Yeah tbh in my opinion, this might sound harsh but people who want to try claim that are just sad. Many young Somalis should face the truth because the generational traumas African Americans went through is completely different and harsher then ours. They have this unity etc for themselves and people who try to prove they’re black in any kind of way are mental because what’s the point? Never seen any other African black ethnicity try as hard. The whole I am first black then my religion is something AA identify with which just means: “I am first African American before I am a Christian/Agnostic/Muslim etc”.
as with me, I believe I am Somali because I can’t change my ethnicity, culture and tongue, while I can change my religion (even though it is considered to be taboo in our country). My background is solely unique to me and no other Muslim except for a Somali shares it with me