Emma Dabiri

A reader asks whether the hairstyle she wants to wear would be cultural appropriation. Emma has some advice.

A reader says he “melts” at the sight of “a pretty black girl on the street or in the office” and asks, “What should I do?”

Advice columnist Emma Dabiri responds to one immigrant reader who asks if it would be weird if they started using Dublin slang, and another wondering about the best way to show solidarity online.

When women of African descent refuse to wear their hair natural, is it self-hate or just fashion? a reader asks. Emma has answers.

“This insistence that you must be from elsewhere is deeply disorientating, and can leave you feeling extremely lost and anchorless – at least that’s how I felt,” writes Emma Dabiri, in response to a reader.

A reader says she thinks that young people of African descent in Ireland should know more about their shared Pan-African heritage. What’s the path to that? she asks. Emma has advice.

“My partner is a Muslim woman of colour from the UK, and I’m keen to move back to Dublin … but I’m worried I’d be bringing her to a city which is much whiter than London, and might well be more racist or Islamophobic,” a reader worries. Emma has advice.

A reader asks for advice on how to teach a diverse class of students to help them feel proud of their heritage. Columnist Emma Dabiri offers some ideas.