How would your parents react it you told them they were cushitic?

[Apollo]

you can identify as cushitic without wanting to unite with other cushitics, i want somalis to focus on our community and not worry about other cushitics, also i personally dont trust oromos

There are Somalis who identify as Somali, but do not want to unite with other Somalis. Cough, cough, Somaliland.

 

[Jiron]

my hoyo would say, son we are all bini aadan and that is what truly matters

 

[Manafesto]

They teach about what Cushitic and Afro-Asiatic is in history textbooks in high schools in Somalia. My parents are vaguely familiar with it already.

That is not true sxb, I went back home last year and used to help my nieces and nephews with their homework, most schools in Bossaso and PL in general use the British curriculum GCSE and it was considered the best, they tought them about world history and nothing about African history, believe it not I my self first heard about Cushites at Somalispot, Never knew such thing exits untill I joined this forum,it is sad but most Somalis have no idea about Cushites and would never entertain the idea that we are the same ethnic group as Ethiopians.

would they know what it is, or look at you like you're crazy?

When it comes to my parents my mom believes being Somali while my dad has a soft spot for Arabs and considers them our ancestors, I would say 85% of Somalis generally believe they are from Yemen originally and never heard of Cushites.

 

[King Khufu]

My parents would laugh and would ask me to tell them something new

 

[SOULSEARCHING]

They know, my dad's a historian.

 

[Genesis]

My parents taught me that Somali's were Cushitic, so they'd say they already know

 

[firefox]

My parents don't claim any bogus unscientific categorization label whether that be black or white.

They just say they are Somali, you don't need labels.

 

[Bashi]

They already know that. The real question is what would they react like if i told them i was Madow?

 

[Apollo]

That is not true sxb, I went back home last year and used to help my nieces and nephews with their homework, most schools in Bossaso and PL in general use the British curriculum GCSE and it was considered the best, they tought them about world history and nothing about African history, believe it not I my self first heard about Cushites at Somalispot, Never knew such thing exits untill I joined this forum,it is sad but most Somalis have no idea about Cushites and would never entertain the idea that we are the same ethnic group as Ethiopians.



When it comes to my parents my mom believes being Somali while my dad has a soft spot for Arabs and considers them our ancestors, I would say 85% of Somalis generally believe they are from Yemen originally and never heard of Cushites.

I have read Siyaad Barre era curriculum history books in Af-Somali and it was mentioned there.

Also, anybody with internet access these days and reads some wikipedia pages on Somali history or about Somalia will also quickly know what Cushitic is.

Only really ignorant Somalis don't know what it is by now.

My parents don't claim any bogus unscientific categorization label whether that be black or white.

They just say they are Somali, you don't need labels.

It is NOT an identity label.

It is a historical, anthropological, and linguistic term.