Stupid Stereotypes

[eastafrobeauty]

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@MosbyMarion

Yeah, I hate to say it, but when I picture a Somali I picture a swarthy fellow, armed to the teeth, in a speedboat… well, basically this guy

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<p>That’s my uncle Abdi in that picture!</p>

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@ksarmand

You forgot pirates. </p>

<p>I find that many members of the African/Caribbean diaspora hold excessively negative views of Americans of African extraction that do nothing but perpetuate the societal and self-suppression of the latter group. It’s disgusting and shameful.</p>

<p>I frequently see self-identified Somalis drinking booze at midday in front of various storefronts during my lunch break. Perhaps your father needs to make a visit to 125th Street and Lenox Ave. in Harlem at the height of summer; his views would be contradicted then.</p>

<p>And honestly, I believe the Somali people to be a branch of the Bantu migration that adopted - to a significant extent - the beliefs and practices of the Arabian migrants - or marauders, whichever term you prefer - that arrived under successive incursions. While they are of mixed ancestry, they have maintained, and to a significant extent, the features of descendants of Bantu migrants more so than the Arabs.</p>

<p>But I’m glad to see you’ve recognized what’s wrong with that view, eastafrobeauty.

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<p>LOL of course let me edit that</p>

<p>edit: ** Somalis**: pirates</p>

<p>Indian people: it’s very likely that you will find one working or owning a grocery store…or a convenient store such as a 7/11 (I swear this one is very true lol…my mom always picks up stuff from this one Indian grocery store called “Patel’s grocery store” hahaha).</p>

<p>Ksarmand, that was an excellent post…you highlighted many key points. Basically you see, Somalis are kind of crazy…but in a good way of course. Somali ppl are also very confident people…so we dont ever take **** from anybody and we think we’re better than everybody else. Also, it is a fact that Somali people have a superiority complex so they think they’re better than white people and black people (especially…we have multiple synoyms in the somali language for the “N word” AND more importantly I’d like to describe most Somali people as “Arab Wannabes”.</p>

<p>Idk…but for some reason it’s really obvious that Somalis don’t like to be associated with black people (as in african-americans)…even white people in our community know that…lol. Somalis also think they’re superior than black people b/c aesthically we look different from “bantu” africans.–because we have the nicer softer hair & the more narrow <em>ahem</em> “caucasion” features as many somalis and anthropologists may describe [btw Somalis are VERY diverse looking ppl]…Personally, I have an olive complexion with narrow features and big eyes…I could pass as a south asian,southern egyptian/north sudanese(arab) or eritrean…–that’s because both of my parents look middle eastern for some reason…especially my dad since he’s half arab so he looks like he’s 100% (somali genes are weak unlike black genes)…and my mom’s light skinned with narrow features but with frizzy/nappy ass hair…</p>

<p>But generally somalis are very, very dark and they have HUGE foreheads! (which i dont have thank god)…lmao.</p>

<p>I know it’s stupid.</p>

<p>btw, If i ever get the chance i’ll let my dad know about the somali kids drinking booze in public i’d probably get a good laugh out of it. It would be better if I could track down there hoyoos though (moms) then they’d probably beat the **** out of them & curse them out…lol.</p>