We aren't BLACK , We are SOMALI ! : 5 Reasons Why Somalis Reject the 'Black' Label.
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
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There is an exhausting recurring debate taking place online. The question is: are Somali people black? As simple as it sounds, it’s a question that generates differing opinions and passionate disagreement from Somalis and non-Somalis alike. It feels at times that the blackness of Somalis is being uniquely scrutinised, and it’s not only happening online.
The purpose of this video is not to impose our viewpoint on the matter, but to highlight the views of Somalis who reject the notion that they are black. This, in my opinion, is crucial if we are to objectively empathize with both sides of the argument. Here are five justifications given by Somalis and many other African tribes who reject being labelled as black.
1. Race is a Eurocentric Construct that Doesn’t Exist in Africa.
In Africa, generally, people do not specify and identify with being black. This is understandable as they are living in a society where people differentiate themselves by ethnicity and tribes and not by the colour of their skin, as it would be pointless. Those who live in Africa are not burdened with these Eurocentric ideas about race. A racial identity does not exist for them. That is why some Somalis, especially older ones, do not identify as black. Somalis may not identify as "black" because it would then overlook their own specific identity. They have their own religion, beliefs, language, and traditions, but in America, these are ignored and they are considered black? Race is a social construct and one that does not truly exist in Somalia as there is no cultural context for it. Somalis are simply Somalis, a people native to the Horn.
2. Africa is too Diverse to Group all Africans as Black.
Also, because of the fact that people still subconsciously see Africa as one gigantic country, with one huge group of people, we don’t tend to look into the people who live on this second-largest giant continent. There are 54 countries in the Africa, and usually even within these countries, there are different ethnic groups with different languages. You can't group an entire continent and expect them to all look the same. Once again, as I’ve mentioned before, Africa is a continent. An incredibly genetically diverse continent, one where the entire human race came from. Like I said before, the majority of the world only sees a certain group of Africans. And the whole world also tends to subconsciously regard Africa as a country with one huge group of people who all look alike. If you see and understand Africa as a continent instead of seeing black people as "one group," you’d understand why it is not wise to throw all Africans under a single classification.
3. Black Label has Racist Origins.
Race is oftentimes quite arbitrary, and there isn't any way to definitively categorize people according to it. Definitions of blackness are regional, and they're most typically used in the greater context of the transatlantic slave trade. So it may not even be an appropriate label to use on people from the horn of Africa. That is because race is a social construct. During the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the African Scramble, Europeans used pseudo-science to divide the human race into distinct races, labelling some as inferior and others superior to justify their fellow man's subjugation. Most of the so-called "black features" that they used to categorize "black" individuals were based on West African people. When it came to race, the word "black" was used in a derogatory way, and I don't think it's a good idea to keep this identity that was created out of racism.
4. It’s an Inaccurate Misnomer.
It’s an inaccurate misnomer to call Africans black. I always ask myself, what does it mean to be black? Does it imply black skin? If so, why aren’t Indians black? If anything, a majority of Africans, even sub-Saharan Africans, have a wide spectrum of skin complexions that range from almost pale to dark chocolate. The Kikuyu tribe of Kenya and even the Kamba are mostly chocolate complexioned. Why would you call these people black? The same can be argued for Somalis. Africa is simply too diverse to fall under one singular colour. Africans are not black; it's because of racism that they are classified as such.
5. It makes them more vulnerable to Police Brutality in the West.
Existing at the nexus of anti-blackness, xenophobia, and Islamophobia increases the visibility and vulnerability of Somalis. This has in part led to cases such as the tragic deaths of Shukri Abdi and, more recently, Mohamud Hassan, a 24-year-old man from Cardiff who died shortly after coming into contact with the police. Their deaths serve as reminders that institutional racism and state violence are harsh realities that Somalis encounter due to their being collectively grouped with other black groups in the UK and the States. What’s more, the more Somali youth identify with being black, the more they will be forced to conform to stereotypes of blackness.
I'm somalia 🇸🇴 and I'm proud to be black.
Pick meeeee!!!
Wa somali
You're proud to be Afrikan 💖
Africa is content is not ethnic
As a Yemeni I love Somalia 🇸🇴🇾🇪
The messenger of Allah, Muhammad said:
لا فرق بين عربي و لا أعجمي و لا أبيض ولا أسود إلا بالتقوى" حديث شريف"
it means that there is no difference between Arabic and not Arabic People and between white or black person, but except in piety.( believing in god and doing good deeds and to move away from evil deeds , Obedience to Allah ....)
I’m Somali and proud African🇸🇴
@@abdiwadudmaalim38 hadda african ma timid miyaa??
@@abdiwadudmaalim38 hadda dadka kale ee africanka ah ma ka fanee
Just know in aad adiga iyo ugandeska afrikaanimadda u simantihiin
@@abdiwadudmaalim38 nobody even wants you to be african you fool
@@abdiwadudmaalim38 Indeed we Somalis only have ourselves Somalinimo igu filan
But bro you are Arab too 🇯🇴❤️🇸🇴
Black is beautiful! Stop racism! We Rwandans 🇷🇼🇷🇼 we have experienced tragic consequences of Racial discrimination! Let's stand together as one human race😢
C est choquant ce raciste. Ils ont honte de leur couleur mais ils ne sont pas suédois je pense. Le problème est apparu avec l élection de leur miss et la il ont découvert qu ils pouvaient égaler les occidentaux. Pure complexe. Leur priorité devrait être la lutte contre l extrême pauvreté qui les pousse à la piraterie des mers pour survivre. Ces soit-disant beautés superficielles et sexy ne changent rien à leur situation connue mondialement. D ailleurs il y a des femmes magnifiques dans tous les pays du monde.
Les problèmes de humanité ne se resoudront pas sur un podium mais avec une prise des crises socio-économiques par ces femmes justement qu elles noires, marron foncé ou clair mais qu elles le veuilleent ou non elles sont africaines les plus pauvres d Afrique.
