     munira | Monday, January 29, 2001 - 11:33 pm
i have lived in many parts of the states as well as canada.i have seen many parents including mine(thank god my mom is nice)but anyways everywhere i went is the same story.
i have seen many shocking and unexpecting things in our cummunity,and it be honest i am hurt by it and very dissapointed.
see young beautifull ladies drinking,smoking drugs,running away from home(where else is better)
all under the age of 20.(i have seen this mostly in minneapolis)i have also seen very intelgient successfull somali women as well(not every is the same)
MEN-standing by donuts all day,talking about who they slept with last night,dating outside their race and yet they are proud of it.disrespecting their sisters just to impress other guys.(very sick)
PARENTS-refusing they're daughter to marry the person she loves because of qabil.therefore she must run away with him/her.
COUPLES-getting pregnant before marriage,then they decide to have a wedding when the lady is three months preganat.
FAMILIES-living in project housing and on walfare.i dont mind doing that until u get yourself better established.maybe till u get some education and a better job.but it's like they love it meanwhile they are undergrading themselves without knowing (or r they just fools)
Anyways my point is "what makes us different from african americans"?
we have no prospectives in life neither plans(not all of us but most of us).i understand most of us are under great depression from loosing everything including our country.some of us lost families.
but that is not an excuse to forget about our culture and religion.we have a wonderful history to which we should be very proud unlike the african americans here.
i feel ashamed when i see a beautifull somali sister with an outsider same goes for guys.actually i am hurt when i see one of my brothers in the arms of a cheap white girl.(very sad)
now days the worst thing is......our ladies are marrying an outsider and yet they are proud.
i mainly blame the guys for this.
if they werent so busy disrespecting them saying how they slept with every girl but instead showing her how much she means to him and threating her like the queen she is none of this would have happened.
ppl we need to wake up and see what is happening to us.
one person that riches out to another indivdual can make a difference.
as they all say "CHARITY STARTS FROM HOME", start with the closet person to you then u have touched the lives of million others.
i was raised to make a difference,i watched my father work so hard on helping his people.and i admired him about that,it's also what i miss most about him(he died in 1994)but watching him i learned i can make a difference.and i am sure most of u can.
however i am still wondering what happened to us....where did we go wrong?
how can we help eachother?
last but not list,our young generation is very
lost.i mean the growing up kids who are about 5 years and above.what example are we providing for them now.look at us,they are seeing their mothers calling 911 on their fathers,their older sister is going out god knows where,his causine is preganat,his anut run away with a guy who her mother forbide her to marry,his uncle is dating a white girl,his brother is an acholic,the mother is chewing khaat everynight,the father is always out not providing him with manhood guideance.
now please tell me how that little boy will be when he grows up to be 20 years old or even 18.
please be kind.
your sis
munira |
