I wish Somalis were Pro-Black and Pro-Africa

[Nawal9]

I wish Somalis were closer to our African brothers and sisters. The only thing that separates us from some of them is religion - but other than that we are alike more than not. We look alike, have the same skin colour, etc. Africans are such good people, they are so loyal and kind. I'm friends with many of them, and they are the kind of people you'd like to hang with. Instead Somalis beg to be accepted by Arabs. Why can't Somalis be proud to be Black African Muslims? We only have Islam in common with the Arabs. That's it. We don't look like Arabs, we don't speak Arabic. What's sad is that Ethiopians who are light skinned and don't even look that Black, are much more Pan-African than us! Somalis can be Muslim and still be close to other Black people. Somalis are always friends with Somalis, Arabs and Asians. I remember in high school, this one Somali girl had the audacity to ask me "Why are you friends with only gaalos", what she meant was why was I friends with blacks and whites, rather than the typical Arabs and South Asians. This same girl tried to be friends with me and my African and white friends in university after her Somali friend group were all failures and went no where. Somalis beg to be one of the Arabs. What did we gain from that? A lost identity, hatred and isolation from other Black people, self hatred to be accepted by Arabs. Look at the state of Somalia, did the Arabs help us out at all in the last 26 years since the civil war? Look at our so called Arab brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, etc. Every month they are deporting orphaned and refugee Somalis back to Somalia with no future or hope.

[Kudo]

Running from arabs to madoows.

Somalis should be pro somalis. That's it. The arab is just as foregin to me as the black african.

[Hararboy]

Lmao..Ethiopians are great at faking it, most arent that afrocentric when they go home and are surrounded by other ethiopians,.Unlike Somalis who are honest about their feelings, most Ethiopians would rather not say anything and just get along with the west africans or tje bantus at school or university. Ethiopian parents would die of a heart attack if their daughter or son marries a West African or so called "Bariya", theyd much rather let them marry whites. -Habeshas worship whites too, and see themselves as the white black african. I notice even Oromos have also picked up on this belief that lighter skin is better and they tend to put assimilated Habesha Oromos on a pedestal in their community,,most community leaders are on the lighter spectrum. In other words, dont believe it. Ethiopians are the most two faced people in Africa, we have alot of self hatred and complexes. At,east Somalis are honest. We even have slurs for dark skin despite the fact that more than half the population is dark skin.

In fact a nilotic activist from the Gambella region talks about this racism.
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/index/8676

Racism in Ethiopia
By Fikru Helebo and Ephrem Madebo

Obang Metho of the Anuak Justice Council recently asked a rhetorical question: "Is there racism in Ethiopia?" Yes, there is racism in Ethiopia, no doubt about it. What may be debated is in what forms is racism manifested in Ethiopia and the degree to which that racism affects one’s social life. It would not be far from the truth to suggest that there is some form of racism in every country around the world -- Ethiopia is not an exception. Sadly, one of the worst kinds of racism, slavery, existed in Ethiopia until about three generations ago.

Slavery was officially abolished in Ethiopia only in 1942! It was even used by the Italians as a justification for their invasion in 1935. Unfortunately, the vestiges of the ugly legacy of slavery are still with us today. This legacy is primarily manifested in the form of prejudice towards our compatriots who come from the peripheral regions in the southern and western parts of the country. Ethiopians, as a people, should be ashamed for allowing this kind of racism to continue unabated in the dawn of the 21st century.

By the way, what is racism? When we think of racism, we mostly think of the institutionalized form of racism that we see in the West which is directed mostly towards people of African descent. In reality, however, racism is a phenomenon that exists anywhere between groups of people when one discriminates against the other based on any inborn physical attributes and considers their group to be superior. Ethiopian racism is based on the tone of skin color and physical traits such as facial features and hair texture. For the purpose of this article, racism is discriminating against or denigrating a fellow Ethiopian or human being based on skin color and/or physical characteristics.

Mind you, though racism in Ethiopia has its roots in our ethnic differences, it should not be confused with discrimination based on ethnic affiliation or economic status. This is true because in Ethiopia ethnic slurs are different from racial slurs, and no matter what one’s economic status is, he/she might not be free from racial abuses. Some ethnic groups might be bombarded with bone piercing ethnic slurs, but not necessarily with racial slurs, whereas some other ethnic groups, especially from western and southern Ethiopia, face both ethnic and racial abuses. Even today, social contacts (for example, marriage) with Ethiopians of Nilotic origin are considered a taboo. We all know that any Ethiopian whose physical characteristics has resemblance to Nilotic or Bantu people faces daily verbal abuses and is showered with ugly and discriminatory nick names such as baria, mesheto, wefcho-lash, etc…