Why do you need that if you are proud of yourself
That's a beautiful thought of us all being of the human race, but unfortunately, unrealistic. Perhaps you are ahead of your time because In God's New World, soon to come (Psalms 37:10,11) we WILL all be one group of humans without 😢regard of regional or racial differences. At that time, only righteous and unrighteous behavior will divide and separate us. That divide will be beneficial. Unfortunately, currently Satan has us divided by racial and regional differences. This is not what God intended. Nevertheless, for our survival we currently help ourselves by being united as Black people. I am an inventor. Just imagine if we were united as African, Caribbean, and American Black folks? We would rule the World with all our talent and intelligence!
I am truly a Proud Black American. We are a people who innovated the World with inventions used by every advanced country in the World. (Look up Inventions of Black Americans) From the moment we wake up and use granulated sugar to sweeten our coffee or tea to using GPS to get to the new job and using a computer when we get there after stopping at red lights to avoid having an accident, twe have already used multiple Black inventions. There are soooo many more. If you want your feet free of Athlete's feet, toenail fungus or foot odor, you can use MY invention! (I hope to get it to market soon)
We are great. Being Black is not only beautiful, its the absolute BEST!❤
@@cooldeeprajpurohit On one hand we have Rwanda, one of the cleanest country in the world and on the other hand we have your country where open pooping is a religion 😅
@@cooldeeprajpurohit Do you not know the history of Rwanda? 🤦🏾♀️
I'm Somali and black I'm proud ❤
Naga amus you western shit
Of what are you proud? Did you work hard to become Somali?
@@giovannigiorgio1536 being black lol you have to take pride in all that you have to overcome to live a normal life. By default you’ll see so much imagery and messaging to tell you that you are worth less that you are only to be a servant in the world and that you are ugly. To be Somali you also have to overcome a lot. So if you are both, then you’ll obviously have so much work to do just to be sane and to thrive
@@JustMe-no8el
Seems I was not clear. I'll try to paraphrase. How can your race/ethnicity be an achievement? How can you be proud of what has been given to you by birth?
@@giovannigiorgio1536 same reason why people are proud To have great parents when they didn’t work for it or proud to be born rich when they didn’t work for it. We’re proud to be Somali bec of our history,heritage, & Uniqueness we’re also proud to be Muslims. Some of us think we’re black but i disagree bec 1 . other black ppl don’t look at us as black & why would any one identify with a color.
I am Eritrean & that is my identity.
I don't deny my blackness.
I am Black.
I am African.
I am Eritrean.
ur jus eritrean
Sorry bro, you ain't black. Semites like Arabs, Hebrews and some Ethiopians aren't black. Blacks are cushites(somalis)bantus and nilotes.
Black is paint, just like white is paint and Blue paint! If you want assimilate into that Anglo European label then so be it, but I feel sorry for you! In America those Anglo demons kill our people everyday for any infraction they deem! I am at the end of my assimilation and I am going to die standing like a real African instead of crawling like the SLAVE they say I am! 65 years and I am sick and tired of the injustice and brainwash I have had to endure in America!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
That's how it's suppose to be
I’m 100% Somali and I’m 100% proud to be African.
You are a Hamite. So called Blacks are Israelites!!
African and black are two different things and meanings. Understand context
your not 100% african only 60% african 40% european 25% west asian 15%-30% north africa your not pure somali nor pure african
Thats not something g to be proud of
@@BrazilianImperialistBeing from the continent of Africa period is something to be proud of. If it wasn’t for Africa nobody would be here
We black. We fully black. You may see some light skinned people but that don't mean we not black.
I am from Sudan 🇸🇩 and I'm proud to be black and African Mama Africa 🌍
You have your own tribe, tradion and history.. Once you accept that black label you lose your equality with other people and obly become a colour... Be proud of your heritage and culture not the colour of your skin..
@@dhdowlad you don’t know what you’re talking about! People can call themselves what they choose too!
@@hotmomma1552 Not really..
In fact, we are Somalis and we are proud to be black people 💯🥰🇸🇴✊
What does it mean to be black? It has no basis in biology.
The Biology is the melanin🖤✌🏾 Troll
Define black
Black is Dark matter and energy that originate from space. Credo Mutwa said that black Africans came from the stars!!!
Africans cannot produce black pigment as Europeans cannot produce white pigment. Europeans are pink, red or olive. I just call them pale skins.
If you call a Chinese person Yellow they would find it offensive. If you call a Native American (indigenous) people Red or Redskin they would find it offensive. However, some African diaspora would have no issue being referred to the color Black when they’re MORE than that.
That's not true! Native Americans love the Color Red and love to be called that. And Chinese people know that they are yellow and I never hear them say We are not Yellow! I have never heard them say that! The only stupid people on the planet I hear saying that they are not black is stupid Black people!
And another thing! Explain to me what's wrong with Being Black? Explain that to me!
@@robertepps2834 What? Did you also wrote Native-Americans who only identify themselves with their tribes (Cherokee, Navaho, Apache, etc) love calling themselves the color red? What are you even talking about? Have you seen sports teams changing their names from “Redskins” because Native-Americans find that offensive to them?
@@robertepps2834 You really don’t see what’s wrong with referring to yourself to a color system created by colonial Europeans? In all of human history everyone identified themselves with their tribe or nation but never a color system. If I were to ask you who your father is, would you tell me his color or his name? Everyone would say his name because lineage through tribe is more important than the delusional concept of color.
@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106 There are some black skinned Asian too. Like South East Asian. Their skin being darker doesn’t mean they are African or African American. They just happen to have a darker complexion or rich in melanin. Chinese falls under the Asian category, they’ll probably be more offended when they are called Korean or Japanese etc by mistake rather than yellow. Or when some other lighter Asian (that aren’t Chinese) with narrow/somewhat split eyes are called Chinese will be offended or be critical. Certain skin color will not be exclusive to a particular ethnic group. As for red skin, I guess that’s debatable even though there are varieties of complexion ranging from light to dark in Native American. White people will be more offended when they are called “red neck” and some lunatic one would even kill you for that.
