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So asking where a person's ancestors are from is crazy.

The question is "Where are you from? " This question is crazy cause some people are weirdly offended when someone asks where they are from? they say that they are from America when their parents immigrated from somalia.

some people prefer "what's your ethnicity" but how they answer is wrong. They'll be saying "I'm Sudanese I'm Nigerian Im Indian" that's not an ethnicity. Are you stupid. That's a nationality. That can't be your ethnicity. They can answer as Nubian, Yoruba, Tamil but not a nationality. So this question is confusing. Thoughts.
 
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p1racy said:
So asking where a person's ancestors are from is crazy.

The question is "Where are you from? " This question is crazy cause some people are weirdly offended when someone asks where they are from? they say that they are from America when their parents immigrated from somalia.

some people prefer "what's your ethnicity" but how they answer is wrong. They'll be saying "I'm Sudanese I'm Nigerian Im Indian" that's not an ethnicity. Are you stupid. That's a nationality. That can't be your ethnicity. They can answer as Nubian, Yoruba, Tamil but not a nationality. So this question is confusing. Thoughts.
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most people dont know abt tribes so they just go with country
 
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p1racy said:
....They'll be saying "I'm Sudanese I'm Nigerian Im Indian" that's not an ethnicity. Are you stupid. That's a nationality. That can't be your ethnicity. They can answer as Nubian, Yoruba, Tamil but not a nationality. So this question is confusing. Thoughts.
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I think that’s interesting, because if you were asked your ethnicity what is it? If Sudanese, Nigerian or Indian etc is just a nationality as you said and NOT an ethnicity, then I’m curious...what’s the Somali equivalent of ethnicity? What’s your ethnicity...?
 
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yeeena1909 said:
most people dont know abt tribes so they just go with country
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A tribe is not ethnicity of its own....it’s a subcomponent within an ethincity group. A nationality refers to the country you hold citizenship. Hence for example you can be nationally Malaysian but ethnically Chinese or Indian. I don’t understand how this isn’t self explanatory.
 
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Amirah said:
I think that’s interesting, because if you were asked your ethnicity what is it? If Sudanese, Nigerian or Indian etc is just a nationality as you said and NOT an ethnicity, then I’m curious...what’s the Somali equivalent of ethnicity? What’s your ethnicity...?
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we don't have to deal with this. Our ethnicity is Somali. Ethnic Somalis are 1 point clans. Non ethnic somalis are benadiris, Barwanis, Somali-Bantu etc. These groups are Somali nationals so Somali by nationality but not ethnicity. so ethnic somalis nationality is Somali and our ethnicity is also Somali.
 
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we don't have to deal with this. Our ethnicity is Somali. Ethnic Somalis are 1 point clans. Non ethnic somalis are benadiris, Barwanis, Somali-Bantu etc. These groups are Somali nationals so Somali by nationality but not ethnicity. so ethnic somalis nationality is Somali and our ethnicity is also Somali.
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you could just say we are african and our nationality is Somali
 
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Amirah said:
A tribe is not ethnicity of its own....it’s a subcomponent within an ethincity group. A nationality refers to the country you hold citizenship. Hence for example you can be nationally Malaysian but ethnically Chinese or Indian. I don’t understand how this isn’t self explanatory.
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Tribes are ethnicities. Thats why different tribes speak different languages and have different traditions. They were just put together in the same countries by the colonizers
 
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Amirah said:
I think that’s interesting, because if you were asked your ethnicity what is it? If Sudanese, Nigerian or Indian etc is just a nationality as you said and NOT an ethnicity, then I’m curious...what’s the Somali equivalent of ethnicity? What’s your ethnicity...?
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Somali is an ethnicity. Countries like Sudan Nigeria and India all have different ethnicities within them.
 
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p1racy said:
So asking where a person's ancestors are from is crazy.

The question is "Where are you from? " This question is crazy cause some people are weirdly offended when someone asks where they are from? they say that they are from America when their parents immigrated from somalia.

some people prefer "what's your ethnicity" but how they answer is wrong. They'll be saying "I'm Sudanese I'm Nigerian Im Indian" that's not an ethnicity. Are you stupid. That's a nationality. That can't be your ethnicity. They can answer as Nubian, Yoruba, Tamil but not a nationality. So this question is confusing. Thoughts.
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I would get offended, since I consider myself American before Somali. As far as I’m concerned Somalia is just the lawless nation where my ancestors (my parents) immigrated from. It has nothing to do with me now.
 
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I would get offended, since I consider myself American before Somali. As far as I’m concerned Somalia is just the lawless nation where my ancestors (my parents) immigrated from. It has nothing to do with me now.
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First time I agree with u.
 
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Amirah said:
A tribe is not ethnicity of its own....it’s a subcomponent within an ethincity group. A nationality refers to the country you hold citizenship. Hence for example you can be nationally Malaysian but ethnically Chinese or Indian. I don’t understand how this isn’t self explanatory.
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your ethnic group is your tribe your subcomponent within an ethnic group is clans
 
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I would get offended, since I consider myself American before Somali. As far as I’m concerned Somalia is just the lawless nation where my ancestors (my parents) immigrated from. It has nothing to do with me now.
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What :faysalwtf:

bootyclapping for kenyattis now this:farmajoyaab:

when a American asks where you from your not gunna say American because that’s dumb
most white people are proud of where they come from they’ll say my great grandfather is German or Irish even tho they don’t know anything about their culture:drakekidding:
 
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Destiny said:
I would get offended, since I consider myself American before Somali. As far as I’m concerned Somalia is just the lawless nation where my ancestors (my parents) immigrated from. It has nothing to do with me now.
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aodhubillah. That is so embarrassing. not claiming somali and saying your American. Your a foreigner in that country. Hopefully you will wake up soon
 
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