The other strange face of Ethiopian racism is that it is not limited to within Ethiopia or between Ethiopians. When we travel abroad, our racist attitude travels with us. Here in the United States, Ethiopians display splendid respect for white Americans, but do not accord the same respect to black Americans. Some of us even use the derisive Amharic word baria to refer to darker-skinned black Americans. In whatever foreign country we are, when we see a black person with straight nose, large eyes, and zoma hair, we tend to say “he/she looks like an Ethiopian”, knowing that the person is not an Ethiopian. On the other hand, our heart does not accept a darker skin, a flat nose or a kinky hair person as an Ethiopian. Basically, in Ethiopia or outside Ethiopia, we Ethiopians have certain physical characteristics and features that we ascribe for ourselves, and anyone outside that artificial provenance is subject for abuse or ridicule.

In the last 35 years many Ethiopian expatriates have lived in places like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Djibouti, and Somalia (pre-1991). Some oral and written accounts and many real life experiences in these and other African countries have indicated that many Ethiopian refugees displayed superficial cultural and racial superiority, and in many cases bombarded the natives with racial slurs. However, the cultural superiority and the racial slurs were non-existent among Ethiopian refugees who lived in Somalia and Arab countries. The reader can easily guess why! I [Ephrem] very well remember my personal experience when I was a refugee in Kenya. I had a Kenyan girl friend from Machakos who has to endure daily mocking and racial slanders [monkey, baria] from almost all of my Ethiopian friends [male, female]. To some Ethiopians, racism might look like a simple joke among equals, this is not true because when racism is expressed in the form of joke, the joke is always one directional and it is based on one side always taking pride in its superiority.

Racism is a broad topic and probably as old as humanity itself. We recognize that racism in the Ethiopian context has its own unique characteristics and should be addressed with care and sensitivity. We also recognize that there are some cultural preferences that are exhibited by some Ethiopians that could unfairly be labeled as racist in some quarters. Be that as it may, Ethiopians must rid ourselves of any kind of prejudice towards any one based on his/her skin color or physical characteristics. If and when anyone of us exhibits such foolish and backward racist behavior, as was clearly the case when the AigaForum web site attempted to denigrate the tireless human rights campaigner Obang Metho, we have a moral responsibility to confront the perpetrators and unequivocally condemn their behavior. Not only must we condemn such racist behavior, we should also put the perpetrators to public shame. If we fail to do this and turn a blind eye to racism, then we are just as guilty as the offending party.

Obang has made an eloquent call for Ethiopians to address the issue of racism in Ethiopia. We concur. We believe that the time is now for us, as Ethiopian people, to acknowledge that racism in Ethiopia is a real problem that must be confronted sooner than later. Trying to deny, hide, or downplay this very sensitive and agonizing problem will only compound our existing political divide. We do not see any valid and over-riding reason to delay this issue from being discussed at this point in time. Fighting racism is as important a human rights issue as any and by proactively and responsibly addressing this very important issue at this time head on (lest we regret not heeding this call), we will only help ensure that our struggle for human rights and democracy will be a more complete one.

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[Nawal9]

Running from arabs to madoows.

Somalis should be pro somalis. That's it. The arab is just as foregin to me as the black african.

But Somalis are Madows tho? Lol the vast majority of Somalis are dark skinned. Somalis are madoows sweetie. The madoows are not foreign to us, some just have a different religion. We look like them, and live together with them.

[GAMES]

Running from arabs to madoows.

Somalis should be pro somalis. That's it. The arab is just as foregin to me as the black african.

[TheFuturist]

Running from arabs to madoows.

Somalis should be pro somalis. That's it. The arab is just as foregin to me as the black african.

Somalis for Somalis

[Smile-LiKe-SuN-RiSE]

multinicking troll welcome back

[X.Playa]

Running from arabs to madoows.

Somalis should be pro somalis. That's it. The arab is just as foregin to me as the black african.

But Somalis are Madows tho? Lol the vast majority of Somalis are dark skinned. Somalis are madoows sweetie. The madoows are not foreign to us, some just have a different religion. We look like them, and live together with them.

let me guess your lover ( in secret of course) is madow??

[TheFuturist]

Running from arabs to madoows.

Somalis should be pro somalis. That's it. The arab is just as foregin to me as the black african.

But Somalis are Madows tho? Lol the vast majority of Somalis are dark skinned. Somalis are madoows sweetie. The madoows are not foreign to us, some just have a different religion. We look like them, and live together with them.

