what is an ethnic somali?

AliAlg3bra

O block alumni
I am pro-immigration for somalia. good for business!
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AliAlg3bra

O block alumni
I know immigration is good but we can't have immigration that is to the level of America. look at America. nearly 20% of its population is hispanic. that is so much. we can't let neighbours become 20% of Somalia 🤢

we’re small enough to do it like Switzerland in terms of nation building. tourism,trade, resources. lotta somalis in finance aswell.
 

Periplus

Min Al-Nahr ila Al-Ba7r
VIP
But the groups of minorities are treated as second class citizens.

I'm not saying its ideal or perfect but much better than South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya etc. where society is divided on ethnic lines.

As someone that has lived back home, I can almost certainly say the average Somali citizen does not care about ethnicity today. During Kacaan era and before, it was much different.

Also SomaliSpot is probably the worst place to get an accurate gauge of Somali opinion.
 
I think the confusion with what is Somali comes from the demonym of Somalia being "Somalis".

Laymans terms: A citizen of Somalia is called Somali but at the same time an ethnic Somali is called Somali.

Either we change the term of which we refer to Somalis to dreaded "Somalian", in order to remove confusion or we stay arguing over what and who is Somali.

Because if Somali citizens are called Somalian, then a cad cad is a Somalian but not Somali. However, if Somali citizens are called Somali, then a bantu is a Somali by definition but not a Somali by practicality.

Well then what does Cadcad mean? My paternal grandfather was a lightskin man from Lascaanood, is he cadcad?
 
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Periplus

Min Al-Nahr ila Al-Ba7r
VIP
Well then what does Cadcad mean? My paternal grandfather was a lightskin man from Lascaanood, is he cadcad?

Cadcad is a term used to describe the Benadiri people. These people are mixed race group that live in Mogadishu and Barawe primarily, you might know them as reer xamar or reer barawe or barawani.

Arab Somalis (Yemenis etc.), unless they have married in or been accepted into Benadiri groups, are not considered cad cad traditionally.
 
Cadcad is a term used to describe the Benadiri people. These people are mixed race group that live in Mogadishu and Barawe primarily, you might know them as reer xamar or reer barawe or barawani.

Arab Somalis (Yemenis etc.), unless they have married in or been accepted into Benadiri groups, are not considered cad cad traditionally.

Oh ok thanks man
 

Sophisticate

~Gallantly Gadabuursi~
Staff Member
Tht is lie and i think i dont believe autosomal
How 1 be pure when kn the his or her ancestors mix with others doesnt make sense

You cannot recreate what a Somali is despite ancient admixture they are homogenous aka autosomally uniform. They are not like newly admixed populations that are highly variable. Ethnic Somalis are a group unto themselves. And obviously you cannot simply join any mainstream Somali tribe as a non-ethnic.
 

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