Arab ok, Caucasian ok, but Cushite NO?

Cauli · Jan 15, 2019

Apollo said:
The problem with Oromos is that they descend heavily from pre-existing populations of the Ethiopian highlands (Agaws in the Northwest and Omotics in the Southwest). The ones bordering Somalis are closer to the original Oromos but due to mixing with the other Oromos even those have been changed from their ancestral state.

They have a culture of assimilating conquered peoples and they also consider anyone who speaks Oromo as being Oromo. So that's why they easily absorbed many Somali clans in the past.

madaxweyne · Jan 16, 2019

embarassing said:
I agree with all that. Just wondering why he has a problem with simply identifying as Somali.

i do identify as a somali
but when someone asks i will tell them somalis are native east african cushites
not some Madow or some arab mix

madaxweyne · Jan 16, 2019

Apollo said:
Cushitic is not an ethnic group, but a macro-ethnolinguistic group, both involving languages and genes, not just one or the other. Most Cushites have shared ancestry despite the diversity (due to absorption of other populations).

but i still like to think of it as the cushite race
and somalis came to dominate that race

Cauli · Jan 16, 2019

@geeljire madaxweyne

Is there anyway we can find out those who voted black or Arab? Let me guess... The voted black and the ashies voted Arab?

:russ:

madaxweyne · Jan 16, 2019

Cauli said:
@geeljire madaxweyne

Is there anyway we can find out those who voted black or Arab? Let me guess... The voted black and the ashies voted Arab?

forget those self haters they can leave our community for the better
saxib they cant accept that somalis are an indigenous racial and ethnic group

who have been in the area for thousands of years and Somalis becoming the most dominant cushite
group who went on to become successful one

embarassing · Jan 16, 2019

geeljire madaxweyne said:
i do identify as a somali
but when someone asks i will tell them somalis are native east african cushites
not some Madow or some arab mix

You're right, maybe I misunderstood you.

Malikfiqi · Jan 16, 2019

embarassing said:
How is it not logical? We are our own ethnic group, it's a fact. There are related peoples yes of course, but why do you want to erase our Somalinimo? People can assume we're Chinese that's their problem not ours.

It sounds like you're having an identity crisis tbh, no offence.

You're Somali, be content with that.

Ethnic groups are grouped into macro groups like Bantu,Khoisan, Berber, and yes Cushites

I’m not saying we have much to do with these cushites but they are the closest peoples we have.

James Dahl · Jan 16, 2019

geeljire madaxweyne said:
but i still like to think of it as the cushite race
and somalis came to dominate that race

There's really only one race and that's the human race.

Everything else is an arbitrary social construct built around skin color, language or history

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