Everyone in SSA is madoow, so what. What has pan-Africanism done for Somalis? The nearest of neighbours Ethiopians and Kenya have invaded the country and occupy significant chunks of it. They kill innocent civilians and undermine the government at every step. Those in the wider region (Uganda/Burundi/Sierra Leone etc) profiteer from the conflict they instigate and perpetuate in Somalia. Somalis are discriminated against, harassed and imprisoned across East Africa and in Kenya/Ethiopia in particular. Most African countries opposed Somalia's attempt to liberate the occupied Somali regions, even after Somalia helped a number of these countries (including South Africa's anti apartheid movement and Mozambique & Zimbabwe's independence movemenrs. Even today Somalis are killes and burned alive in South Africa. So what reason do Somalis have to pursue pan-Africanism.

Also Google Garissa massacre, Wagalla massacre, Somali/Ogaden region genocide, #Kasaraniconcentrationcamp, Ethiopian invasion of and human rights violations in Somalia.

[Mahamoud81]

Somalis are not madow. We will never be madow no matter how hard you try. Go take your kunte kinte propaganda elsewhere. If you think you are a jareer go up to a jareer woman and tell her hey am black too and watch her reaction. This jareer lover was probably brainwashed by her jareer drug dealing excon boyfriend into believing she is one of them. When you give birth to a saanweyne jareer garac who looks nothing like you we will see if you will still be singing this same kunte kinte tune.

[Nawal9]

Running from arabs to madoows.

Somalis should be pro somalis. That's it. The arab is just as foregin to me as the black african.

But Somalis are Madows tho? Lol the vast majority of Somalis are dark skinned. Somalis are madoows sweetie. The madoows are not foreign to us, some just have a different religion. We look like them, and live together with them.

let me guess your lover ( in secret of course) is madow??

So because I want Somalis to be proud to be Black Africans and ditch trying to be accepted by Arabs, it must be because I have a secret black boyfriend? Wow...you are an idiot and a self hater.

[X.Playa]

I suspect you are not even a female. no female in particular Somali has those concerns , you most likely are a non-Somali dude with a Somali bitch as a girlfriend.

[kanadiid90]

jareer lovers that shit i dont like

[Nawal9]

Running from arabs to madoows.

Somalis should be pro somalis. That's it. The arab is just as foregin to me as the black african.

But Somalis are Madows tho? Lol the vast majority of Somalis are dark skinned. Somalis are madoows sweetie. The madoows are not foreign to us, some just have a different religion. We look like them, and live together with them.

Everyone in SSA is madoow, so what. What has pan-Africanism done for Somalis? The nearest of neighbours Ethiopians and Kenya have invaded the country and occupy significant chunks of it. They kill innocent civilians and undermine the government at every step. Those in the wider region (Uganda/Burundi/Sierra Leone etc) profiteer from the conflict they instigate and perpetuate in Somalia. Somalis are discriminated against, harassed and imprisoned across East Africa and in Kenya/Ethiopia in particular. Most African countries opposed Somalia's attempt to liberate the occupied Somali regions, even after Somalia helped a number of these countries (including South Africa's anti apartheid movement and Mozambique & Zimbabwe's independence movemenrs. Even today Somalis are killes and burned alive in South Africa. So what reason do Somalis have to pursue pan-Africanism.

Also Google Garissa massacre, Wagalla massacre, Somali/Ogaden region genocide, #Kasaraniconcentrationcamp, Ethiopian invasion of and human rights violations in Somalia.

Somalia has not seen the fruits of Pan-Africanism because Somalis are not Pan-Africans. All those things you've said were in fact the DIRECT RESULT of not being Pan-Africans. Somalis has never been invovled with Pan-Africanism, give me a break, the killings of Somalis in South Africa, the occupation of Somali lands and the discrimination upon Somalis is caused by Somalis alone. Because Somalis have completely isolated themselves from other blacks, in Africa and the Western World, in hopes to be accepted by the Arabs, they lost their identity and a self hatred developed in Somalis.

[Nawal9]

Somalis are not madow. We will never be madow no matter how hard you try. Go take your kunte kinte propaganda elsewhere. If you think you are a jareer go up to a jareer woman and tell her hey am black too and watch her reaction. This jareer lover was probably brainwashed by her jareer drug dealing excon boyfriend into believing she is one of them. When you give birth to a saanweyne jareer garac who looks nothing like you we will see if you will still be singing this same kunte kinte tune.

Yeah keep dreaming in fairy land sweetie...yup, you're definitely not black, when your skin color is darker than coal....oh but since you have a a straight nose, and looser hair texture you ain't Black? Nigga please, look at your mirror.