Has anone received backhanded compliment when you say your somali?

[Sigmundd]

I can relate people think I'm.eritrean and get suprised once they find out I'm somali. Even some maadow guy years back found it hard to believe I'm somali and even said "I'm.suprised you don't look somalian. I would have assumed your eritrean. I also got other backhanded compliments from ofcourse ajanabis. They get shocked because I'm actually very lightskin and so they assume somalis don't come in that shade. I find it annoying since we aren't a monolith and we come in different shades. I will admit when I was younger my skin colour was extremely pale so I understand why people assumed i was biracial, but now my skintone isn't as super pale as it was but somehow I can't be somali. Can any somali relate with me? and do you find it super jarring?

 

[Mudug_gyal]

Respectfully they can go f*ck themselves. Somalis come in all shapes and colours. If beauty is about skin colour then no one would find us attractive.

 

[محمود فارح]

I can relate people think I'm.eritrean and get suprised once they find out I'm somali. Even some maadow guy years back found it hard to believe I'm somali and even said "I'm.suprised you don't look somalian. I would have assumed your eritrean. I also got other backhanded compliments from ofcourse ajanabis. They get shocked because I'm actually very lightskin and so they assume somalis don't come in that shade. I find it annoying since we aren't a monolith and we come in different shades. I will admit when I was younger my skin colour was extremely pale so I understand why people assumed i was biracial, but now my skintone isn't as super pale as it was but somehow I can't be somali. Can any somali relate with me? and do you find it super jarring?

Depends on where you live. They used to tell me that you are not like other Africans or that you are like “Sudanese Arabs.” Anyway, at the time I didn't know the race bullshit

 

[Sigmundd]

Respectfully they can go f*ck themselves. Somalis come in all shapes and colours. If beauty is about skin colour then no one would find us attractive.

Apart from college days people weren't mocking me being somali just shady comments like "oh never would have assumed" etc.. the uk is full of colourist and ofcoirse anti somali so I am.not suprised when those comments were thrown at me. But saying your pretty for a somali and they think I will be OK with that comment. They have another thing coming

 

[Sigmundd]

Depends on where you live. They used to tell me that you are not like other Africans or that you are like “Sudanese Arabs.” Anyway, at the time I didn't know the race bullshit

lool don't know why i found this funny

 

[Mudug_gyal]

Apart from college days people weren't mocking me being somali just shady comments like "oh never would have assumed" etc.. the uk is full of colourist and ofcoirse anti somali so I am.not suprised when those comments were thrown at me. But saying your pretty for a somali and they think I will be OK with that comment. They have another thing coming

I had a similar experience in the middle east where my abo and I were together, they couldnt believe it in the immigration offices. They were like “No way, this girl is an arab, shes too good looking to be your daughter” because he was more on the darkskinned shade besides I also look more like my maternal grandfather some odd reason, I guess its a recessive gene, he was a heartbreaker good looking lad but yeah we somalis came in all colors, just look at Somali families.

 

[Sigmundd]

I had a similar experience in the middle east where my abo and I were together, they couldnt believe it in the immigration offices. They were like “No way, this girl is an arab, shes too good looking to be your daughter” because he was more on the darkskinned shade besides I also look more like my maternal grandfather some odd reason, I guess its a recessive gene, he was a heartbreaker good looking lad but yeah we somalis came in all colors, just look at Somali families.

Oh I feel sad for your dad. Why didn't he drag is hairy ass?? no one could disrespect ny dad like that. Arabs are typically raging colourist, so no suprise

 

[محمود فارح]

lool don't know why u found this funny

I think the main reason for this is that we are very isolated in relation to the Gulf and we are not like the Sudanese who have a community there that is half the number of the diaspora as a whole, so this could make sense.

 

[Sigmundd]

I think the main reason for this is that we are very isolated in relation to the Gulf and we are not like the Sudanese who have a community there that is half the number of the diaspora as a whole, so this could make sense.

we are also portrayed as dhuxl, foolxum and poor.

 

[error1]

somalis are way more diverse than any africans lol

 

[Mudug_gyal]

Oh I feel sad for your dad. Why didn't he drag is hairy ass?? no one could disrespect ny dad like that. Arabs are typically raging colourist, so no suprise

I never look at color. I think the most goodlooking somalis tend to have more of a darker skin in my humble opinion like the iman looking types. I am a featurist if anything. Yeah war changes people he had his prime.

 

[Sigmundd]

somalis are way more diverse than any africans lol

ofocurse I know that but our enemies are making it their goal to brainwash many people into believing we look like barkhad abdi.E.g Hollywood. That's why me and other somalis who are lightskin often get told "there's no way your somalian" "your too lightskin"

 

[error1]

ofocurse I know that but our enemies are making it their goal to brainwash many people into believing we look like barkhad abdi.E.g Hollywood. That's why me and other somalis who are lightskin often get told "there's no way your somalian" "your too lightskin"

UK must be awful, move away asap, its a very shitty country

 

[Sigmundd]

UK must be awful, move away asap, its a very shitty country

The uk is bad vibes people are very rude and aggressive. I even know of a mixed somali girl who got told by a maadow guy "your somalian?? you must have gotten all your good looks from your other side because I have never seen a attractive somalian" is so weird how much them abd cadaans in the uk have so much cunsur for us. It makes me hella uncomfortable.

 

[محمود فارح]

we are also portrayed as dhuxl, foolxum and poor.

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[error1]

The uk is bad vibes people are very rude and aggressive. I even know of a mixed somali girl who got told by a maadow guy "your somalian?? you must have gotten all your good looks from your other side because I have never seen a attractive somalian" is so weird how much them abd cadaans in the uk have so much cunsur for us. It makes me hella uncomfortable.

dont take him seriously

''ive never seen an attractive somalian''

 

[Sigmundd]

dont take him seriously

''ive never seen an attractive somalian''

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It's ALWAYS the maadows in the uk that says this. Ask anyone on this forum. That's how they talk about Somalis.

 

[trucel]

Cant recall such a thing happening , a lot of people mistake me for other ethnicities though
Even though i think i look somali.

 

[Sigmundd]

Cant recall such a thing happening , a lot of people mistake me for other ethnicities though

what ethncitiy? they think I'm anything but somali simply because I'm lightskin and attractive. It's beyond triggering.

 

[error1]

It's ALWAYS the maadows in the uk that says this. Ask anyone on this forum. That's how they talk about Somalis.

damn, madows in my country are chill and get along with other africans, mostly probably because they are muslims like us