I’m Somali and am proud to be black. You guys are generalizing a whole race . 99% of Somalis believe that they are black❤
I am Bantu African and I know many Somali people who are darker skinned than me
Miskiin waan ognahay inaan madownahay lakiin iskuma yeerno madow waayo magac baan leeyahay dhaqan baan leeyahay diinbaan leeyahay dalbaan leeyahay
Intaba waan kaa ogalahay inaad iigu yeedho laakiin kaa ogalaan maayo inaad madaw iigu yeedho
Micnaheedu maahan inaan diidanahy midabkayga lakiin
Sidee midabkayga iigu yeedha
Tu saale waa adigoo nin Chinese ah ugu yeedhaya midabkiisa halkaad ugu yeedhi lahayd wadankiisa
Please wake up
I'm somali proud to be black
u a beaner
Bro I just want to say this, “black” is not a nationality, it is just a color. “They” call anyone with melanated skin and kinky hair “black”. It is just a description to describe us💪🏾 “they took away our real names, our real native language, and called us “negroes.” And when the British came to the land mass we were exiled from, “they” changed the name of the land mass to Nigeria and Niger!
I fxck w that ..but in a room full of guys like me about 9 out of 10 of us normal black dont believe u are but if u believe u are thats whats up
@@starchildthesupertrucker3.242 theres a video in my city very famous going around and its a black guy and a somalian and they ask white ppl who's black who's not 10 out 10 white ppl called the somalian indian and knew the black guy was just black
Your a caucasoid, not black
I am thamizhian (south india). We are proud to be black
Tamil have Caucasoid skull not negroid.
Lol😂
Thank you black and proud 💪🏽🙏🏽
You guys aren't Black lmao
The term “Black” is an American USA thing. You don’t need to call yourself a fake identity just to fit in. It’s a social classification and it’s on the BOTTOM of everything because it literally means blank or dead.
No it's not JUST a usa American thing. It's in every major part of Europe 🤷🏾♀️
@@gjrocknthedreamteam3065 tell em' sis. And it originated from colonizers from Britain. It's EVERYWHERE.
Thank you it's sad that ppl still want to identify with something that literally means dead and blank and was created to oppress oneself
@@gjrocknthedreamteam3065 Okay it’s in Britain too. Still has the same meaning. 🤷🏽♀️
Numbers 12:11-12 What appearance did Miriam take on, to be considered. "As one dead."
NOTE: That Miriam, inherently was a melanated woman. 🧐
I'm African.... black is a colour but my identity is SOMALI so when people aske me where am from i say I'm somali not black
You are confused!!
@freelancendlovu he is not. You are.
@@lodewijkvandoornik3844 Yes!! He is not Me, I am not confused. I am a pure African. I wonder if see White or Black when he looks at himself!!
@@freelancendlovu
You are the confused. No one ever in history referred to themselves by the skin tone until racist Europeans started to. Europeans themselves don't ever identify with their skin tone...
Social construction of himself is Somali. Because people organization in tribe, their language, history and value. He is Somali.
Your ancestor never referred to his self as "black".
So yes, to the questions : where do you come from, what is your nation... The answer is: Somali.
You're the confused.
@@freelancendlovu
The history of a black American is not the history of the world.
If Europeans had made a racism based on eyes color (not skin tone), you would today blame East African to not identify as "pigmented eyes people". 😂
Y'all are so confused.
I'm Somalia, black and I am proud to be African. Black never cracked I love my color ❤ 💕.
You are then a white man. Creation. Always ass licking we Somali. First then we are. Black you are a dubble face person. The poeple are telling you why we don t wan t to be called. Black who are you fake dhilo idoor son of b
Who was talking about black never crack why are you Dutch dog chiwawa a ass likking. Dhiloo. I would smack your face if I see you
No
Yes black and happy
@@Cadar49 dabo. Dilif. Fake humans like you I told you we black at the.end. of the show butt not first. We Somali first you can cry about it ore clean your face in the toilet
I’m Somali and I’m proudly black
Define black
@@BrazilianImperialist does it need defining??
We not black coming on . We are somali
@@enddaoccupation Soon you'll have other stupid people from the continent saying, "We're not black, we're Ghanian/Nigerian/South-African/Ethiopian" or use other Geographic markers that were created by people outside of the continent. How self-defeating. You might not have stereotypical west African features but you are certainly not whatever-other-people-use-to-define-themselves. In Asia, Arabia or Europe, you're treated with the same contempt that west Africans are treated. Good-luck with your labeling.
You do know that Somalis are actually ancestors of Pharao's people Mesopotamians therefore Somalis are actually the real Arabs some tribes are mixed with black which would make them of mixed race but alot of them are actually classified as Arabs
I am Ghanaian, the Somalians are my brothers and sister indeed.
I live in Minnesota which is a state in the United States of that has the largest Somali population outside of Africa. I have many Somali friends and I have never heard a Somali person say they are not black, lol. This is ridiculous.
Iam somalia and proud to be called BLACK😊
Define black
Most Somalis are Arabic mixed with black resulting in a light skin brown and most of them come from the Ancient Egypt Mesopotamian people i wouldnt say Somalis are exactly black light brown light skin and some are black but those are living most at the border of Kenya and are actually not Native Somalis from the beginning
@@BrazilianImperialist...Dark matter and energy..9 Ethereans beings, look it up knowledge is power!!!
You’re not black. Stop adopting pseudo science.
You are stupid and only represent your self
I visited Somali recently and was surprised at how developed it is compared to the tv images we see. I was also surprised to see almost 95% of Somalis are very dark-skinned brown, however, we consistently see light-skinned Somalis as representing the country as a whole.
