We React | We Push Back Against "Somalis Are Not Black"!

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9 ай бұрын

At Speaker's Corner in London, a controversial topic was raised where African youth from the British capital discussed their roots.
Some Somali youngsters refused to accept they are Black, stating their culture, language and heritage proves they are not.
But is this just another example of people falling for colonial stereotyping? Are they trying to distance themselves from their Africanness because of dominant negative Black narratives? Is this why the Somalis in this clip refuse to accept their own identity and colour?
Whether Somali, Moroccan or Nigerian, the necessity of being unified and proud of our origins is a must, and while we may not be identically homogenous and have difference in ethnicity and religion, our Africanness or Blackness must not be denied. That is weakness rather than strength.
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@leea3531 9 ай бұрын

I’m from Somalia 🇸🇴 & Identify as being BLACK & From Africa . I’m proud of it a 1000% . They want us to be divided & hate each other. Don’t ever fall for that.

@alimo3011 9 ай бұрын

Low self esteem alert. Next u will say “ I identify as being part of the curly hair race, I’m proud of my curly hair” 😂😂

@kwenamoloto2995 9 ай бұрын

United we stand to overcome any obstacle imaginable. Let the spirit of togetherness prevail

@sonyacotton4881 9 ай бұрын

@@alimo3011 - How is his commentary indicative of low self-esteem? It's interesting that you mentioned curly hair because it is hair texture that differentiates original people from those formed through genetic recessive mutations where the coil has collapsed (straight).

@alimo3011 9 ай бұрын

@@sonyacotton4881 If ur proud of ur skin why do u have to mention it every 5 secs?? And my point was why stop at skin tone?? Is he not proud of his other features??

@sonyacotton4881 9 ай бұрын

@@alimo3011- I see what the problem is...your issue is with the use of the identifier "black". You don't comprehend that "black" is used interchangeably to reference AfRAkan, Negro or Bantu people with melanin-DOMINANT DNA distinguishable by our coily hair, eyes and skin. Our DNA materialized out of triple blackness that is ETERNAL NATURE. We are a carbon representative of nature in physical form. Carbon is _black._ This is not rocket science.

@africanchristianchurchpast4209 9 ай бұрын

I'm a African American living in Ghana. Thank You! There is hope for our continent.

@nicobakang9631 7 ай бұрын

That's great

@thinkbeforeyoutype7106 3 ай бұрын

Somalis REJECT western colonial color system because they know their lineage and language which is intact to this day. Most Africans who attack Somalis are delusional hypocrites who have adopted their oppressors colonial color system and speak his language as their official language. Whether it’s English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, etc. Somalis are the ONLY people in the continent who named their country, people, language, sea, etc after their tribe which is Somali. However, you never find those who attack Somalis in the continent saying or doing the same thing.

@osmanadenabdoulkader8598 9 ай бұрын

I am a somali man but i am african black and i am proud of that. Thank Allah

@trusttruth9916 9 ай бұрын

WE ARE NOT BLACK! You've been misguided Brother

@khalidqawdhan3265 9 ай бұрын

U can’t be proud of something u had no choice to

@osmanadenabdoulkader8598 9 ай бұрын

@@khalidqawdhan3265 man what's ur pbl

@Nolikes_Media 8 ай бұрын

You not black you are a Muslim Somalian

@josweetlove1537 8 ай бұрын

@@Nolikes_Media Muslim Somali is not a race or ethnicity. He is black. Is a Swede different to an Italian? Are they not both Caucasian?

@msociologist 9 ай бұрын

Proud African and Somali. Nothing is better than to be Black. Thanks for educating

@trusttruth9916 9 ай бұрын

We are not Black

@orangegoldenhoney4899 8 ай бұрын

@trusttruth9916 But You are Black with Beautiful Chocolate Brown skin... You are not Asian (yellow) or Caucasian (white) You are Gorgeous Dark brown, Chocolate brown and Honey colored & Copper Colored People who are African❤️

@trusttruth9916 8 ай бұрын

@@orangegoldenhoney4899 Thank you for what you might think are compliments, but I must reiterate again, go look up the word Black and research the Blacks Law dictionary, they gave us this colour because it's degrading and means nothing, they also used colours to divide us, the original people of the Americas was what? stop Romanticising Negativity, I'm just not with it.I'm not brainwashed I have an independent mind

@maozedong8370 8 ай бұрын

You are African and Somali and you are "black" in the viual descriptor sense, but that is it. There is NO such thing as a black identity. To say you are black is to say you are a black American. A black American and someone from the DRC have NOTHING in common. They don't speak the same language, have completely different cultures and have different views on life. To put yourselves in some kind of skin color based club based on nothing but skin color is doing the exact same thing you people cry the racist people of the past did to you when they stripped African individuals of their identity. Why the f*ck then are you people continuing to do it to yourselves?

@Cavebabybeserkerrs 8 ай бұрын

@@trusttruth9916What are yall arabs ???? Arab mixed????? Nigga you gone have to say something or get treated like a bunch of arabs. On yall niggas. As far as I'm concerned you in particular is a blackamoor. And enemy to every single black nation on planet earth

@kambuyiblack7462 9 ай бұрын

This is what Africa needs. Educated young individuals who work together across different lines. Men who are not quick to talk and spread misinformation. Our people perish due to lack of knowledge. The way these men put the debate is well structured. Today we carry the identity of African. I am African before my country name. Let us move on to create the African identity which is a basket of people inside the continent and diaspora. I can for the most tell about a handful of African ethnicity where I live. We are very diverse people inside one continent so there is a need for us to work very hard to have a similar philosophical thinking.

@mohamedabdullahisaid2457 9 ай бұрын

Africa is continent not identity or Race idiot

@chuichongo3898 8 ай бұрын

What is the name of the continent Africa before the Opressor Mr Africanus named us Africa the name Africa was the named given to our motherland by Phonecians,Greeks and Romans.....now let's stop suffering from the Columbus syndrome ...dig deep WHO ARE YOU ? BEFORE THEY TOLD YOU WHO YOU ARE?

@kambuyiblack7462 8 ай бұрын

@@chuichongo3898 before all that Kingdoms in Africa had different names for the continent or the observable area they stayed in. I forgot some names but the names of Africa before we know it today is public knowledge. The term African itself was not used to describe the whole Africa. Before the Europeans came I am who my ancestors were. I am a Muluba from Congo but I identify for myself as an African first whichever way we put it. I come from a sprouting agricultural community south west of Congo neighboursing Angola. We can change the name but the continent will still be who I am. The modern day idea of Africa is unique because it refers to a land mass and not a group of people. However, we are the first people in Africa to try and unite under one banner called Africa, this has never been done here on this continent.

