Because thats whats now being promoted as the beauty standard. You are brainwashed by white beauty standards but majority of somalis r ur not alone. I hope one day u free ur mindsetLmao. I find no lips unattractive and i like wide lips better you think im brainwashed still
Can we talk about colourism
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What is a somali standard tho? Somalis can have big noses i.e myself and many others, also they can have Madow hair etcI am brainwashed because i find wide and big nostrils unattractive and wide lips attractive which is what is found in majority madows
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@Fay if Somalis prefer thinner facial features, that isn't self hate because those are features found within us more commonly. It's actually a sign of self-love. Of course, said features should not be made fun of because they are also creations of Allah and thus perfect.
It can be considered self-hate when those with X features trash X features. So somalis can be colorist since we are darker in complexion but featurism is just preferring what is biologically more common in us, and natural for us. Don't confuse the two.
An example of featurism is a black person w/rounder features preferring thinner features. Or an arab getting nose surgery to remove their natural nose structure.
It can be considered self-hate when those with X features trash X features. So somalis can be colorist since we are darker in complexion but featurism is just preferring what is biologically more common in us, and natural for us. Don't confuse the two.
An example of featurism is a black person w/rounder features preferring thinner features. Or an arab getting nose surgery to remove their natural nose structure.
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heightism is very real and the point is that theres nothing you can do about it. taller men are treated with much more respect than shorter ones. life is unfair theres nothing anyone can do about it
I agree its more colorism with somalis than featurism but they do insult those with big noses
Its not even just about how people see you. The reality is that Somalis are dark. Just embrace it.
This how they look back home:
And this is how many look in the West:
Yes, light skin Somalis exist, but the ones above above are normal average Somalis.
@KingSomali999
I'm talking about skin colour. Somalis have different features from the majority of black people. Also, its funny how you used Bengalis as an example when a lot of them are DARK.
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Ok i can respect itPretty face and idc about body. Its all in the face.
KingSomali999
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I used benghalis as example but u ever see people seening them as “black”??? no no you don’t. that should tell u it’s more than just skin color
KingSomali999
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Being “black” is clearly more than just the skin color, if it wasn’t, indians would be black, benghalis would claim black, some pakistani would claim black. but clearly, that’s not the case.
When people say “black” they usually are referring someone with black skin AND the bantu features.
Which resemble more to ethnic somalis????
not talking about bantu somali, or mixed somali. THE TYPICAL XALIMOO AND FARAAX
exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Why, why are you forever misunderstanding me.
I know its not just about skin colour. But this topic is about colorism. I'm not talking about features as Somalis have soft, small and sharp features.
KingSomali999
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it was about colorism until u started saying somalis are black.
EDIT: You keep editing ur comments to backtrack its kind of funny
No
I said we are SS African and that we have dark skin.
Our skin colour is similar to other black people, but our features are different.
KingSomali999
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End of the day. if we’re talking about just Skin color. if i’m lightskin than it’s wrong to call me black. If it isn’t about being just skin color, Than It’s still not accurate to call me black since I don’t share skin color/Features
Colourism is mad, most somalis are closer to being blue black than lightskin, we got people bleaching back home, its gone too far.
Everyone dissing dark skins, haddii aanan kuqobin ceerinka tahay was
We are using the term dark here. I'm saying most Somalis are dark when we look at the colour spectrum which is why colourism is retarded.
Traditional Somalis were more featurist than colourist. They used to look down on wide features and really kinky hair as that is not common amongst Somalis.