Yessir my brother Somalia is rising within next decade if god willing Somalia will be developed and safe. Hope and dream of a prosperous Africa. Also most Somalis are dark skinned and are proud to be African.
There is no light-skinned and black skinned division in somalia we come in all shades. My family alone we have different shades of skin color. Its the same for every somali family, I am dark brown skin, my sister is light skin similar to yemanis skin color (not white). So why with the percentage and the problem with light skinned Somalis?
Somalis are divided by tribe in Somali not by skin color.
Ofc ..there is 1% lights kind somalis in somalia and most people have high melanin cause the sun is hot your body have to increase your melanin
Who said we are white?
When i hear the word Black, i know people refer to Americans... In Africa and Cameroon in particular, we say African. Americans have managed to make the word Black not just a colour but also an identity, we don't relate with that.
We are black Hebrews not African
@@timjhonson3792 speak for yourself wtf u think shem is from
I don’t identify as black, my hair is black.
My father is a dark skin somali, my mum is a lightskin Somali.
4 of my brothers are dark, 2 of my sisters are brown, I and my other brother are light brown, and my youngest sister is pale. Our color doesn’t mean anything to us we are simply a family. And our larger family is a mixed with different colors. We aren’t white,black or arab. We are Somali, khalas
As arabs we also come in different colours and sometimes in the same family you'd find ashqar (light brown hair fair skintone) and asmar (dark hair and dark skintone) just like in many parts of the non European world.
@@try2justbe I'm Somali and I feel that there's clear agenda to make Somalis hate Arabs and to convince them to take the view of blackness or whiteness which is foreign to us.
Second thing as you said the people in the world aren't just black and white their colors are way more than that.
fair skintone people look very beautiful no matter what race they come from, fair skin does makes looks sooo beautiful compared to dark skin, obviously this is just in terms of looks matter, in many cases a persons inner beauty matters too, but again, the world always judges by looks ;) no matter how much emotionally we talk, they always judge people based on looks when they meet each other first time. you think love is real ? lol thats all just lust, they judge through looks, if this ones beautiful , come , if no, bye bye.
so yeah looks do matter.
statistics are your proof!
@@whitelivesmatter7709 he said he's proud somali and he comes from mix of skin tones in his family just like me and most of somali family's are like that i dont know how that bother you mr wlm
Spoken like the true king you are walal
I am Iraqi and I love my Somali brothers and sisters! ❤😊
Love you iraqis❤the earth of history and prophets as somali am proud to be somali muslim no africanism, arabisim and black and white
We love you too 🇸🇴🇸🇴♥️
@@Aries22391 oh please, they treat you like slave and call you in an word. Muslim or not
But they are africán Black First before they become your Muslim Brothers. Somalí should be Black before bengalí Muslim. They value their relion more Than race. Thats why they love arabs than Black african
@@alexbrave2627 You're a prime example for "Don't do drugs, kids."
Thank you. Very good video.
In Somalia, they often identify themselves based on their clans. I'm beginning to grasp why it's challenging for Somalis to build a unified nation since they tend to emphasize their differences rather than their commonalities.
I’m Somali, black and proud be an African man and I wanna say sorry to my fellow Africans but ignorance has no excuse
African and black are not the same
Somalis take the label African but not black and tbh black American and black people from the U.K. don’t even refer to Somali as black
They call them Somali
Sorry?? 🤦♂️
@@UnknownUser-by4le if u know black Americans were originally from Africa and forced over 500 years of slavery. But anyway congrats for being confused
Totally agree with you 😘
Please you're not black
I am Somalian🇸🇴 and I am proud to be african 🖤✊
you not somalian you are 'Somali'
We are not Somalian we somalis*
Say Somali not Somalian
Talk is cheap
No you're more of a middle east ..reject
This was eye opening!
I’m a Foundational Black American and I’m not offended by people from African countries not saying they are Black… we have different cultures… however, don’t be Black when it’s convenient for you…
I am Somali 🇸🇴 and my country is located in East Africa which is known as the Horn of Africa
Our color is brown
We are proud to be Somalis and we are happy to be born in a rich and beautiful land called Somalia, we are not Arabs, we are not Africans, we are Somalis.
Somaliness is above the people
All Africans are jealous of us. Know, O Africans, that between us there is nothing but a continent and a land. And know that there is no brotherhood or blood between us, you and the Arabs
Yes we are proud of and rich continent
@@yasinsalah6538 and yet , you are here. Why is that?
Nobody is black
Okay so then you are black
Inferiority complextion put in to the mines of Africans people during the colonial period by White racists to destroy Africans mentally to believe which color is the best, many Africans are still suffering up to now , when ever they would say about the category of how they've much better color in the ways they would explain it .....indirectly ( much better color they have ; it's sign's of damaged put in the brains of black people during the slavery time is still disturbing some black people up today or current censury)
To my opinion, Every color is beautiful and human being has different colors for reasons known by God who created all these.
Who would want to categorize human color by comparison which is best , e.g grading 1, 2 ,3,4 and etc
That's Evils ideas.
At the end of your world, guess where will you go? 🤣🤣🤣
****Buried 6ft **** under underground , that will be the end of every beautiful God given color's to each individual on Earth REST IN PEACE.
Finally you will have to prepare to answer questions of God the greater.
Charles Berlitz said in his book titled "Native Tongues" that the term "black" does not exist between natives to Africa
😢🤔I just realised. Why should we be called black when asians aren't called yellow??? They are referred to by culture! Thanks for making me realise it!
I'm Somali and I proud to be from African
im not black im canadian
Proud to belong to a made up identity by the Europeans?
Are you guys attending school there where you are????
@@hollowd9158 ❤ I’m Somali I’m not black
@user-mb4ur8hn8c That's exactly what we said on the slave ship till we got to america lol
I only identify as Somali, me being Somali includes my blackness my ethnicity & my religion it’s a full identity
I identify as a wolf which includes being somali/muslim and lineage that traces back to the 870AD.
