I know that the first Somali Americans came over as culture exhibitions in zoo, then as sailors and missionaries, like my great grandpa.These are some of my observations about this.
1. While how caadans treated the Somalis were demeaning, it was no where as bad as how other black/brown zoo exhibits and deformed people in freak shows were treated. If a regular maadow, poor white and any other immigrant fought back and as cocky like the Somalis were in the 1915, they Would’ve been lynched.
2. I find it odd that Americans still let Somalis come over, after the zoo incident. On top of that, give them jobs that weren’t manual labor.
According to my maadow uncle, there’s a lot of beef between the pro blacks and Somali Americans here in Chicongo. My dad said that they tried, but there’s a huge culture clash and conflict of interests
1. While how caadans treated the Somalis were demeaning, it was no where as bad as how other black/brown zoo exhibits and deformed people in freak shows were treated. If a regular maadow, poor white and any other immigrant fought back and as cocky like the Somalis were in the 1915, they Would’ve been lynched.
2. I find it odd that Americans still let Somalis come over, after the zoo incident. On top of that, give them jobs that weren’t manual labor.
According to my maadow uncle, there’s a lot of beef between the pro blacks and Somali Americans here in Chicongo. My dad said that they tried, but there’s a huge culture clash and conflict of interests