Mo Farah issue raises again social awkwardness of Somalis

[The`Republic]

Damn Somali people have got to be some of the most socially awkward beings on the planet. Having scouted through youtube vids of the guy's win and read some responses to news, why the hell are many Somalis denying the guy's "Britishness" and claiming him as a Somalia/Somaliland success when:

- the guy immigrated to the UK as a kid,
- was invested in by the British state
- went to grade school to university on British tax money
- was introduced to running by a British teacher
- encouraged and pushed to compete by British mentors
- had his license to drive to competitions paid for by a British athlete
- had his training provided to him by British sports grants (to this day including his top training with a trainer in the US)
- has been fashioned into global icon by British media
- represents the British flag
- wears a British vest on world stage

They are actually constantly arguing with British people about their right to celebrate him as a British winner when by Mo Farah's own personal choice:

Here is how Mo Farah, his voice denoting impatience, responded last night when asked by one journalist if he would have preferred to run as a Somali.


"Look mate, this is my country.

This is where I grew up, this is where I started life. This is my country and when I put on my Great Britain vest I'm proud. I'm very proud."

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/polit ... rit-charge

“If I hadn’t come to England, I wouldn’t be a runner,” he once told me. “I wouldn’t be an athlete, I wouldn’t be in the Olympics. Nobody runs in Somalia. It’s not like Ethiopia or Kenya where everyone runs.

...

And it was to thank the country that gave him shelter and purpose that he set out to win this race on Saturday night. Fully 25 laps of the track would constitute the most gruelling thank-you note anyone could deliver.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympi ... itain.html

The man is not a Somalia or Somaliland national, even if he is an ethnic Somali. The man is a British national of Somali ethnicity who represents the country that invested in him. How socially awkward can Somalis get when in immature and embarassing responses super-impose their idea of identity on him even though they have no right and when he has already verbalized his identity and represented it through this on his Olympics 10000 m win:



My advice to these socially awkward Somalis is get over it and stop embarassing yourself. The man is an ethnic Somali, yes, but he is a British product through and through.

Besides, not every Somali wants every other Somali with a computer speaking for him. There is a difference between celebrating someone's achievement and trying to own it. Make something of yourself, don't try to own someone else's accomplishments as a lot of these socially awkward folks are really trying to do.

[Cirwaaq]

It will not be long when Somalis compete for uganda, Kenya and Tanzania because those nations gave them the opportunity they required to be the best.

He does not have a recognized state or for that matter a state with infrastructure that could have given him the opportunity to excel.

After recognition there will be thousands like him in the world stage insha'allah

Ameen Dhe

[Rightwing]

Damn Somali people have got to be some of the most socially awkward beings on the planet.

Co-Sign.

Le justicier
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[The`Republic]

Cirwaaq, thanks for the facetious argument. The topic had nothing to do with domestic Somali politics or shoulda, coulda, woulda in the past, present, or future.

The man is a British national who represented the state that reared him and invested in him. End of story.

It is like someone like myself doing something noteworthy and some Somali somewhere super-imposing his idea of my identity to the point of discrediting the United States that gave me education, support, mentoring, and scholarships and whose flag and vest I wear on national stage and that Somali would only do that because we share ethnicity which would be symbolic in these instances facing off against real investment.

Point is Somalia/Somaliland has done nothing for the guy beyond be the land where he was given birth.

Somalis: stop being socially awkward and stop speaking for people who have already spoken for themselves.

[Jaidi]

Yes he's obviously a Brit athlete. Still gonna root for him though

[Jaidi]

It will not be long when Somalis compete for uganda, Kenya and Tanzania because those nations gave them the opportunity they required to be the best.

He does not have a recognized state or for that matter a state with infrastructure that could have given him the opportunity to excel.

After recognition there will be thousands like him in the world stage insha'allah

Ameen Dhe

He'd still run for GB with ictiraaf mate

[salafi_student]

I stand by my rather antique views, and that is the guy is Black Brit. No less!!



Peace and Love

[CaliBurco]

Just shut up man, leave endarkened sistah alone. Atleast she took a break from Saudi bashing.

[1nemansquad]

I've never seen any of his races, I didn't watch him win a gold because I couldn't careless about this prick.
I will check him out, when he comes to his senses and calls himself Muhammad instead of Mo

[Cirwaaq]

Cirwaaq, thanks for the facetious argument. The topic had nothing to do with domestic Somali politics or shoulda, coulda, woulda in the past, present, or future.

The man is a British national who represented the state that reared him and invested in him. End of story.

With that same arguement all somalis who are Refugees of foreign states should be classed as foreigners in GOOD, BAD or UGLY times!

Since the Somali psyche sits at the periphery of an abyss of self damnation brother look above the petty ... this is a special circumstance

The Arab media is claiming him as a SON of an member of the ARAB league... We humans are weak and fragile and it is that weakness that is being expressed here and i would expect any intelligent being to show pity at the least for the down trodden souls. The Somali Psyche is desperate for HEROS. A better developed sentient being would appreciate the necessary as opposed to the reality of situation.

Jaidi that is beside the point.

Salafi... Jaza'akallahu kharan

[TheblueNwhite]

lol.. Mo is Somali, will always be a Somali and Somalis will always celebrate his victories on the world stage. We could careless what flag he waves. Mo made us proud indeed.

[Cirwaaq]

I've never seen any of his races, I didn't watch him win a gold because I couldn't careless about this prick.
I will check him out, when he comes to his senses and calls himself Muhammad instead of Mo

1NewMamaSquid <<< i am sure your moma didn't give you that name either.

Just accept "Mo" as his choice Avatar nick in his environment of pastime

[Thuganomics]

He's Somali 'cos of the blood that pumps through his veins.No piece of paper or a geographical location of birth is gonna change that.Do you know why in the Quran only nabi Issa is the only prophet that does not addresses his congregation as Ya Qomi (My people)
He (Nabi Isse ) is made to say by Allah "Ya Bani Israel" .To be of that "Qom" or people you father has to be of them.So by qiyaas and precedence Mo Farah is not of those people you so wish him to be

So without taking away from everything he said in those quotes you posted.The man is Somali
That doesn't mean he can't run for Britain or represent Britain since it was Britain that gave him all those opportunities he so eloquently stated

[Jaidi]

lol.. Mo is Somali, will always be a Somali and Somalis will always celebrate his victories on the world stage. We could careless what flag he waves. Mo made us proud indeed.

Well put close thread lol

[PrinceDaadi]

The whole Olympic and Nation state is useless. the Olympic games r money making machine but represent no one.

Doug: None of those sporting events that are supposedly between countries make any sense to me. I mean, where there used to be a Soviet Union fielding sports teams, now there're 15 countries fielding them. There used to be a Czechoslovakia; now there're two countries to cheer for - in the former Yugoslavia there are five. And in Germany, there used to be two of each team to cheer for, and now there's one. It's a completely meaningless way of grouping people, and counting the achievements of people this way means even less. It makes no sense for people to have any loyalty to these arbitrary lines drawn on maps.

Doug Casey.