johnsepei5
Head of Somalia freemasonry branch
Growing up did you feel like a madow
Do you identify as madow
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yeah as a girl I can relate since black women are highly discriminated I would say even more than black men. Somali women are visibly black and Muslim.
yes
Chaseyourdreamzz
VIP
Yes I grew up around a lot
Yes when I was younger because I was fooled by society. Currently I do not identify as black.
Perhaps you could define what you mean by 'madow'. Is it complexion? Culture? Socio-economic stance?
mohamedismail
Reewin. Lixda Gobol ee Maayland unii leh!
Growing up yes. But that bubble was burst when I was in yr 8 and a Ghanaian girl told me I wasn't black because I "looked different". Ngl it gave me a little bit of a identity crisis.
But at the same time I'm not those extreme 'im not black I'm Arab' guys. I know I'm technically classed as black by society regardless of what I self identify as.
But at the same time I'm not those extreme 'im not black I'm Arab' guys. I know I'm technically classed as black by society regardless of what I self identify as.
I understand we live in western countries however that still shouldn't be an excuse to hold white people's views so highly and just recklessly identify to which label you called
Is it really that much of an issue to just call ourselves Somali and Somali only
In the society in which I lived, no one knew me as โblackโ at all. Rather, only that I was Somali. Many Arabs used to call me by Somali nicknames that they were learning, and sometimes they would ask me why my hair was soft and different from other Africans, and among these things, as for the basic point, I am. I refuse to be called black, not because of color at all (because there are many dark-coloured societies), but because of culture. I have a different history, a different culture, and a different religion. Why do they want me to be classified as *color* and forget all these factors? No thanks, I am Somali only from the continent of Africa
This will be classified as black. If people like these represent blacks from all over the world, then I, as a Somali, must oppose that and say no, this is not my culture, beliefs, and religion
The same white colonialists used to classify Somalis as white 200 years ago. It is just a social construct. I do not believe in that. I remember that my parents always said about the Afro-Saudis (who were brought into the Arab slave trade and became Saudi citizens) *Black Saudi*
Very true. I have never been called black in my life. Somalis began to adopt this identity because it became cool, in reality we share nothing with black people. I have nothing against them but we are not black, it makes more sense to identify as Arab than black.
Garaad Awal
Zubeyri, Hanafi Maturidi
No and never will.
Black, Muslim & Woman.
The token immigrant in white spaces..
The token immigrant in white spaces..
Yami
4th Emir of the Akh Right Movement
Yes. I also seem to identify as a Ethiopian national now after the recent news!
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