Who remembers the Internet cafe stereotype?

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Who remembers the Internet cafe stereotype?

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It was a stereotype that Somali people owned internet cafes but it seems now, that stereotype has been replaced with minicab driving :down:

I haven't heard anyone associate Internet cafe with Somalis for about two years now but I think that's because most of them have closed down
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Re: Who remembers the Internet cafe stereotype?

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Did Somalis own a lot of internet cafes in London :-O
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Re: Who remembers the Internet cafe stereotype?

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Minicab driving and internet hot-spots are somali stereotypes, also the setting up of telephone cubicles within the internet cafe's, there's a cafe not far from my place in the same building where they do money transferring.
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Re: Who remembers the Internet cafe stereotype?

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GeoSeven wrote:Did Somalis own a lot of internet cafes in London :-O
Yep, many, it was like how Asians owned grocery stores Somalis owned internet cafes but for some reason it has faded away.
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Re: Who remembers the Internet cafe stereotype?

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hydrogen wrote:
GeoSeven wrote:Did Somalis own a lot of internet cafes in London :-O
Yep, many, it was like how Asians owned grocery stores Somalis owned internet cafes but for some reason it has faded away.
Dude it hasn't, there's 6 internet cafe's in Haringey, wood green and several in my area too. Just because you haven't seen much doesn't mean it faded away...
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Re: Who remembers the Internet cafe stereotype?

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ZubeirAwal wrote:Minicab driving and internet hot-spots are somali stereotypes, also the setting up of telephone cubicles within the internet cafe's, there's a cafe not far from my place in the same building where they do money transferring.
Those cubicle calls used to be very popular, nowadays everyone has connections in their homes so that's practically died down.
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Re: Who remembers the Internet cafe stereotype?

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ZubeirAwal wrote:
hydrogen wrote:
GeoSeven wrote:Did Somalis own a lot of internet cafes in London :-O
Yep, many, it was like how Asians owned grocery stores Somalis owned internet cafes but for some reason it has faded away.
Dude it hasn't, there's 6 internet cafe's in Haringey, wood green and several in my area too. Just because you haven't seen much doesn't mean it faded away...
I remember going to Finsbury park the streets were lined with Somali words and Somali telephone companies as shop titles :lol:
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Re: Who remembers the Internet cafe stereotype?

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Somalis always jump on to a new phase from internet cafe to.minicab to" business centers " which in reality is a shop seperated by plywood cubicles with 10 women sitting in them selling the same diraac and abaya shampoos and soaps which u can.cheaper at pak :snoop:
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