“I’m not black,” they would say, “I’m Somali

[Kaafiye]

LOL Kaafiye, I am not trying be west african. I am proud to be somali and BLACK. Yes, Black. I hope you swallow that pill and let it sink it.

If you have to resort to incoherent delusions in order to help you sleep at night, then go right ahead. Whatever makes you happy.

The rest of us here know what we are. We haven't forgotten our Somali identity. We haven't forgotten our noble Somali ancestors.

[Prlnce]

Somalis in North America that claim black or get offended when a fellow Somalis says "i am not black" have identity issues. Simple as that they can cry all they want about being denied their blackness whatever that means.

We are not the only group that refuses to be identified as black look at every other africans that migrated to North America. Nigerians,Sudanese Ethiopians and so on all refuse to be categorized or label as blacks. You hear time after time "i am african" We don't share anything with the blacks or african american or whatever you want to call them.

Jews in America don't want to label caucasians. Arabs don't want to be labeled as caucasians that they are petitioning the US census bureau to add new category so they don't get grouped together with somebody they have nothing in common with.

Now the United States Census Bureau is testing a new category, “Middle East-North Africa” or MENA, in response to more than three decades of lobbying by Arab American organizations for a designation that better represents them. The testing, to start in September, will refine wording and sub-categories for the 2020 census. Nineteen options will be offered under the MENA designation, among them Israeli and Palestinian, as well as Egyptian, Syrian, Lebanese, Turkish, Iranian, Moroccan and Algerian. Even Sudanese and Somali are being considered.

i knew somalis wouldnt be for being labeled under black or classified as such! i hope they win just like how somalis did in the uk

Somalis want to only be referred to as Somali

That is just fantastic one of the best things I seen so far. Look at that hater getting salty because of the Somali section.

[Adali]

Chill out guys, it ain't that serious.

Robotic, can you list things that makes you proud to be Somali and then list things that makes you proud to be black.

[TheMightyNomad]

Even tho we share the same skin colour we (real africans) are not black or as I like to say "lost africans". They get offended if you refer to them as "African-American" they also get offended if an east african calls themselves black . Like wtf these ppl hate us bcuz we know are roots.

A blk man came up to me once n asked why we africans think we are better then them...he said something like "yall come here and drive cabs and clean toilets & yall think you're better then us!?!". Lawd, I didn't even know how to respond to that..

p.s didnt read topic just wanted to add that

it is explained here walaal


read the bottom part compared to other africans somalis know who they are and where they came from! They have self-respect!
This is truly offensive to the adoons in the americas and other africans! They are so weakminded lost in all aspect of a human being when they are confronted with people who know theyre roots and know theyre ancestors & who have an identity it becomes threatening to them!

We have a sense of self and they dont that is why the jareers hate us! You wont see other groups or ethnicities react to us the same way!
You wont see other ethnic groups sniffing around to see who thinks he is better than me!

[Robotic]

LOL Kaafiye, I am not trying be west african. I am proud to be somali and BLACK. Yes, Black. I hope you swallow that pill and let it sink it.

If you have to resort to incoherent delusions in order to help you sleep at night, then go right ahead. Whatever makes you happy.

The rest of us here know what we are. We haven't forgotten our Somali identity. We haven't forgotten our noble Somali ancestors.

To each his own, I guess.

[Robotic]

Chill out guys, it ain't that serious.

Robotic, can you list things that makes you proud to be Somali and then list things that makes you proud to be black.

Is this the same guy who called me slut? Bye bye.

[Robotic]

Nomaad: Your sense of self is only a label or social construct. You are the soul, you are the consciousness. You are nothingness.

[SahanGalbeed]

Race, tribe is a social construct . It's a bunch of monkeys banding together back when everybody was black .
In the regard , there is nothing wrong with somebody trying to navigate his way around .
Let people go where they want , I hate this obsessive mentality I at times have also. There will always be more of us {whatever the "us" is } left at the end of the day

[Adali]

Chill out guys, it ain't that serious.

Robotic, can you list things that makes you proud to be Somali and then list things that makes you proud to be black.

Is this the same guy who called me slut? Bye bye.

Excuse but you quoted me in the first place, are you bi-polar ?

[TheMightyNomad]

From the comments section of the article

One of the refreshing things about Africans from the African continent is their self confidence, their lack of the pigmentation chip on the shoulders of their descendants in the Americas...there are many races in Africa with Africans identifying themselves according to their tribes...the Ashanti are proud of being Ashanti...the Ibo of being Ibo.

It is sad to see migrants from Africa adopting the pigmentary neurosis of North Americans, which saps them of their original self confidence.

Well said!
see! its just the adoons in american & the brainwashed diaspora youth! Much like somalis they only identify as somali & theyre clan period!
it is stupid to discard ur unique identity for this invalid destructive corrupt label ''Black''

hopefully many will read this forum post & have an eye opener! Black is wack!

[gegiroor]

Somalis in North America that claim black or get offended when a fellow Somalis says "i am not black" have identity issues. Simple as that they can cry all they want about being denied their blackness whatever that means.

We are not the only group that refuses to be identified as black look at every other africans that migrated to North America. Nigerians,Sudanese Ethiopians and so on all refuse to be categorized or label as blacks. You hear time after time "i am african" We don't share anything with the blacks or african american or whatever you want to call them.

Jews in America don't want to label caucasians. Arabs don't want to be labeled as caucasians that they are petitioning the US census bureau to add new category so they don't get grouped together with somebody they have nothing in common with.

Now the United States Census Bureau is testing a new category, “Middle East-North Africa” or MENA, in response to more than three decades of lobbying by Arab American organizations for a designation that better represents them. The testing, to start in September, will refine wording and sub-categories for the 2020 census. Nineteen options will be offered under the MENA designation, among them Israeli and Palestinian, as well as Egyptian, Syrian, Lebanese, Turkish, Iranian, Moroccan and Algerian. Even Sudanese and Somali are being considered.

This really makes my day. I am definitely going to select MENA in the forms that come on my way when it is official. The work has already been done for people like me. If Sudanese can be considered as members pf MENA, so is Udun and all like minded Somalis. While I was defending my MENA brothers and sisters in many forums, including SNET, my Arab American brothers and sisters have been doing the real work behind the scene to get the Arab and Muslim people in the Middle East, North Africa, and Horn of Africa (Somalis and Sudanese only btw) considered as a distinct society in the USA. It couldn't be better. My work has already been done for me. We're associated with the MENA region whether you like it or not. If some of you disagree with me, I don't care. I will not care and I will not believe any thing you say!

[theyuusuf143]

I am black and proud

[Ismail87]

@Kafiye & co. Relax, she is trolling you guys

[gegiroor]

I am black and proud

You aint proud of any thing Yusuf

[Robotic]

@Kafiye & co. Relax, she is trolling you guys

I want to be taken seriously for once. Please, don't call me a troll. I am not.