@kambuyiblack7462 8 ай бұрын

@@chuichongo3898 the question now is who are you? Who are you before they called you African?

@somprag9282 7 ай бұрын

@@kambuyiblack7462 Nice stuff bro

@AfriasporaFilms 9 ай бұрын

Well done, brothers! These false divisions imposed on ALL African people imposed on us by colonial powers and now perpetuated by the ignorant minority MUST be overcome. Our differences and diversity are our strength and we cannot allow external forces and miseducation to divide us. This video is a great way to heal the divide.

@moreflowfalls2404 9 ай бұрын

Powerful. Thank you

@bluebell3720 9 ай бұрын

When Germans turned up in Rwanda they had a Tutsi monarchy The Hutu were farmers The Tutsi would have been better educated The Hutsu eventually regained power and independence In Sudan the Arabs were mainly in control and were conducting slave trade there They are paler Now N sudan are 70% Arab and Arab admixture so prodominatly paler

@AfriasporaFilms 9 ай бұрын

@@bluebell3720 almost in every instance where there had been a coexistence among disparate groups for centuries and in some cases thousands of years, colonial forces went to work. Divisions were exacerbated and accentuated to create deeper, more violent divisions and chaos. Groups were purposely favored over other groups and pitted against each other. Then the colonial powers feigned the roles of peacemakers to squash the divisions that they instigated. The chaos was their creation and their solution was permanent colonial presence and dependence. Meanwhile cooperative leaders were paid off lavishly so the coffers of natural resources could be looted and non cooperative leaders were overtly assassinated, or their planes fell from the sky, or they died of sudden infant death syndrome or they were couped out of existence by constant foreign financed insurgencies. This method of divide and conquer, colonialism and rule for rapacious greed has continued to this day. Leaders even those elected are propped up repeatedly by external forces that pay them to open the gates to the castle. This is why the current wave of military coups in BF, Mali and Niger offer promising hope that finally since the last 400 years things might be changing for the better. Nevertheless, this is only a transitional period and where we turn up has yet to be determined.

@ShaqleeToine10.02 8 ай бұрын

They are trying to apply the same divisive tactics they used especially in the US

@trinaewatkins2804 8 ай бұрын

This is a good video. Thank you for sharing it. More knowledge is needed. More history has to be shared. More conversations need to occur between people of African descent. WE will never win as a people if we continue to harbor so much negativity toward one another and toward ourselves. These attitudes seem to come from colonialism and slavery (in the case of those of us in the diaspora). I would love to see you do a video between Africans and African Americans…. In order to help bring the pan-Africanist spirit back. These diaspora wars trouble me.

@mukhtaarducaale3988 9 ай бұрын

I am Somali and I'm proud to be African. I really enjoyed this.

@magimuturi7489 8 ай бұрын

blessings ,kenya

@TrucknBrothaManFromDaFif-ul5ct 8 ай бұрын

Amen

@zoomed66 4 ай бұрын

Yes as long as you do not bring any Arabic influences into are homeland like Allah worship then you are ok, otherwise please go east and live in Arabia.

@pinkyjudithngxulelo5055 8 ай бұрын

Proud of these young men. There's hope for Our continent ❤

@freedomm 9 ай бұрын

The Somali guy in the original video would be shocked to find out North African Arabs don't identify with him the way he thinks.

@thezu9250 9 ай бұрын

He’s just a young kid. Any adult Somali person would tell him that that’s a joke.

@Hippobottomless 9 ай бұрын

Yea he’s completely nuts. Majority of Somalis identify as East Africans and wouldn’t want to be arab even if it was possible

@condor8142 9 ай бұрын

Somalians are Africans. Period. It doesn't matter if they may have encountered the cultural proximity and, of course, the Islamic ties. That's only religious; I'm not somalian but i can argue that the original language isn't Arabic! I learned that Somalians are even some of the oldest people in part of east Africa. I would be attempted to believe that because "Somali" people are also, in part, in Kenya. Iam not talking about "Somalians" which refer to the nationality! A tribe or, otherwise,an ethny is enough evidence to show where its people originated; it doesn't matter if they wandered in the middle east, or even intermarried; they may be speaking Arabic. So what? Hold on! I speak fluent French, English, and Lingala, Swahili ,Kinyarwanda. Does it make French, or British or else? I'm catholic but some in my family are Muslims. You get what I'm saying? So, do not fall in a category of division. That happened before! Well, in Africa we have a problem of identity just because those things aren't thought in schools, as they should! What do they say, "if you don't know your past..." I let everyone to complete the sentence! Now, have a great day!

@sakurakou2009 9 ай бұрын

I am egyptian nubian and majority of arab egyptians always ask me where I am from when I say I am egyptian they say no way or how are you egyptian, most arabs egyptian dont even recognize black Egyptians as fellow Egyptians, so a somali to them is no way related to them, he would get called abeed or monkey 😂

@yashayaIsrael 9 ай бұрын

@@Hippobottomless there's somalis who lives in east Africa it's not just the so called Arabs living in east Africa..

@DJake1234 9 ай бұрын

Throughout my college years in Canada I was approached by my African Sisters and brothers. They came up to me to give me hugs… “My Sister, where are you from?”I said Jamaica, but I know I’m African. It was always a beautiful moment.

@roddycharles9297 9 ай бұрын

when i was at oxford u in england. am south asian but black students used tio approach me to join their black clubs/societies , i chased them away each time and told them if i wanted to join black clubs i would not be in europe . blacks practice reverse racism . however i do think they suffer from inferiority complex, have low self esteem hence they all fraternize with their own race . its just pretence . they worship caucasions but are scared to speak to them . my estonian girlfriend says i have a russian soul

@cperterpan6860 9 ай бұрын

Europe and all them light skin people unite as one to rob us, so let not be stupid and unite to save our selves because the next time they come they will be coming to wipe us out and they seeing us all as black.

@JAYJAY8625 9 ай бұрын

Blood is thicker than water..

@createnotdestroy3099 9 ай бұрын

Nothing must divide the African

@vanellesmith4598 9 ай бұрын

Damn. I wish this could happen to me in America. A dream....

@alfons3317 9 ай бұрын

At around the 21:00 mark these Brotha's started squeezing my heart and tear ducts. I am so very glad to hear the youth speaking like this. Blessings and Love from Alabama. Stay strong, stay together and keep building.