I m Somali and I am not black and I m not Arab
I am Somali🇸🇴I proudly being Somali
What's makes fools fools is that they reject the most irrefutable evidence right before their eyes
Love this !! Be proud of who u are not the label they gave you !!!
Exactly
What label. If u born in Africa you black. Somali yh but still black. Or u a sell out
@@jasonrich4664
Why do u call whites white when they more pink than white...why call a person black then they more brown than black
Abit of a dumb question mate. The bigger picture is as a ethnic group you come under black no matter your shade. You're talking about labels but just asked about pink and brown isn't that a label to lmao
we are one and thats Black.. The labels divide and conquer
And probably in history Black ppl shades were alot darker as time went on we became lighter. But our roots are dark. Black
Alhamdulilah as a somali for our colour we don't have any issue with Allah's creation but thankful for everything
Abdirashid what is the name of the song in the background
How about Qabil bro ? Dip ka weyn Aya jiro
@@abdulrahmana2216 I cant find it bro
@@nyairoerick52 sorry bro most of my time i listen to Quran recitation, once u ask which sura the sheik is reciting u immediately get ur answer but songs no idea
@@abdirashidhaji3405 it is okay bro. may Allah bless you my good brother
This video was well put together.😄
I'm so glad you made this video.
As an Ethiopian I've grown up with Somalia (actually my next door neighbors were somali)
I love Somalis I think they are quite unique vibrant and lively people. Love the food, music, culture and the women are beautiful.
This video is actually over due.
I was so tired of the online hate against Somalis because of the belief that they deny their blackness because they're somehow ashamed of it.
I knew all along that Somalis did not want to be pi·geon·holed, in to this white man's category of Africans as one very large ethnic group without any differentiation according to culture language and other identifiable identity markers
Simply soaking Somalis as Habeshas or any other group of people want people to respect their identity as nothing else but Somalis.
We are not ashem of any thing but we don't allow people to name us what ever they want they should called us what we are or called our selves.
Thank you for understanding, I love my Ethiopian neighbors too 😊.
they’re insecure about where they’re from… I live in New York and I meet plenty of Somali born refugees visiting from europe. Funny think is all of them would say they’re Swedish, English….. Truth is they’re not as proud as they make it seem
Well said brother. Horn Africans are proud and true congident Africans.
@@mahmoudbarreh88 yes but mixed with foreign blood
I'm Bantu from SA 🇿🇦 in Africa. I'm from a sub tribe of the Nguni and speak isiZulu. ❤️❤️I love all Africans and humans around the world in general. 💕
I'm also Bantu from south Africa.and proudly part of the Sotho group and my language is sepedi
I'm bantu from Tanzania 🇹🇿
I'm bantu from the northern Nguni tribe in Zimbabwe and I speak chiShona
🇿🇦 I am Bantu and I speak Sesotho alulululu
I m somali and i m one of your familie and i didnt know all these bantu tribe u mention here God bless you all my Brothers and sisters
I'm East African. We're all African. Whether Nigerian, Namibian, Sudanese or Somali. Black means someone of African descent.
What about South Indians or Sri Lankans ? They’re black but not classed as black. Why is that ?
@@bur3aawik141 They're not of African descent.
@@daha3074 but they’re black . And what about north Africans like Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria etc they’re from Africa but not black.
@@bur3aawik141 Some of them 'are' and in fact many have "African' traits i.e curly or coiled hair but of course many aren't and that's probably why you're bringing it up.
North Africa is unique, two people from the same country can look wildly different. Ancient Egypt alone was met with Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Ottomans and other non-Africans over the spans of thousands of years.
Added although some groups may be 'native' to the Sahara North Africans distance themselves from Africa and not having dark or brown skin is one of the core elements of this disassociation.
@@daha3074 so it depends on the phenotype to be considered black as you’re suggesting?
I dont know if its by design but that song is very fitting. She is saying im free to think and do as i see fit.
Black was a description given by outsiders and colonizers. Why should Somalis be forced to identify with it?
A price to pay when there's a desire for American citizenship.
Love to Somalia from Zanzibar Island❤
I hope to visit Zanzibar insha’Allah 😊
@@inareerGarad girl I live in Europe too. It’s so cold I just want to travel and hopefully move to a warm country. ☀️
@@dianaa3336 you're warmly welcome, Karibu sana ☺
Noone in asia labels himself yellow, noone in africa as black, except in south africa and namibia, with historical reasons.
I am a South African we are all Africans am proud to be an African we are blessed Amen
No we are different, Africa is big content it doesn't matter if we locate in Africa, we are Muslims, south Africa is not, we are slim big forehead slim nose small lips softer hair
You are big muscler big nose big lips hard hair
Somalis are simply Somalis and are PROUD of their ethnicity and heritage. Race based on a color created by European colonials has been rejected by everyone around the world. Ask a Native American how he or she identify themselves and they’ll gladly tell you about their Cherokee, Navaho, and Apache tribe instead of the color Red which they find it to be offensive and disrespectful. Chinese people also rejected being called yellow in colonial era.
It’s time for African diaspora learn to appreciate and embrace their true identity of their ethnicity and culture.
How come most of y'all don't go back to Somalia where you come from to improve the quality of life there for your people?
You are Hamites Ham is the father of the dark races not the negros a shemetic descend from Shem Ham’s brother.
@@robertepps2834 I’m not from Somalia. Somali are hard working and devote Muslims. The problem is your country Amerikkka and European are the one that is causing instability and chaos in Somalia particularly in Horn of Africa and the Mideast. Hand off. Somalia is very rich country.
@@stephanieadams9702 Me and my people built America and Europe! So what are you talking about! The Governments of both America and Europe owe my people big time. What I'm saying is to the Somalis coming over hear talking shit to the people who built the country, We Black Americans are not over there in Somalia trying to be citizens of their country but they brought themselves here to come live in my country. And then have the nerve to talk shit and try to speak down on us! A guest or a bum off of the street begging for a place to stay has no right to be arrogant and proud like they are equal or on the same level as the person whose house they are staying in. If you think that you are better than us then carry your ass back to Somalia and prove that you are better! Because Talking shit don't prove nothing.
