Somali people in Minnesota can be divided into a certain number of categories, I'll probably miss a few but here I go
Number 1: The old people
Does not speak a lick of English despite living in Minnesota for like 15 years, scolds you for not speaking Somali if you don't speak it, usually promotes Clannism and others things. Old men typically standing outside of the Somali mall holding what seems to be cups of shah that are actually full of khat are included in this.
Number 2: The children and younger teenagers
The younger faaraxs up to the age of about 15 or 16, are obsessed with anime, this seems to be an almost universal trait amongst this age group in Somali boys. The younger Somali girls seem to like kpop and other korean things although they generally just like pop culture of the US, alongside a lot of them also liking anime
Number 3: The older teenagers
Older teenage boys are usually delinquents, drugs, gangs, etc, all common among this group, they all seem to love basketball and also rap music. The older teenage girls are mostly chill, but some of them are also delinquents partaking in drugs, vaping, etc.
Number 4: The younger fob
Is between the ages of 20 and 35, Speaks English with an accent, spends all their time at the Somali mall and is always debating qabiil and siyaasad at the coffee shops
Number 5: The whitewashed xaalimo
Does not speak a lick of Somali, does not have any Somali friends, rarely prays or goes to the masjid.
Number 6: The generic fob
Literally just came to Minnesota from Somalia, through a family member or something, does not speak English in the slightest and tbh doesn't plan on it, lives in Cedar-Riverside off welare, spends all his time at the Somali mall looking for a wife
Number 1: The old people
Does not speak a lick of English despite living in Minnesota for like 15 years, scolds you for not speaking Somali if you don't speak it, usually promotes Clannism and others things. Old men typically standing outside of the Somali mall holding what seems to be cups of shah that are actually full of khat are included in this.
Number 2: The children and younger teenagers
The younger faaraxs up to the age of about 15 or 16, are obsessed with anime, this seems to be an almost universal trait amongst this age group in Somali boys. The younger Somali girls seem to like kpop and other korean things although they generally just like pop culture of the US, alongside a lot of them also liking anime
Number 3: The older teenagers
Older teenage boys are usually delinquents, drugs, gangs, etc, all common among this group, they all seem to love basketball and also rap music. The older teenage girls are mostly chill, but some of them are also delinquents partaking in drugs, vaping, etc.
Number 4: The younger fob
Is between the ages of 20 and 35, Speaks English with an accent, spends all their time at the Somali mall and is always debating qabiil and siyaasad at the coffee shops
Number 5: The whitewashed xaalimo
Does not speak a lick of Somali, does not have any Somali friends, rarely prays or goes to the masjid.
Number 6: The generic fob
Literally just came to Minnesota from Somalia, through a family member or something, does not speak English in the slightest and tbh doesn't plan on it, lives in Cedar-Riverside off welare, spends all his time at the Somali mall looking for a wife
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