Are you proud of being Somali?

One thing I find really odd if you truly felt that way, you could just leave the community and move on.

But instead, you stick around: researching Somalia, lurking in Somali spaces, following what Somalis do, posting about it. For what?

It’s clear you hate yourself, but it goes deeper than Somalia , you seem to hate yourself as a person. That’s the only conclusion anyone can reasonably draw.

You’re not going to change how most Somalis feel about themselves or their country with pejoratives, labels, or by weaponizing memes and random comments online. It’s a futile, self defeating endeavor, yet you engage in it day in and day out.

The proof? Thousands of Somalis left, yes, but millions invest in their country, returning each year with skills, wealth, and social capital, contributing to its growth.

That’s why we are proud of being Somali because we love ourselves, and we are surrounded by communities that uplift and support us

And I said as much the last time you all ran with these types of threads: Maybe it will serve as another wake up call to find another hobby
To me, it seems like a lot of the people on this site , including many of the posters in this thread , are actually the ones who hold deep resentment toward the wider Somali collective. My guess is that it stems from seeing yourselves as marginalized or wronged by that collective, and now you use these threads as a way to take revenge , by exaggerating negative narratives to ''humiliate Somalis'' or ''damage their reputation''

In doing so, you're engaging in self-othering.
You blame other Somalis for your own personal circumstances, and it seems like you can’t stand seeing Somalis succeed , so you try to discredit or minimize their achievements.

That’s why you rarely, if ever, post anything constructive , no threads on Somali progress, development, or community efforts. Just negativity or drama.
Honestly, that’s also why most of you seem detached from the actual Somali community, even though you constantly hover around Somali spaces online. You're not really part of the social fabric , and I’ve noticed many of you larp as clans or regions you’re not even from. You don’t know the most basic facts, and you hold views that people from those places typically wouldn’t. I’ve had to correct some of you on things that are common knowledge.
There's a real difference between you chronically online posters and the Somalis out there working, building, getting educated, and building lives for themselves and their families.

We’re not sitting around wondering “Who hates us?” because we love ourselves and we’re surrounded by communities that uplift and support us.
If this stuff genuinely upsets you (which I doubt , I think it’s performative), maybe it’s time to disengage. Focus on your own life, your family, your work, your deen, or your community. That energy would serve you better than constantly obsessing over who "likes" or "dislikes" you online.
 
I want to know if you guys are truly proud of being Somali? What exactly is there to be proud of? Our failed country? History? Culture? Personally I don’t think I have ever been proud of being Somali but I do like myself it’s not that I have self hatred or something is just that I don’t think there’s anything to be proud about being a Somali. Let me know what you guys are proud about? We all fled our country anyway lol.
There are so many unwell people on this forum lmao 😂 alx I have yet to come across somalis like you irl
 

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I want to know if you guys are truly proud of being Somali? What exactly is there to be proud of? Our failed country? History? Culture? Personally I don’t think I have ever been proud of being Somali but I do like myself it’s not that I have self hatred or something is just that I don’t think there’s anything to be proud about being a Somali. Let me know what you guys are proud about? We all fled our country anyway lol.
always feel proud about your race, your people and blood. It makes you look weak in the eyes of a changing landscape. We aint Hindi saxib. Self hatred leads to people mocking you.
 
Yes, exceedingly so. We have some of the oldest and richest civilisations, cities, cultures and histories in the world. we're exceedingly good looking too as a collective, tall and lean and handsome. We have one of the largest countries in the world and our ethnic territory is almost exclusively ours. The others desperately copy us. We're the blueprint.
 
Alhamdullilah for being Somali laakin we are lowkey lacking in something to be fully proud of. Our youth are busy humiliating themselves for cheap laughs in the name of Somali when by now we should have had many Somali musicians, ballers, and a tourist sect making it into the world stage for these lost youths to follow and be proud of. Kind of how Nigeria is doing with their afro beat and Morocco with their football players.
I disagree w your idea we have nothing to be proud of. A small minority of people are humiliating themselves on TikTok doesn't mean all the youth are. brain rot on TikTok spans all ethnicities.
 

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I disagree w your idea we have nothing to be proud of. A small minority of people are humiliating themselves on TikTok doesn't mean all the youth are. brain rot on TikTok spans all ethnicities.
I didnt say nothing to be proud of I said "nothing to be fully proud of" there's semi things to be proud of but not enough and that's ok. There's many nations worse off than us yet are still proud in being where they are from. And tbh somali boys humiliating themselves is an epidemic not one off.
 
I want to know if you guys are truly proud of being Somali? What exactly is there to be proud of? Our failed country? History? Culture? Personally I don’t think I have ever been proud of being Somali but I do like myself it’s not that I have self hatred or something is just that I don’t think there’s anything to be proud about being a Somali. Let me know what you guys are proud about? We all fled our country anyway lol.
Am dead this is the most obvious larp ever, this nigga was probably eating kitfo while typing this
 
Am dead this is the most obvious larp ever, this nigga was probably eating kitfo while typing this
he said he's not muslim so i'm not surprised by his views of somalis.

Personally I don't believe in Islam but I don't eat pig/khamri. I've been like this for years secretly just don't pray/fast when family/friends are around... I just don't believe in religions all are man made in my opinion. If anyone wants to give me dawah in the comments don't waste ur time with me. I wana know if other ppl think like me any questions let me know.
 
he said he's not muslim so i'm not surprised by his views of somalis.
Its not even that bro, he just logs on every few weeks to write these bait threads and everyone falls for it, like it cannot get more obvious than this, nigga hasnt spoken somali once either except using google translate
 
Alhamdullilah I’m a Somali and not a bug eyed landlocked Ethiopian midget. Imagine being landlocked in 2025 lol. A country of 100 million people’s fate being in Somali hands
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