@user-fv2st4sl4f 9 ай бұрын

Well done guys. I'm from cameroon but I do enjoyed listening to you. All together we will make Africa proud again ❤

@rj42074 8 ай бұрын

I'm a African American from the Midwest and did the DNA ancestry and my roots are Cameroon Bantu

@denisesandrine7772 8 ай бұрын

+237❤

@demidickson3446 9 ай бұрын

As an African American, this is so educational!

@fredbantu3694 9 ай бұрын

So now you see the challenges facing blk unity.

@spaceghost2473 9 ай бұрын

What kind of african are you? What tribe?

@trulyblessed5254 9 ай бұрын

@@fredbantu3694 No such thing as blk unity.

@bdouglas9723 9 ай бұрын

I believe she means the descendants of slaves taken to the US. @@spaceghost2473

@appiemohamud2721 9 ай бұрын

@@fredbantu3694 Why can't blk unite? And what have Africans to do with blk uniting?

@freedomm 9 ай бұрын

The most shocking part for me was Ahmed's story about a Somali man forced to flee his country due to endless civil war, living in Kenya and still having the audacity to call Kenyans "stupid".

@muchit3629 9 ай бұрын

Human beings are frail and callous. Sad part is that he is probably feeding his kids that nonsense. These dinosaurs like that man cannot check out to wherever they think they going after they die soon enough.

@sussy-c5486 9 ай бұрын

They are refugees everywhere being hosted but still think they are superior to everyone😅

@neoreign 9 ай бұрын

The two aren't mutually exclusive. You can divorce the politics from the citizenry. You may have proved him right.

@freedomm 9 ай бұрын

@@neoreign Somalis (from Somalia) aren't in a position to cast aspersions on the intelligence of Kenyans given they've set their country back 200 years and they'd rather live in ours. Just my two cents. But thanks for playing.

@wisemanking001 9 ай бұрын

He was still on AFRICAN SOIL... We must break these colonial boundaries IMMEDIATELY

@believensee8621 8 ай бұрын

"Unite African people all over the world". Beautiful. Thank you for this video!

@Tiber234 9 ай бұрын

Gwaan my young brothers - well said, you totally hit the nail on the head on a range of topics from self /social identification to the effects of post colonialism on the diaspora to the nodding of heads which brought a smile to my face as I had just done that a few days earlier (London bredren here so)

@dondolomhlaba8438 9 ай бұрын

One love family

@samsonogbeni8226 9 ай бұрын

The funniest thing is we are not even ‘black’ this is a European word that has only been created and weaponised approximately 500 years ago. We are Africans and Africa is the mother of all civilisation, we have the most diverse continent on this planet.

@Michaeltison7 9 ай бұрын

No no no you’re not African Europeans created the word African

@SupremeAfricaKing 9 ай бұрын

We are african period , or will can universally say we are also alkebulan

@dimbwemazala8978 9 ай бұрын

We are black

@almusawwir777 9 ай бұрын

@@dimbwemazala8978 crayons are black, People are not crayons.

@almusawwir777 9 ай бұрын

@@SupremeAfricaKing Moors.

@Hellozepher1 8 ай бұрын

I really loved this conversation!!!! I’m African American and the division is ridiculous I use Black and African American interchangeably not divisibly. The proximity chase is foolish but very real!!! Peace Brothers

@celiajames600 9 ай бұрын

I enjoyed listening to this conversation from 3 well informed brothers, love ❤ from Zimbabwe

@aineahneuno2762 9 ай бұрын

Africa must be united from Somali to Djibouti to Mauritania,to West Africa to South Africa for Africans to make it economically,

@Drutzie 9 ай бұрын

We would thrive, not just make it economically.

@rima8704 9 ай бұрын

Mauritania is part of North Africa

@Kgoki890 9 ай бұрын

If people stood up for the countries like Burkina Faso is doing then it is easy to support so we could trade , but illegal immigrating to other countries then compete with me for my resources it is not fair. Fight for your countries so we could build trade .

@africaine4889 9 ай бұрын

@@rima8704still africa

@silverback7066 9 ай бұрын

And dont forget, our survival as a race of people.

@adamajanneh1998 9 ай бұрын

Alhamdulilah!, Brothers, all of you have demonstrated all African ideology of oneness. The entire African continent and people of African descent worldwide are extremely happy to hear the oneness of Africa. Alhamdulilah!

@kennethhurst6296 8 ай бұрын

I was born in the Caribbean, but have lived in the United States most of my life. This conversation is very important to blacks globally! We need more discussion about unity, love, and support! Without that, it’s very difficult to overcome the oppression & exploitation we have been fighting for centuries.

@erickmoenga1206 8 ай бұрын

Hey where in Caribbean?

@Ctmorgans 8 ай бұрын

@@erickmoenga1206I’m pretty sure Trinidad. They are the only people who say they are from the Caribbean rather than their country. It’s very interesting to hear this all the time

@Busia254 8 ай бұрын

We need to have more conversations like this.God bless Africa

@fatimaelmi5360 9 ай бұрын

I’m Somali and proud to be an African 🇸🇴from horn of African.

@JudehEmpire 9 ай бұрын

Are u proud been Black? Yes or No?

@rosam674 9 ай бұрын

Yes. I am Kenyan, you are Somali, we are African, not black. Black is an American identity. I don't understand why it is a problem for them that we don't identify as black. In Africa, we identify with our cultural heritage and it is not offensive to the rest of us. It does not mean that we are looking down on anyone when we identify with our heritage.

@JudehEmpire 9 ай бұрын

@@rosam674 so is white an American identity as well. A common question turn into explanation. Isn't Islam an Arab identity? Why do u use it in Africa? Wasn't the word African coined by a white person? Why do u use it? Africa is for Blacks, not people who don't want to identify with blacks because islam told them blacks were Slaves.

@MoYessir 9 ай бұрын

Ur ethnicity is not enough. Ur race is not enough. U been African is not. U have to subscribe to this “black” tribe and be proud of it 😂😂. Forcing on us a foreign identity that was forced on them and calling us confused and self haters is laughable.

@MoYessir 9 ай бұрын

@@JudehEmpireIslam is a religion. Not an identity. 75% of Muslims r none Arabs. I’m not going to bring up Christianity because I respect peoples believes and don’t want to turn this into a religion thing. But going by ur thinking, u can’t not be “black “ and Muslims right ??

@mohamedkuyateh5434 9 ай бұрын

I’m from west Africa and I’ve had a lot Somali friends in Chicago since 2005 and not one time I’ve ever heard them say that they’re not black. In fact they became even more friendlier with me and my cousins when they realized that we were all black Africans. Even the elderly Somalians!

@DekaHana38 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, because mostly that weird sentiment are UK Somalis not the rest of us Somalis.

