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I was in the car taking my aunt somewhere and I put on some drill rap (not gonna listen to any of that whiteboy music they play on the radio) and she said "why are you acting like these mathows?". I told her I am black and she said "wallahi these kids don't know their daqan?". Anywho, why does it seem that so many somalis deny that they're black? And it seems like these somalis that deny they're black only say they're black when they're victimized.

typical Somali arrogance and low IQ

they think they are special. they are not
they think they are arabs yet have 0 dhegcas DNA
they think they are better than other africans/blacks when they are the worst
they think AA's are worthless when beyonce and jay z have more net worth than Somalia's GDP
they think they look better than other blacks when they are bulbheads
they think they are lightskin when only Dinkas are darker

the list goes on

We don't want to be associated with Negros

I was just joking I don't really care about skin colors I care about ethnicity and religion. We dont share same culture and language the only thing we share is the same continent.

Negros from Africa don't help Somalia they are exploiting pur country and raping our women and they are calling them self 'peace keeping force'

They also hate us so why should we love them?

They are shit people anyway and you are shit for copying their hip hop culture

Beacuse our identity is not color. We are Somalis an ethnicity not just color.

typical Somali arrogance and low IQ

they think they are special. they are not
they think they are arabs yet have 0 dhegcas DNA
they think they are better than other africans/blacks when they are the worst
they think AA's are worthless when beyonce and jay z have more net worth than Somalia's GDP
they think they look better than other blacks when they are bulbheads
they think they are lightskin when only Dinkas are darker

the list goes on

Oh the irony and stupidity shown here

find me anybody who wants to be on the bottom of a race of humanity.

Somalis are Somalis and that's that.

Because being black is associated with being miserable, unhappy, sad, wretched, broken-hearted, heartbroken, grief-stricken, grieving, sorrowful, mourning, devastated, despairing, downcast, down, downhearted, dejected, depressed, pessimistic gloomy, mournful, dismal, and low-spirited......ain't no one got time for that! !!!

Gaala Madoow, Black infidels/Pagans were our enemies for over a thousand years since we have been Somali & Muslim. & anything bad is associated with Madoow/Darkness in the world wether its culture, religion etc.

Sounds to me like a bunch of you guys just hate being black. And Idk why you guys act like "Somali" is something better than black. It's a war-torn country and one of the poorest in the world. I for one am a black, Somali and MUSLIM man. And for the one's who say you're not black, what do you see in the mirror? What do you write on the census? What little jimmy and gretchen think? They'll see you as Black black blackity black

We don't want to be associated with Negros

I was just joking I don't really care about skin colors I care about ethnicity and religion. We dont share same culture and language the only thing we share is the same continent.

Negros from Africa don't help Somalia they are exploiting pur country and raping our women and they are calling them self 'peace keeping force'

They also hate us so why should we love them?

They are shit people anyway and you are shit for copying their hip hop culture

I have no culture or language with somali. I don't eat somali food, I don't speak somali, I don't talk to somali people, I never been to Somalia. I was born in this country, America. And don't try to say the reason Somalia is the way it is is because of "black people". Somalia is the way it is because of all of that clan nonsense, and the famine that is going on right now is allah's vengance for Somalia.

Im not a nigger so shut the fuck up

Im lighter then indians why the fuck am i considered black

Im not a nigger so shut the fuck up

Im lighter then indians why the fuck am i considered black

This is the problem with you self hating niggas lmao. You're always dickriding Arabs or Indians talking about "my nose is straight, my hair is like the Arabs". It doesn't matter about your skin. You're from east Africa, you're black. Tell a white person you're not black and they'd laugh in front of your face. And go to the backwoods of Mississippi and if the KKK got a hold of you they'd treat you as any "nigger" lmao

I was in the car taking my aunt somewhere and I put on some drill rap (not gonna listen to any of that whiteboy music they play on the radio) and she said "why are you acting like these mathows?". I told her I am black and she said "wallahi these kids don't know their daqan?". Anywho, why does it seem that so many somalis deny that they're black? And it seems like these somalis that deny they're black only say they're black when they're victimized.

We Somalis reject "black" as an identity. Because black is a western identity trap, that renders you alienated without any framework for social development. What sense is it to confine ourself to a name that only reflects our skin color.

Just because we share skin color with AAs or other Africans doesn't mean we have the same values, cultures or live in the same reality as them. This doesn't mean we see ourselves as surperior, it just means we see ourselves as distinct.

So i agree with your Aunt. She is very much correct you are Somali not black. Black is an empty color abstract with no refrence attached to it, while your Somaliness on the other hand connects you to land, culture and history.

Lastly we understand the reality of discrimination and racism in the west, it's just not our identity. Racism and discrimination does not describe us. Ask yourself if the only difference is skin complexion and being at the bottom of every social economic indicator. Then how is that an identity?

There is no wonder why Somalis feel a sense of inadequaucy when it comes to the super-imposition of blackness. Because it takes them away from their claim to land, culture and history and renders them into homeless marginalized "other" with no refrence.

Beacuse our identity is not color. We are Somalis an ethnicity not just color.

Exactly. Its flipping dehumanizing to render yourself into an empty abstract color.

Europe has done a good job of imposing on Africans notions of identity based not on geography or ethnicity, but relative color.

An identity is generally geographical and ties the people to their native environment or their core doctrine. For Indians it is their land, for Chinese it is their land, for Jews it is their faith.

It is difficult to convey this to Somali youth who are more invested into fitting in and chasing trends.