officers flanked by a nun and a priest came to her unmarried mother’s door ...  Show more

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