@reeperrad6764 9 ай бұрын

Because it different in uk as the majority of Somalis in uk identify as Somalis and have received hate from Jareer stupid dhilo@@DekaHana38

@batteleyyachtlife9957 9 ай бұрын

@alainmekoyo1131 I kinda agree with you. But they mustn't do upperity on me.

@ramatgan1 9 ай бұрын

Black are desperate to claim us because they have a racial inferiority complex. Only a people without culture and values would think of being defined by their skin color! In America, they do because they are descendants of slaves and the european descendents wiped out their culture. So the only thing that separates them is 'color'. We have our own country, language and culture. We value our muslim religion and Somali culture more than this banal concept of 'skin color'; something most ppl now can’t relate to. We are not interested in thinking of ourselves as 'victims'. None of us have a inferiority complex like you.

@MoYessir 9 ай бұрын

@@DekaHana38 UK go by ethnicity I think. America go by skin tone.

@moreflowfalls2404 9 ай бұрын

This is a very interesting topic. Being an African in the UK, seeing Somalians as brothers and sisters from Africa, this is a sad reality to witness. But more so happy that these young people are intelligent enough to discuss and teach each other and all of us. Some comments I have seen by many Somalians show unity of being black and African. Many strong historical facts shared. Impressive. Knowledge, the right knowledge is always power.

@doroogo6811 8 ай бұрын

I'm Somali & Am Proud To Be Black African 🇸🇴✊🏾🇪🇹👑

@BBGL02 8 ай бұрын

Then why the second flag if you’re proud? Doesn’t go together

@shaqolaaan 7 ай бұрын

@@BBGL02he can be mixed

@BBGL02 7 ай бұрын

@@shaqolaaan idk it’s weird to add a flag when talking about a different ethnicity

@antwi313 9 ай бұрын

As an Afrikan-in-America, I appreciate the intelligent conversations on this channel...✊🏾

@innocentgoitseone3715 9 ай бұрын

Here in Botswana. We see and treat Somalis as Africans and blacks

@masehostoryteller1896 9 ай бұрын

And this is right! Having picked up - more or less voluntarily - some other continent dna throughout history is not an exclusive Somali feature - bring a member of the Arab league doesn’t make you an Arab

@gellewarsame5424 9 ай бұрын

Thanks

@colleenmckenzie2723 9 ай бұрын

@@masehostoryteller1896 😂😂🤣🤣 Arab league 😂😂😂😭

@bensonselebogo2768 9 ай бұрын

Facts homie.

@zisilemoyi2246 9 ай бұрын

u playing with fire

@trentgrandberry7040 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Good Brothers. Excellent conversation. I appreciate that these Brothers are having this conversation and only hope that it will be had inside a much larger forum. We need this world wide to break the evil cycle

@lindelomaneli 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this, enjoyed it. Blessings

@moriti411 9 ай бұрын

insightful. thank you gentlemen for breaking down this topic in a mature, intelligent way

@mustafeaxmedismacil1743 9 ай бұрын

We have to rewrite the story as a black. Somali people like others African people lost their story.

@halwarner6688 9 ай бұрын

WHO said YOU were black... the colonialist who ALSO called THEMSELVES WHITE WHICH obviously THEY ARE NOT.

@colleenmckenzie2723 9 ай бұрын

@@halwarner6688 does blackish and pinkish sound better.🤔

@trulyblessed5254 9 ай бұрын

No, they understand the allegory behind the term black, that it represents a construct rather than being a biological fact.

@abdiadan4837 9 ай бұрын

Somalis are not only Africans persay but great Africans who hold their cultures very tightly, they can,t be manipulated or influenced by any means, other issues with the Somalis they don,t force themselves to other practice that is not African cultures, Somalis also value dignity to themselves, & dignify others as well, you can,t force a Somali to do any job just bkos your his boss, something they don,t see right they will tell you no we don,t do that is wrong & on blank point, without undermining you, just straight to their point, but most other group of see these the Somalis to rude & very bad, but if you work with them for sometimes than you see they are great people

@mansamusa9465 9 ай бұрын

@@abdiadan4837Is Islam African?

@HelyBel 8 ай бұрын

I love this conversation it was really needed to clear the air, peace and love to all of Africa from Eritrea

@kaydenpat 8 ай бұрын

What an informative video. Learned so much! Keep talking.

@sem5548 9 ай бұрын

One love to my Somali brothers and my fellow black africans. Greetings from an Eritrean ❤👍🏿💪🏿🇪🇷

@heruy8274 9 ай бұрын

Clown.

@JustinYiseverywhere 9 ай бұрын

Shame on you for calling us black Africans

@sem5548 9 ай бұрын

@@JustinYiseverywhere Are you ok?

@tamrasg6960 8 ай бұрын

@JustinYiseverywhere Yes, we are. Go anywhere around the world. The first thing They will notice is you black

@AndrewKundya 8 ай бұрын

@@JustinYiseverywhereI think you have a problem in your mind

@kuelimika 9 ай бұрын

Great video African Stream. This was the needed response. We are all Africans and should stand together. Unity is the Key, as our elders Lumumba, Nkruma, Malcolm, Garvey, Nyerere, and others have insisted. 🎉

@sibusisombatha1846 9 ай бұрын

I wish we as Africans would just get together, hold hands and sing kumba ya. We would rule the world if we do that

@trulyblessed5254 9 ай бұрын

Arrogance and a superiority complex are a personality trait that's genetic. Instead of ignoring ppl with these types of personality disorders, victims are pleading for their acceptance and internalizing their behaviors.

@JohnMoore-xf5wy 9 ай бұрын

Impossible. You can't stop killing each other long enough!

@appiemohamud2721 9 ай бұрын

Im with you on that, but before we can do that we need to first change the indoctrination some of our Africans brother have by accepting colonisator descriptions of our people.

@zisilemoyi2246 9 ай бұрын

forget

@innocentodinkemere4597 9 ай бұрын

@@trulyblessed5254 Not really arrogance. I feel sorry for Africans that feel the way though I understand them, I mean there is a need not to be the worst of the worst, Being the best of the worst is still something sha,

@wabdih 9 ай бұрын

This is a conversation that I could never really take seriously, but you guys really broke it down calmly and intelligently using history

@goldgate84 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. This was wonderful. Never heard this topic broken down so well - much respect to the three intelligent brothers speaking.

@noirchien2622 9 ай бұрын

That’s right! I am a proud Hebrew woman descended from the Biafra’s of Nigeria, who were sold into slavery, and ancestors brought to the Caribbean and South America. I am black, and I am proud!

