Has anone received backhanded compliment when you say your somali?

[trucel]

what ethncitiy? they think I'm anything but somali simply because I'm lightskin and attractive. It's beyond triggering.

Anywhere lol , mostly arab / North africa though.

 

[error1]

Anywhere lol , mostly arab / North africa though.

are you mixed? no way a somali would be mistaken for north african or arab

 

[pinkyandthebrain]

damn, madows in my country are chill and get along with other africans, mostly probably because they are muslims like us

we are opps here and dont get along unless they're muslim. But the muslims are a minority here. Where do you live?

 

[trucel]

are you mixed? no way a somali would be mistaken for north african or arab

Nope fully somali , i have somali features as well so idk. I assume they arent familiar with our people.

 

[error1]

Nope fully somali , i have somali features as well so idk. I assume they arent familiar with our people.

if you dont mind me asking, where do you live?

 

[pinkyandthebrain]

Nope fully somali , i have somali features as well so idk. I assume they arent familiar with our people.

I thought your from London

 

[Gojo Satoru]

sis you need to ignore the haters

 

[trucel]

I thought your from London

Yeap

 

[Vapour]

It's ALWAYS the maadows in the uk that says this. Ask anyone on this forum. That's how they talk about Somalis.

You seem stuck in the 2000s. I'm from South London and never heard that. No one says that anymore.

 

[pinkyandthebrain]

sis you need to ignore the haters

Is difficult if they say it infront of your face and when I call them out they say "your emotional" that's why I don't have any ajanabi friends anymore.

 

[Homerlilian]

Somalis have a variety of hair types and range from dark to light skin anybody with two eyes would notice that lol.

 

[pinkyandthebrain]

You seem stuck in the 2000s. I'm from South London and never heard that. No one says that anymore.

I got told that in 2018 and again in 2022....

 

[pinkyandthebrain]

Somalis have a variety of hair types and range from dark to light skin anybody with two eyes would notice that lol.

they're haters who hate seeing us be beautiful.

 

[Mudug_gyal]

we are opps here and dont get along unless they're muslim. But the muslims are a minority here. Where do you live?

Where do live abayo

 

[The alchemist]

What is wrong with being assumed we are darker? How is that backhanded unless you think it is an insult?

It's weird if people pretend as if every person within an ethnic group has a fixed skin tone. But I think this is just for people not exposed to Somalis.

 

[pinkyandthebrain]

Where do live abayo

north west london

 

[pinkyandthebrain]

What is wrong with being assumed we are darker? How is that backhanded unless you think it is an insult?

They assume because im lightskin I'm not somali. Is annoying when people think us lightskins somalis don't exist

 

[Mudug_gyal]

same G, the arabs and south asians beg it to us here. All their b1tching and yapping is online, they could never say it to our faces cus they b scared. If someone said “Im too good looking to be somali” Gooska iyo gafuurka isku jabiin laha wallahi

 

[DojaKhat]

What is wrong with being assumed we are darker? How is that backhanded unless you think it is an insult?

Internalised racism/colourism is a problem for some people, haha

 

[The alchemist]

They assume because im lightskin I'm not somali. Is annoying when people think us lightskins somalis don't exist

Maybe you don't look Somali overall? Perhaps it's not just your skin color alone, lol.

These things don't happen too often though.