Are you delusional? Everyone still uses Black to mean African, and white to mean European. Do you actually live in a cave?
The Arab slave trade really did something to my East African brothers and sisters
Somali were not enslaved. Black is a western social construct (a caste). Black as no basis in biology
IMashalah am Black, I am Somali, I am an African and proud to be Black
There is a “black experience.” No matter where you live in the world. No matter what you call yourself. Are our cultures and languages unique and different from one another? Certainly, this cannot be denied nor should it be. But when we open our eyes, and look at our condition across the globe as the darker people of the earth- we will find much of our suffering is the same.
I'm Somali and proud to be Black 🖤 African man
While you know yourself, some of my Somali friends think they are full arabs 🤦🏾♂️
They're wrong ,we are proud to Africans
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@@felixhabarugira7680 don't be ridiculous, we are African, your a bit silly for thinking that
@@michiga5220 maybe you can explain to them 🤔, because i have tried and failed lol
we are Africans, and for sure we are black, proud of our color
who's we?
@@nocapnobs7845 your not proud of your color? 😂
your color is brown and not black
black is used as a term a socially constructed race for people of brown skin colors in Africa even though there are a lot of diversity
My question is..because Im not Somali, I truly dont know..Are the Somali as offended or opposed to be called "Arabic or Arab" as to being called "Black"?
They hate both. They think they are their own race
@@MrQalinle we don't think we really are
But the Arabs are good neighbors, we share some religion and culture, but we are part of the their Organization of Arab League, but we are not Arabs We are Somali living Horn of Africa and have been there for centuries.
There's no black, white or red people. These are discriminatory terms created by racism. Somali people are African. We're not black or blue we're just Somali African.
Maybe because we aren’t obsessed with race like Americans are, and aren’t so quick to label things. Perhaps we value our religion and Somali culture more than race, something most Americans can’t relate to.
Americans only? Go to Argentina you will love America
@@jasonbell5905 As Somalis we don't care. We have our own culture and we are 99% muslim. Race is not based on biological facts. We all bleed red. The African people are not all genetically the same. We Somalis are our own people.
@@ramatgan1 What color are Somalis? What race do you belong to?
@@robertepps2834 What do you mean colour. We have every colour in Somalia from light skin to darkest black. Race is a social construct. It means nothing. Somalis are a ethnic group and we have our country in Africa called Somalia.
@@ramatgan1 All Black people have all skin tones from Darkest to lightest. So what does that mean? That we are not black?
What's wrong in rejecting an American term, it's not their term.
I'm an Ethiopian and I'm great proud of black.
Technically, very few Africans should be considered Black by these standards, not even Nigerians and Ghanaians. Maybe some Sudanese and some Senegalese, but...
The music is dope! Love from 🇳🇬
Am Somalian and am so proud to be ablack and Africa
I am Black and I am proud.. don't need a commentator to tell me what I am
I have also heard Jamaicans state the same thing. "I'm not black, I'm Jamaican".
As a somali, black doesn't quiet mean the same as my ethnic identity/Somali. But living in the west where people are divided along racial lines i am forced to identify myself according to the color of my skin. Simply put it's a case of....when in Rome....
Maybe because we aren’t obsessed with race like Americans are, and aren’t so quick to label things. Perhaps we value our religion and Somali culture more than race, something most Americans can’t relate to.
Maybe because we aren’t obsessed with race like most people are are, and aren’t so quick to label things. Perhaps we value our muslim religion and Somali culture more than race, something most ppl now can’t relate to. We are not interested in thinking of ourselves as 'victims'.
@@ramatgan1 that is a big lie you are obssesed with race if that was not a case why did your people treat Jeer/ Bantu in Somalia bad? The thing is things are not working for Somalia that is why you forced to adopt if things were going well this racism thing could have been continued in Somalia
@@ramatgan1 Well right there you just admitted that you are black. You just put your Culture and Religion before your so called racial identity. I'm Muslim to but if somebody as me what people I belong to, I'm not going to say my religion because my religion has nothing to do with the people I racially belong to.
@@ramatgan1
Americans ? You literally ignored Europe and Asia and Isreal and north Africa
This is what confidence & respect for your identity means
You spend too much time with Italians and Arabs you don't want to be associated with other Africans. That's confidence and respect for your identity? 🤔 No the arabs and Italians made you this way! That's why the women keep bleaching to look more Arab. Being proud of what you are is not changing to look like them.
Elaborate , plz ?
@@alsalifwahid4274 Somali people are too obsessed with colorism. Being dark skinned is something that Somali people look down upon even though a large number of somalis are dark skinned. These dark-skinned Somalis have many times complained about the bad treatment they get because of being dark skinned. And this treatment originates from the way the Italians treated somalis in the past. We know how racist Italians were. And also we know how the arabs used to buy slaves from the somalis. The arabs saw blacks as nothing but servants, but they treated somalis better. This made Somalis feel superior to other blacks in the region. That is why up to now somalis don't want to be associated with being black or African. They see it as an insult, as degrading.
@@alsalifwahid4274 everyone must first respect his original identity, that's where it start. But, one can only partner with others, respect others when there is self-respect
@@Tee-rq4zn Where are ADOS (American Descendents of Slavery) from?
Black is umbrella term to describe groups of people.
Ofc is social construct, people identify certain patterns, group them together.
For them there is no need to identify themselves as blacks in Somalia, like Ukranian doesnt "identify" as white...no need when country is one color.
Just simply I’m Somali and proud to be African , but simply I’m NOT BLACK , I rather could say that I’m a brown and I believe Africa is more than a black colour ❤
You ARE BLACK, BROWN IS LATINO AND You CLAIMING BROWN OS OFFENSIVE TO THEM
I'm Somali and im happy to been black we are black
I wish everyone here in the USA would see this. Thank you
Why?