@asanwa3126 9 ай бұрын

There were no Hebrews in Nigeria. We Igbos are NOT Hebrews. You are doing exactly what the panelists are preaching against. Proximity to Whiteness!

@shawday7911 9 ай бұрын

Amen sister

@rodniegsm1575 9 ай бұрын

Black was a collar the Portuguese the European came up to call people like us with brown skin. I was wondering why we, as people of brown skin, have to accept the collar others give us. We have our own identity. Just because the Europeans Calle us black, that doesn't mean we have or need to accept that. Just like they called the native Americans redskins, or the Chinese, yellow people. They even named the continent of afrika and never bother to ask how our people called the continent. By accepting their description of us, we are destroying our own history and cultural identity. We should not accept people calling us black. It's not what or who we are.

@c.kainoabugado7935 9 ай бұрын

@@rodniegsm1575❤ your reply. I don't accept black as a race anymore!! That's how it's used by those in control, lumping all colored people into one word that is NOT representative of human beings=facism. Tell others of the country you're born and the ethnicity you live is a good method of identity.

@rholalbi8155 9 ай бұрын

@@rodniegsm1575who care they don't complain being called white because they are and we shouldnt care what they call us we are what & who we are & they can identify us as wtf they want we are the Gods period

@chalgoode6449 9 ай бұрын

If these people don't want to identify as Black/African, then OBLIGE THEM. We need to Stop fighting to hold on to such problematic people. Let the trash take itself out. They're doing the hard work for us REAL Africans at the end of the day. Show them the door and be done with them. We Blacks have TOO much on our plate as is. We need to get in the habit of cleaning house. THOROUGHLY.

@abduljabbarmohammed4188 9 ай бұрын

What do you mean we black as if somalis are not black.

@robinharrington8073 9 ай бұрын

My man!!!!

@thezu9250 9 ай бұрын

@@robinharrington8073 This person is clearly not African. Stop giving air to people that are trying to divide us. Just because some people don’t want to use colonizer skin colour labels does it mean that they are rejecting their ancient African identity.

@andremiller1566 9 ай бұрын

@@abduljabbarmohammed4188 The post means any person who you thought was black but they tell you otherwise, let them go immediately. I have zero energy for trying to convince someone they are Black. Mistaking someone for a brother when they are not is how you invite an enemy into your home.

@bapalorininya8128 9 ай бұрын

Pretty simple,we have nothing to lose. Either you join or get left behind

@---re9jc 9 ай бұрын

You guys did a great job disarming the ignorance.

@blueberryhill6948 9 ай бұрын

This discussion is amazing ❤❤❤ love it

@hetty7891 9 ай бұрын

Wow this is sad how even these children see themselves🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️. The lack of knowledge will always make you perish.

@thezu9250 9 ай бұрын

Do you mean? You mean identifying as a Somali which is what they’ve identified as for thousands of years?

@rosam674 9 ай бұрын

No! Native Africans are Africans. We are not Black. We are Africans. Black is an American identity. Most continental Africans don't identify with it. Never heard of it until KZfaq and TikTok happened. Now we are being forced to stop calling ourselves African or referring to our cultural heritage and instead erase all that we are to call ourselves black. No! Why? We are African. African is the original identity of our people. Black is the slave master's term.

@afiamanuwats 9 ай бұрын

Another brilliant conversation. Thanks for the talk brothers !

@zuripenda 9 ай бұрын

My mother, born early 1900's in Tobago in the Caribbean, followed the reports concerning every event on the African continent, and mourned the assassination of every patriot during her lifetime. She only had a radio and passed in 1988. She was fully aware of who was who, and who did what, as much as she was able to acquire information. She missed her calling, I suspect.

@jd...5569 9 ай бұрын

May she rest in peace.

@tayriobravo6204 8 ай бұрын

This is beautiful! Thank you my brothers. Sending love from the US.

@feliciasmith150 9 ай бұрын

These young men are 💯 correct. We are one✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

@skp8748 9 ай бұрын

We are African just not black... we're not Arab either

@Mina.15 9 ай бұрын

@@skp8748were black 🖤

@RossALLISON-lx8pt 9 ай бұрын

A tamal can claim the same thing so can a Sri Lankan

@skp8748 9 ай бұрын

@@cocoday6215 no. Neither. Why lie? Are Indians and Chinese the same people

@skp8748 9 ай бұрын

@@cocoday6215 we're Africa

@effiongukih8827 9 ай бұрын

Point of correction bro, the Congos 🇨🇩 are far richer than Egypt-- or most l of them North African countries in terms of resources !!. Greetings from 🇳🇬 Naija

@AmaAidoo-ts8ws 9 ай бұрын

Agreed !!!! This is the reason The west refuse to let go of Congo!!!!

@jd...5569 9 ай бұрын

I think what he means is standard of living and not resources. I am a Somali and I believe Egyptian standard of living is better compared to Somalia but we have rich resources.

@BlackCultrCare 8 ай бұрын

Great conversation! One love my brothers! ❤️🖤💚

@vickimindu 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful talk, thank you all.

@illuminadi5848 9 ай бұрын

Such a great and candid conversation. Thank you!

@atina5976 9 ай бұрын

Insightful, well-articulated discussion. United we stand. Thank you.

@sindisodube6257 8 ай бұрын

Thank you brothers! We desperately need to have these conversations

@jeromelubabalojacobs8872 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. Very educational

@rosam674 9 ай бұрын

Somalis and Bantus are both ancient Africans and very close genetically. Somalis are of the E3b1 haplogroup, while Bantus are of the E3a haplogroup. E haplogroups are ancient haplogroups that are exclusively African. Now compare the Somali (E3b1) to Arab haplogroups (J haplogroup). Present-day Arabs are a much younger race made up of genetics that migrated into the region later. The only thing that connects Somalis to Arabs is Islam, but they are racially African. Original African.

@cantdecideausername8584 9 ай бұрын

Exactly, not all black African ethnic groups look the same, like the Tutsi people of rwanda or the Khoisan people of south Africa or even the dinka tribe of south sudan, we all have different features based on our ethnicities but we're all still sub-saharan Africans therefore we are the same race.

@cantdecideausername8584 9 ай бұрын

I can understand if people don't want to call themselves black because we don't have black skin. I call myself African since I have African DNA, not "black" DNA however unlike some people, I'm not trying to denounce my race because I'm proud to be "black" and I'm not in denial like some east Africans who think they're arabs.

