Sophisticate wrote:It's becoming resoundingly clear that you jump to conclusions and make egregious assumptions about Somalis too. You claim we make sweeping generalizations and should be faulted for that, when you are doing the same. Colonial writings are slanted and contradictory at times (that's why you view them with a degree of skepticism)- true. However, its well established that Somalis were not acquiescent to anyone and this point is quite consistent. Why are you offended by that point. Do you want to alter Somali history and have Somali forbearers be inculcated with low-self esteem and a servile attitude? If anything I find it quite depressing that this strong sense of self and boldness is diminishing with some of the youth. What a pity. I guess some are afflicted with an identity crisis of eminence proportions. That they prefer to be anything other than Somali. Poor cultural runaways.Yuvun wrote:Meh, it's pretty clear you guys lack the critical thinking skills to do any reasonable discourse. I mean, did any of you guys see that idiot "ThemightyNomad" make the claim that Nigerians are poor by citing a newspaper which talks about how AFRICAN-AMERICANS (not Nigerians) are poorer in Baltimore than Ibadan (Nigeria). Am I seriously the only one that noticed this?
You guys are too fixated on scientific racism, I guess when you're in such a state that our people are currently in you cling onto whatever ideals you can that breed false sense of superiority. Idiots taking pride in not coming from slavery, in being people that enslaved others, in bullshit that f-king colonialist wrote (which were often contradictory to what other colonist observed).
Inshallah y'all actually start achieving something in your lives for you to stop being so wrapped up in this shit.
Peace, a nigga's out.No one will truly respect them.
That's something these poor cultural runaways will never understand. If they want to disassociate themselves from Somali culture and embrace AA culture, then by all means they can do so. No one is stopping them.
But what I have a problem with is how they want to drag the entire Somali community with them. And then they have the nerve to disparage any Somali who stands against their agenda, calling them "racist" or naive.
The irony is unreal.