Minnesota is such a dark place and its getting scary

[Kisame]

I don’t really think it’s the parents. A lot of them are working hard trying to do the best they can. Contrary to popular opinion, Somali parents are strict about education and religion regardless of gender. So, what is the problem. I think it’s outside of the home. Most of the people, that murder these teenage boys are around the same social circle. When a person has argument, I think boys are affected more because they feel the need to protect their honor and pride among other boys. Something about not being a b****. Therefore, I believe they threatened each other with violence so that they can posture about toughness. Social media can exaggerate this too. Sometimes, these young boys flex guns to make themselves look tough.
Why do I think this? because I think boys who are usually alone or are too busy don’t really have this issue.
Young men throughout history has had these problems. So, what do people usually do in the past? They put them in the military to fight wars which is bad in my opinion or make them busy with jobs like around FDRs time period.
Which is why I believe you should separate these teenage boys by making them busy with afterschool activities, jobs, or some other programs so that they would be too busy to be hanging out with these groups of bored young boys who have nothing else to do except posture with each other.

“I don’t really think it’s the parents. A lot of them are working hard trying to do the best they can. Contrary to popular opinion, Somali parents are strict about education and religion regardless of gender.”

parents play a big role in how successful you’ll turn out in life here in the west. Most successful young men and women come from two parent households with college educated parents. The education level of the parents you raised in plays a big role on how you’ll turn out after you finish high school. Most doctors, engineers, lawyers, scientist, pilots, and accountants all got a parent that went to college. Even when I went to college I quickly realized I barely met any first gen college students while taking my stem courses.
The same thing is also noticeable in the trades and in military service. The young men that join the trades as soon as possible usually had a father or sibling they worked in the trades. A lot of young men that joined the military after high school usually had a parent or sibling that was a veteran.


“Somali parents are strict about education and religion regardless of gender”

You’re right but at the same time these criminals come from bad households. Like I’ve said before a lot of them really had no solid chance here in the west. Their parents didn’t raise them well enough to compete here.

All the Somali felons I’ve met had parents that weren’t strict about school. I got an uncle, some cousins, and a few childhood friends that ended as felons. The one common thing they all had in common is that their parents weren’t that strict about school and let them roam around freely while living in the hood. During their teen years none of these men had proper role models in their households and in the neighborhoods they were raised in.

 

[soulmates]

All the Somali felons I’ve met had parents that weren’t strict about school. I got an uncle, some cousins, and a few childhood friends that ended as felons. The one common thing they all had in common is that their parents weren’t that strict about school and let them roam around freely while living in the hood. During their teen years none of these men had proper role models in their households and in the neighborhoods they were raised in.

Exactly the situation of San Diego Somalis. When I lived there (only until I was 8 we moved after). We lived in the ghetto section 8 apartments. A lot of Somalis in my neighborhood. I kid you not there were gang bangers, drug dealers, and other criminals who were interacting with kids/teens like it was nothing.

I was young so I wasn’t allowed to just be roaming around but my older male cousins were and were by their sick single mom who couldn’t keep an eye on them. They never finished school.

The older one was a deadbeat till he decided to get a job to help his mom but the younger one (who was 5 years older than me) ended up a drug addict and was arrested a couple of times. Haven’t talked to them since but I heard the younger one got clean after being sent back to Africa and works as an Amazon driver now.

I was raised by both of my parents who hustled to get us out of that environment. I grew up in the suburbs. Parents were super involved in my education. My sister and I go to the university in our city with a full ride. Wonder how I would’ve turned out if I stayed there.

 

[Kisame]

Exactly the situation of San Diego Somalis. When I lived there (only until I was 8 we moved after). We lived in the ghetto section 8 apartments. A lot of Somalis in my neighborhood. I kid you not there were gang bangers, drug dealers, and other criminals who were interacting with kids/teens like it was nothing.

I was young so I wasn’t allowed to just be roaming around but my older male cousins were and were by their sick single mom who couldn’t keep an eye on them. They never finished school.

The older one was a deadbeat till he decided to get a job to help his mom but the younger one (who was 5 years older than me) ended up a drug addict and was arrested a couple of times. Haven’t talked to them since but I heard the younger one got clean after being sent back to Africa and works as an Amazon driver now.

I was raised by both of my parents who hustled to get us out of that environment. I grew up in the suburbs. Parents were super involved in my education. My sister and I go to the university in our city with a full ride. Wonder how I would’ve turned out if I stayed there.

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[Barwaaqoforsomalia]

“I don’t really think it’s the parents. A lot of them are working hard trying to do the best they can. Contrary to popular opinion, Somali parents are strict about education and religion regardless of gender.”

parents play a big role in how successful you’ll turn out in life here in the west. Most successful young men and women come from two parent households with college educated parents. The education level of the parents you raised in plays a big role on how you’ll turn out after you finish high school. Most doctors, engineers, lawyers, scientist, pilots, and accountants all got a parent that went to college. Even when I went to college I quickly realized I barely met any first gen college students while taking my stem courses.
The same thing is also noticeable in the trades and in military service. The young men that join the trades as soon as possible usually had a father or sibling they worked in the trades. A lot of young men that joined the military after high school usually had a parent or sibling that was a veteran.


“Somali parents are strict about education and religion regardless of gender”

You’re right but at the same time these criminals come from bad households. Like I’ve said before a lot of them really had no solid chance here in the west. Their parents didn’t raise them well enough to compete here.

All the Somali felons I’ve met had parents that weren’t strict about school. I got an uncle, some cousins, and a few childhood friends that ended as felons. The one common thing they all had in common is that their parents weren’t that strict about school and let them roam around freely while living in the hood. During their teen years none of these men had proper role models in their households and in the neighborhoods they were raised in.

I can understand that but I live in Minnesota and some of the boys who died actually had good parents and who lived in suburbs away from gang violence. A lot of our parents in our generation are not college educated but some of them turn out to be interpreters, home care owners, business owners, and etc. Some of those people end up being able to afford a home outside of Minneapolis into suburbs which in today times are expensive. Some of their kids end up dying from gang violence and I was wondering why that would happen if they lived in stable homes. I knew of a family where the mom was a nurse and lived in Fridley and her son still died. One where his mom is an interpreter and he still died. Usually this stuff comes from poverty and where you live so I was kind of wondering why they would be affected anyway. I think the original poster was seeing the same issue and wondering why people from more stable households in the suburbs away from Minneapolis are still struggling with their sons dying from gang violence. It’s kind of unique thing that’s going on in Minnesota where parents have worked hard got their family out of Minneapolis. Their kids are growing up in suburb school education system and yet they still get sucked into these problems. The crazy thing is that I’m more of early gen Z myself and I grew up around Fridley. My parents were one of the early people who left Minneapolis around 2005. Never saw gang violence in my life. Never knew anyone who died from it. Yet now I’m hearing about people who were born around 2006 and up who grew up in the same relatively safe neighborhoods I did and are dying from gun violence. It’s a little weird.