@rholalbi8155 9 ай бұрын

No they are not Africans they know who they are better than you they have arabic blood from rapes & lootings of kemet the arabs mixed with our royal blood in order to uses theses mixed fulani tuareg arabs conquests assets as pawns to spread islam within the true African PEOPLE so no they are not of us they are mixed race and it is true they are not black they are arab puppet race of slaves

@cantdecideausername8584 9 ай бұрын

@alainmekoyo1131 the problem is that people feel the need to denounce their race and pretend to be something else. Many Afro Latinos do the same. I can understand denouncing the title “black” because it was forced on Africans by Europeans but that’s not what the guy in the video was doing, he was claiming to be an entirely different race from "black" people which isn’t true.

@trulyblessed5254 9 ай бұрын

@alainmekoyo1131 Somali represents a nation of people whereas the people that identify themselves as black in America are not a nation. Africans and the Caribbean only refer to themselves as black when it involves politics, other than that they don't refer to themselves as black but rather their nation of origin.

@TrayMillsOfficial 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video bro! I’m glad you guys are working to course correct! It’s time bro 💯✊🏽💪🏽 shoutout from the United States. Keeping learning, growing, and uniting. That’s what it is about. The longer we allow the them folks to divide using their manipulative and historical tactics the longer it will take to develop back into our rightful places.

@obinnaeleaka9443 9 ай бұрын

This is amazing podcast, i enjoyed every bit of it and it was so professionals to best.

@landmark22 9 ай бұрын

Dope conversation, Our people globally need to hear this.

@ZebraFacts 9 ай бұрын

Very intelligent young men. The only area I disagree with them or more like differ with their opinions is that they are young. Nothing they have talked about here in regards to self-identification is new. I am almost 66 years old and I can tell you from my own life experience as a black American that this subject is not new. Not even new to other peoples of the world. There are many ethnicities in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the so-called Eastern people. Only in recent decades have whites adopted lighter-skinned Israelis, Scottis, and others. Interesting to me is as I travel the world, I can see who white European colonists put in power wherever they occupied other peoples. They are always lighter-skinned. This really affected me when I moved to the Philippines and it is so clear that wherever you go there, lighter-skinned Filipinos run whatever office space. The darker-skinned Filipinos are more than often the "blue collar" workers. They are the service sector. When it comes to my larger black family (wherever they may be in the world) I am encouraged more so now than at any other time in my life because of the internet. It will become very clear to a lot of people that as you call them "the enemy" if you don't look like them. If your skin is not pink like theirs and you don't have European ancestry, you are black. Doesn't matter if you are Asian, Middle Eastern, or any other people. If you are not of European ancestry, you are not white, which means you are ultimately black in their eyes. It is also very encouraging to see and hear black African nations speaking up and out about France and others stealing from the people of Africa. Just be aware that the enemy will look for other ways if they can't take by force what they see as "theirs". At present, they will try to get other black nations to do their dirty work for them. They will attempt to have us fight against one another. This is what they do everywhere we are. More than anything else, they lie. Believe nothing they say. They lie about everything. Even about themselves to themselves.

@jillybe1873 9 ай бұрын

I'm white albeit Welsh and I'm sorry to agree with you. White people don't even know they're doing it. We are not educated at all about what the Empire did. Those who realise support free Africa. It is the century of Africa. Please educate where possible not hate, or it will all endlessly repeat.

@Tashaten 8 ай бұрын

We need Frankie Beverly and Maze song (We are ONE)!!! Sure is powerful!!! So is the Isley Brothers song (Caravan of Love)!!! Sad world

@vicokwaro 9 ай бұрын

This was beautiful and very informative, im sure many Africans learnt something new, i know i did-lets move away from these divisions that were placed on us and unite as one, we would be so much more powerful

@kokolete 8 ай бұрын

I love it 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾well structured,very educational,

@JayMonk595 8 ай бұрын

This is so enlightening. What an inspiration you all are. I’m going to study African history to understand my origins. Thank you so much, keep up the great work ❤

@tonyluseno2673 9 ай бұрын

Somalia as a Nation is presently on course to join the East African Community..How much more African can it get😊😊

@mariejane1567 9 ай бұрын

apparently west african is more african according to the guy in the video

@neoreign 9 ай бұрын

I think thins is a terrible mistake being made by money hungry and morally bankrupt politicians. It isn't the decision of the citizens, you're acting like they did a referendum. We have a dictator in charge based on his clan allegiance

@baerkaabnaab2388 9 ай бұрын

Join what? 😂😂

@Turkana-omo-marsabit 9 ай бұрын

That will resolve some of their issues Just like drc joined but still stuck with discrimination towards their citizens that look somali ethiopian

@jakobjama4612 8 ай бұрын

We (the people) dont want to join the puppet president wants to so he can embezzle more funds

@yoliyoli6306 9 ай бұрын

brothers, bringing some serious knowledge, that's Unity, keep acknowledging one another by a nod, a fist bump or a verbal greeting etc, That's Unity!

@Una459 9 ай бұрын

Thank u for having this kind of educational topic. The young nd educated generation has to change the old state of mind of ours that only encourages division. Pls continue this kind of topic nd teach nd lead our egnorant youth like the one on the video. Respect.🙏👏👏

@maxamuudcali2564 9 ай бұрын

No more division, Africa must unite..❤❤❤ United we stand. Devided we fall.

@gerardrbain1972 9 ай бұрын

I am a black Bahamian I know the nod and the reason behind it too.

@abdirizakali9407 9 ай бұрын

Well come we stand together

@Tashaten 8 ай бұрын

You all powerful music helps to like North American legends Isley Brothers song Caravan of Love)!!! And Frankie Beverly and Maze song (We are ONE)!!! Much respect for these brothers and unity agmost us and others too!!!

@larryjones6118 9 ай бұрын

We have to stop the divide BLCK FOLK we're all ONE. N,S,E,W=1 AFRICA. 1NATION. STANDING TOGETHER= 1VOICE. 1POWER. 🌍🌄💙✊🏿

@trulyblessed5254 9 ай бұрын

You're causing your own division by identifying and forcing a term that have no relevance or meaning behind the term itself.

@samanth. 9 ай бұрын

@@trulyblessed5254that's nonesense, somalis r too confused they can't differentiate btn arab & islam, they r jst self hating idiots u think their little tribe is a race, somali is jst a tribe with clans in it, nothing more but zoomalis think if they identify as arab they will be better than black African, but their country is already failed state

@rosam674 9 ай бұрын

Black Americans are forcing their identity on Africans. Why should Africans stop identifying with our heritage just to reclassify to what the slave master imposed on you in the USA? In Africa, we have our ancient identities. Africans didn't know about black identity politics until we saw it on social media. That has nothing to do with us. So Somalis saying they are Somali and not black is not offensive to other Africans. Because they also identify as Africans.

