Both claim to be Somali and the one on the left tells her story of coming to America when she was 11 and being married to an older male. She talks about her abuse and experiences. I think it's important to spread awareness about abuse and issues that must be addressed but she claims to be Somali... personally I find this to be questionable because neither look Somali to me. The one on the left looks more Pakistani and has an accent that is definitely not Somali and sounds more South Asian perhaps, to me, but not African or specifically Somali. The girl on the left looks slightly more Somali but barely. She looks more like the mixed Bantu Somalis from the South and it doesn't help that she is wearing a wig, as Somali girls rarely do as their hair easily can appear the way her wig does.
The reason I am posting this is because their claim of being Somali makes the issue appear to be one related to Somalis when it is not. Somali girls are married of early at times but usually young teenagers are married off. It's unheard of for ethnic Somalis to marry off their 11 year old child. What do you think?