Maybe because we aren’t obsessed with race like most people are are, and aren’t so quick to label things. Perhaps we value our religion and Somali culture more than race, something most ppl now can’t relate to. We are not interested in thinking of ourselves as 'victims'.
@@ramatgan1 So, you don't think Blacks in America are or were victims?
White Americans are racist plain and simple, i am Puerto RICAN with black, native and European DNA but here in the USA I AM BLACK ,
I m on USA one day I was buying subway sanwage two young black who was working there joke with me and asked me if I am black, I am darker both of them but I am skinny tall guy. I asked them who is darker skin you and me. I am black milion percent and I am organic black no mixed PURE BLACK I am the origin of the blackness. There some west african who looking for fews bring this topic. Beside that we are muslim and all muslims like to be closer prophet Muhammad SAW I have seen Senegalese Fulani who is claiming that he is originated from Mecca that is very common and some Christians claim they are from Jerusalem
We are not black, we are Africans with different shades of brown.
That is is known as black.
Very black
I am black.. period.. Proud African
All colors came from black!!!
We Somalis are black Africans, living in the horn of Africa regions,and we got no problem with being black.thank you.
Its Europeans who obsess of this topic. Busy telling Africans who we are.
I understand the train of thought. We must connect with our culture which goes beyond color.
Black is how we refer to our culture. Wish people would just leave us alone when they don’t know anything about us
What would you subject yourself to race labels that your people didn’t historically have to go through. You’re perpetuating colonialism.
Black Americans have to actually fight against their racialization and here you guys go. Adopting pseudo science
@@womeninadjusting7329 it's not that ,
The Kenyans and the somalis haven't the same culture (or even don't have alot of similarities) although we're neighbours .
Stop mixing culture with colour.
@@womeninadjusting7329 Blacks have radically different cultures
As a Italian I'm proud of my country for colonizing Somalia
loool. Not just Italy, but Britian, France, Ethiopian Sultanates like Adal and Ifat, Ottomans, Yemanis, Omani, the Sultan of Zanzibar... the list goes on. The soomaalis are a dark-skinned group but this video only shows those who are mixed with Arabs trying to portray them as not being black! looool
Thank u bro cause Italy invaded Ethiopia to get back Ogaden region and Italy wanted to unite all Somalis into one country including French Somaliland modern day Djibouti but the British and other ideas
@@JustinYiseverywhere Italy invaded Ethiopia to get back Ogaaden? Do you know what Ogaaden is? It's a worthless desert. Italy invaded Ethiopia because of it's humiliating defeat in the 1895-1896 leading to the battle of Adowa and try to incorporate it with their colonies in Eritrea and soomaalia.
Africans never called themselves black, so why is this an issue. Black came with colonialism. I am a Shona of the Zezuru tribe. A masivanda of the Shumba totem. That's who I really am from home. They call me Masivanda. That's how it should be. These labels from the colonists that we have accepted, and now we vilify anyone who refuses to accept this. We are experiencing this plane as melanated monads. That's who we are. I come from the southern lands. It is a fact. So pass off with that glorified imperialist black narrative. I am not the one.
I am Somali& black and proud 👏🏼 of it💕
Nagaamus Bitch....Xalimos Madowga Wasaan Are All Rooting For Black
Actually africa there’s no race identity everyone have culture country and no one cere black or color but in the Western counties there is color work
Why do Africans act as if they are free from White Supremacy, all of you bow to the US dollar the world’s reserves currency which is ran by the “White Man” who says your black ….
@Frater X who cere white I don’t believe white is something
You deserve a follow because of this beautifully made video. Thank you 😊.
Those who deny being black and African are ignorant people, by the way I am Ethiopian, black and African
Somalis are African and should be proud of being black instead of denying it.
Everyone has a true identity, a culture and an heritage. It is unfortunate that many people have been removed from their true identity. Through captivity, colonization and neo-tribalism, many have lost touch with their true identity. Many are able to reconnect with their true heritage and embrace it. Unfortunately for others, they find themselves identifying with a color, in lieu of their true identity.
Exactly! Race based on a color is a colonial social construct which is designed to remove the true identity of human beings by replacing it with a artificial color system.
@Jakari Bey Does that somehow alter the reality that it's unfortunate for the victims?
@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106 That is very true.
@Jakari Bey and?, the fuck does "yuccub" matter to the real world?
I agree. Many of us don't know much about our ethnicity, but we do the best that we can.
A lot of you have this common agenda towards us. Leave us alone we don’t bother any of you. Stop using the term black on us when it has nothing to do with us. Race doesn’t mean anything to us. The term black means something to some of you because of your colonizers. Somalis aren’t the only ones many Africans only identify as only African and their ethnicity. Stop forcing your ideas and upbringing onto those who have nothing to do with western social construct. WE ARE SOMALI AND AFRICAN. Enough
Scipio Africanus is not our Father! He was a Roman General who named the continent after himself. So we are not Africans. That name comes from white people. We are the Original Black people of the Planet Earth and the original name of so called Africa and the whole planet is Asia. So We are the Original Asiatic Black people so teaches the most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
Put in on UA-cam [ Nation of Islam believes Yakub made white race ] look at that 10 minute video and tell me what you think.
@@robertepps2834 mr. Robert it seems like you have the brain of the abused go seek some help. And re watch the video and then do research on our history. Maybe even then research about why you are so stupid.
@@ExoL--iw7ixI have done extensive research! And why are you hiding your comment? You can't handle me and what I got to say flunky! What you need to do is pull your head out of white people asses then maybe you can learn something. Because they don't know what the hell they talking about.
Put in on UA-cam [ Farrakhan The Origin of Blackness ] look at that video and tell what you think.