@blackman4861 9 ай бұрын

@@trulyblessed5254 No you're causing division by not identifying with your race.

@trulyblessed5254 9 ай бұрын

@@blackman4861 Feel free to do you and go right ahead with your literal-minded self and continue to place limitations on yourself.

@marynjokimirie4753 8 ай бұрын

I needed this 🖤💚❤️

@chalgoode6449 9 ай бұрын

Personally, I say good riddance to them. They make it so easy for us REAL Africans by leaving them to draw up the boundaries. All we have to do is simply oblige them. AT ALL COSTS. Leave no room for confusion or half-assed allegiances. Leave the Horners to go with their Eurasian cousins. We REAL Africans have too much on our plate as is...

@senu2014 9 ай бұрын

Stop the devide thru education we will be one! The white wants us devided so we don't unite and prosper!

@rickdavis2053 9 ай бұрын

But big booty somalian women love us 😢

@thezu9250 9 ай бұрын

What are you talking about? Somali people are one of the few African countries to actually draw their own borders. It’s like you guys dont learn anything about Somali history. You’re so quick to pick up colonizer identities and use it to create discord amongst Africans. Why are people who are thousands of years old going to use skin colour identities that were used to subjugate their fellow Africans? East Africans have fought fiercely against colonization and many refused to follow their stupid skin colour labels. It’s disrespectful to our ancestors. The only people who can have pride in a skin colour identity are African-Americans who took a source of terror and made it into a beautiful culture!

@bapalorininya8128 9 ай бұрын

@@thezu9250 Draw their own boarders? Every group once had a border,what about ethnic somalis in kenya and ethiopia. Mogadishu is even persian language to start with. Remember lots of african countries got independence before you. Don't make it look as if you did a better job with colonizers.

@TheQuranExplainsItself 9 ай бұрын

@@bapalorininya8128Mogadishu is Somali for “killer vision” so calm down.

@lancebeamon9729 9 ай бұрын

This was a great discussion. It was very informative.

@djdarbeeye 9 ай бұрын

Good job Zakaria deeq You made us proud 👏 I like how you explained to my African brothers the somali history back in the golden days

@henrikfaltskog1503 7 ай бұрын

What a great conversation, so glad I could listen to this and learn. I am happy to hear you talk so respectfully and with solidarity about all Africans❤

@ewm4266 9 ай бұрын

This is really eye opening, We all need to own our contribution to "We are not black" from the Somalis, From what I get is that they are owed apologies from brothers n sisters who they feel shunned them in their time of need, The other African say Kenyans feel that the Somalis are ungreatful over the sacrifice they made upto date to accommodate them. Kenyans also feel that Somalis project how others in America or Europe made them feel less than on them.

@sisterphyllis4753 9 ай бұрын

I love this video is fantastic. The 3 of you are very informative. One thing that’s interesting to me, many “Blacks” in America is trying to get away from that term to the origin of who we are. Yet, Africa is embracing it. Never ever loose your identity to connect. ❤🙏🏾✌🏽

@dacloffeblack 9 ай бұрын

Great conversation by these brothers and very constructive. I just want to add that as an African American we get this same treatment from some of our brothers and sisters from countries in Africa. I’ve had numerous encounters with plenty of Kenyans and Nigerians who go out of their way to distinguish themselves from Black people in America. They will say “we are not Black, or you are not African.” It’s very divisive and definitely rooted in the colonial mindset. It’s become very problematic out here and that’s why today you see many African Americans distancing themselves from our brothers and sisters from the continent that come over here. I grew up in a very Pan Africanist environment and generally speaking Black people in the US have always been African centered in our identity but something has happened in the last couple of decades where that has shifted.

@raineyfall628 8 ай бұрын

Kenyans and Nigerians are not "Black" like Black Americans. They both have their cultures and traditions. The only thing they have in common with us is skin tones. However, when living in a diverse country like America we need to know the system will treat us like we are the same, so why not learn from each other and be productive?

@kelvincyprian1237 8 ай бұрын

@@raineyfall628as a Nigerian I agree more with what you are saying. I can not be as “black” as black Americans and you cannot be as “African” as an African regardless of descent. That’s just the reality. What we do share is a common struggle and we can unite on that basis.

@ameenahameed8874 7 ай бұрын

Yes I see the same shift really in the past decade. Instead of African American, the term Black American is used more.

@akamtiberiusmose6425 9 ай бұрын

I love this channel and discussion

@dejumaboutique1305 9 ай бұрын

8:30, "...proximity to wealth, proximity to power..." Yet the two largest economies and influential countries in Africa are Nigeria and South Africa, respectively. Self-hate is real, I hope these "I'm not black" crowd will seek the needed help. Because, I frankly don't care whether they see themselves as black or not.

@erickalemwa7832 9 ай бұрын

Out of topic then back to the topic....which one are you talking about sir! Black and white? Or economy of Nigeria and SA?

@sincorazon9920 9 ай бұрын

@@erickalemwa7832are you not seeing how they are both interconnected on this topic? Ethnic divisions don’t matter all that much when economics aren’t intrinsically tied, which they tend to be in classical times.

@thezu9250 9 ай бұрын

So if you don’t care about what they label themselves why are you even writing this comment? Why are you even subscribing to these skin colour identities? It’s like as if people don’t think beyond division. Literally no one in Asia is a skin colour identity. But somehow Africans are forced to erase their ancestry for some ridiculous skin colour identity that was used to terrorize them?

@erickalemwa7832 9 ай бұрын

@@thezu9250 Somalians are just embarrassing themselves..shaming themselves,they want to look like what they are not...being black is not even supposed to be discussed because it's automatic,it's nature and God loved it when he created it. Discrimination is Evil,works of Satan. White people hv been used to create this narrative of saying white is better than black..we shouldn't participate in this sin as black people.

@rosam674 9 ай бұрын

@lobotlando 9 ай бұрын

Interesting point on the closeness to whiteness. I hadn't thought about it before. I can however tell you that I'm from a 90% white country and we sure don't lack for stupidity here😂. This notion of being white and equating that with cleverness and wealth through hard work, needs to stop because its just not generally true.

@southernafricanboy4148 9 ай бұрын

Well said

@thezu9250 9 ай бұрын

Trust me, Somali people that think that they are superior look down on everyone. They don’t associate those positive things with whteness. They associated that with themselves. It’s not that complicated. They come from a homogenous country with an ancient civilization. Of course, they’re going to develop a superiority complex somewhere along the journey. The enlighten ones reject that ideology and see everyone as human. Besides, they have been fighting against colonization for hundreds of years. So they have no positive association with Europe or their skin colour.

@Tajirnews 9 ай бұрын

True said black or melanted are associet with intelligence

@gardeniainbloom812 9 ай бұрын

We know. Most are happy to live with the delusion and cling to it for dear life though. It’s a new day and those who have eyes can see the emperor has no clothes.

@heruy8274 9 ай бұрын

Sure, most people are average in general anyway, but Western countries in general have higher standard of living, economically productive industries, and technologically advanced transportation and communication infrastructures. Africans should learn from the West on how to build and maintain advanced modern countries instead of crying about being bullied because of their race.

@50fefeez 9 ай бұрын

Keep these conversations going

@emelymblambo5755 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video, Africans we are one.That is wonderful conversation urging oness to all our black brothers and sisters. Let us be the light to each danger.Blessings to all

@mansafladramera9582 8 ай бұрын

Let them be what they want to be. We Black African have to love ourselves and work to better ourselves. No problem be what you want to be. What's important in Life is not being Somali or Kenyan , it's having a better Life on Earth.

@raylin5905 8 ай бұрын

Well said ❤

@Moetastic 8 ай бұрын

I am Somali but I've always identified as Black & African, my parents were both very much Pan-African too, my Mother especially. One Africa!!! ❤ 🇸🇴

@jermaineedwards8384 8 ай бұрын

Well said guys we need more of this talk online where our people can be reached

@TatouLabKids 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the education

@aminardon3429 9 ай бұрын

Look at any Somali person man or woman and think of a race. That is the race Somalis are. Period. As a Somali I find it stupid that we even have to discuss ''are Somalis black''? when we clearly can't be anything but black. Our skin is perfectly dark brown, our hair is afro and we speak Somali. SO YES, we are unapologetically black Africans and we are an Indigenous tribe in The Horn of Africa. Peace:)🤲🏾👴🏾👵🏾 🌍

@ewm4266 9 ай бұрын

I noticed those driving this narrative are mostly horner's from the America or Europe....I wonder, was their experience so bad with the other blacks that they vowed to separate themselves...This discussion needs to be had...my opinion though

@aboosis4690 9 ай бұрын

as a black african musilum,but in swwitzaland i deal with somalians than other africans christains,

@jamarthomas3773 9 ай бұрын

As African American... I thought the same thing

@ALLTHINGSCONSIDERED935 9 ай бұрын

Some people have inferiority complex

@aminardon3429 9 ай бұрын

@@manikin834 We are talking about Somalis.

@StuartCallendar 9 ай бұрын

A large swath of Somalis quite literally claim not to be black. Young, middle aged, and old. And I'm fine with that. As an indigenous black African, I'm not begging for allies. They can and should be whatever they wish to be,.

@asanwa3126 9 ай бұрын

🎉❤

@sonofnok2153 9 ай бұрын

I say the same thing. All these stem from the ugly side of slavery, of which Western and Southern Africans were made a face of inferiority and slavery. Ethiopians do the same thing.

@MrSivram28 9 ай бұрын

We don't need them. West, South, Central etc.. are the masters of African econimically.

@KarlaJammin 9 ай бұрын

It's sad when they don't seem to understand how they are viewed by the people they want to identify with...smh

@AsscherMazzelaar 9 ай бұрын

@@sonofnok2153 Since when is there any connection between the west and the somali slave trade?

@kwameboadukissi426 8 ай бұрын

I love the conversation. Very intelligent indeed from you brothers.

@Sekou156 7 ай бұрын

Thank you guys. Good education

@e-dog-e619 9 ай бұрын

No more dividing. 🙏🏿

@ericmiddleton8137 8 ай бұрын

As an African American we all come Africa and are Africans one or another...

@cmjre2 8 ай бұрын

That was a very enlightening conversation young men. Continue to press forward with your mission. Africans United!!!

@Remembernukpunuk 9 ай бұрын

Ahahaha...now I've watched it. KZfaq ain't big enough for this chat 🤣. This level of analysis, introspection and discussion is perfect. More will learn. Also, production wise first rate 😎 thank you.

@JermaineSantiagoCruz 9 ай бұрын

Powerful Words, "our survival depends on our unity"

@sonofnok2153 9 ай бұрын

It is called "White proximity superiority complex"... I am closer to the Arabs and Whites, so I am not those "Bantu slaves".

@MrSivram28 9 ай бұрын

Yep. My nose, hair, skin etc.. is closer to the eurocentric standard so I'm better. lol. Sick mentality

@AsscherMazzelaar 9 ай бұрын

That is from an English-American point of view, which is rather interesting given that most countries and people do not use these terms to describe people

@angelozue7925 9 ай бұрын

No! It’s jut low sel esteem and stupidity. Somalians trying to be closer to white people and Arabs through they’re be rejected by these groups of people

@thezu9250 9 ай бұрын

@@MrSivram28 As a Somali person, this is hilarious. The people who think that they are better certainly are not doing it from the context of European or whatever nonsense. Somali people are the superior everything to them. Everyone else is beneath them. This is existed for THOUSANDS of years while before Europeans even had a civilization that could come to Africa. It’s almost like as if people have history is outside of subjugation by Europeans. You have to realize that they saw them as less developed (spirituality and civilization wise). It’s the same thing for Middle Eastern people. In their mind, Somalia is just having temporary bad luck and soon it will be great again. But everyone else is just below Somali people. They look down on European people in the same way including their features. They certainly don’t want to be next to them or adjacent to anything. Their image of optimal is themselves. They don’t want their children to look anything but Somali. They don’t want them to marry those people to “ruin” that. You guys have no idea how these people ACTUALLY think. Just because some people want to worship their colonizers doesn’t mean these people think the same way. They live in a Somali centric world which is easy in a homogeneous country.

@Hippobottomless 9 ай бұрын

@@thezu9250well put. Exactly. Somalis used to look down on the European colonizers that came to Somalia also

@FirstHorizon388 8 ай бұрын

Amazing discussion. This is the way forward. I applaud you brothers.

@victormwiti3769 8 ай бұрын

It's really unjust to make problems out of topics that have never shown themselves as a problem. I am happy that Brother Zakari Deeq shared with us the obvious historical achievements made by prior generations of Somalis; it shows us what they stood for over other differences. Instead of adding more segregation in Africa, let us bridge the empty gaps that try to split us; once we start viewing our fellow neighboring countries as part of each other's community, that's where we as Africans start heading, not the right way, but the proactive way - As brother Zakari said, we are intelligent so should the decisions we make be social intelligent - because contributions to one another strengthen our bond, you know, like a community. Thank you, Erick, Ahmed, and Zakari for tackling this topic head-on, good job guys.