I am somali we are black and Africa has 3 or 4 different black people and almost 2000 languages is that too confusing?😂😂😂
I'm not black, I'm Somali 🇸🇴
Shame on whoever came up with that..im 50% somali🇸🇴 50% ethiopian🇪🇹 and proudly black🔥🔥♥🌍
half Ethiopian?
A hybrid
Hybrid...how ignorant are you?
I am somali and comfortabiy african.
I am a Kenyan of the Luhya tribe. Let us remind ourselves what used to happen to Kenya before independence. There were prison jails for the whites, for the blacks and for Indians and Somalis. According to me, Somalis regardless of skin colour are halfway between Africans and Asians. They are not envious of others whether a black or a white. In fact, they would prefer blacks would just be themselves and stop emulating the whites. No one has told me this!
BLACK IS COLOUR, WE ARE NOT COLOUR WE SOMALIS, WE ARE AFRICANS
Who Said we aren't African. Yes we Somalis are Black African indeed
I am Somali and proudest black African.....
We are african ❤️we are somali ..we are proud to be African
*black*
@@almightyswizz I am Somali that's my identity, I am not black or white or red
@@saidibrahim5931 sure ya I understand nationality, it’s just that black is a diasporic term not nationality, plenty of Somalians are black… funny I have Algerian friends lighter in skin tone than my grandmother is who is very light, lighter than any Somalian I have seen, and these Algerians they don’t shy away from aren’t identifying with the diaspora, Somalians are Somalis yes but from what I’ve seen they are black, just as I am bajan yet black we are on every corner of you are black don’t shy away, we come in many complexions many cultures and many languages
I watched this video expecting to disagree with the idea that Somalis aren't Black, but it gave me a new perspective. "We are a heritage, not a shade"-I completely agree.
This really opened my eyes. We are not a shade we have culture
I’m Indian and after coming London I understood more about Somalians. Somalians looks similar and their dressing also almost same. Now I can easily identify a Somali also , I got a new friend from there ❤😊
Somali is in Africa and not Asian and they don’t look similar to Indians.. 😂😂😂
Bro what😂😂😂😂
India was part of east Africa before the ice age, I'm not surprised, plus many Yemeni people look similar to somalis and Indians. South America was part of west Africa
you are blak
@@HardCold-Alquan How? How am i black? 🤔
The term "Black" is a recent phenomenon created by european settlers of the Americas, race is defined and determined by physical characteristics, such as bone structure, skull size and shape, the shape of the nose or lips, the type of hair AS WELL AS culture, language and place of origin.
Maybe because we aren’t obsessed with race like most people are are, and aren’t so quick to label things. Perhaps we value our muslim religion and Somali culture more than race, something most ppl now can’t relate to. We are not interested in thinking of ourselves as 'victims'.
That's not true! In the Songs of Solomon in the Bible in the first chapter He says I am Black! But comely o ye daughters of Jersalem. He said that he was black a couple of times in that first chapter. So we knew we were black before a white man told us. And Kemet the Original name for Egypt means land of the Blacks! So Black comes from Black us! We are Black and We are the Original people. O and one more thing! In the Holy Quran Allah says that He created Adam from Black mud fashioned into shape. If Adam was fashioned and formed out of black mud into shape then what did he look like? HE WAS JET BLACK! He was Black before he was anything else!
@@robertepps2834
Brotha, i once saw a video lecture where
Dr. Wesley Muhammad showed a roman coin with the latin inscription "Africa" written on it.
I googled the coin and guess what - Dr.Welsey Muhammad was absolutely correct!
Africa is a roman designation given to the continent by General Leo Scipio Africanus when he conquered the Northern part of the continent.
He was given the name of a roman God in honor of his victory - and he in turn labelled the entire continent "Africa".
We are choosing one God chose as
@@shaunigothictv1003the word Afri existed before africanus defeated Carthage. Matter of fact there is a cushetic tribe called the Afar who are as ancient as ancient as Kemet.
African-American here who just had a conversation with a Carribean friend about American terminology when it comes to race (i.e. black, white, brown). We talked about everything mentioned in that video (i.e. European colinization/pseudo-science/manmade social constructs), and I explained to her the labels reprsenting the level of African blood an American had (i.e. mulatto, octoroon, quadroon), and how no matter how European an American was, if they had any drops of African ancestry, they were considered black. Today, African-Americans, biracial or not, typically just check "black" on the race box. The term "brown" typically refers to folks who are not white or black. In many of the cases these brown people are Latinos with indigenous Americans ancestors (i.e. Mexicans/Guatemalans) or mixed race with obvious African ancestry and European (i.e. Puerto Ricans or Dominicans). Really, the main distinction of "brown" Americans is that they typically are of Spanish speaking countries. Although I think nowadays, "brown" probably encompasses Native Americans and Asians. Bottom line is: yes, in American, we say: black, white and brown. We probably should not at this point, but we do. With many black folks in this country now having access to Ancestral DNA, they can truly claim to be African American. And with so many expats from African nations now living in the USA, they are having offspring who are truly African and American. So, a new generation of "black" Americans who actually have African names rather than the Anglo names that were given as a result of colonization. All this is said to basically say that I see no issue with Somalis referring to themselves as "black." I do not think it's a slap in the face to African Americans or some denial. I think it's more of a refusal to allow the effects of western colonization to influence how they identify.
It's hard to miss the social dynamics of this "video". The light-complexioned Somali women are showcased whiles those with darker skin tones are hidden in the background. The more things change...
Black is beautiful & Somali are Black's! Even as Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 I say I am a Black! I am proud as Black!
I Love the FACT that you understand that you control your Narrative not allowing Euro culture to have a right to label the world.
Outstanding.
If only American People of Color of African Descent should Take Note.
What would the “people of color of America” call themselves? We do not know exactly where we are from besides the cities we was raised in or some sort of slavery. Our history and linage has been destroyed over 400 years of racism and slavery.
Did you notice the country we live in is Eurocentric? Last time I checked, Somalia wasn't.