Obsession with the appearance of Somali men online. (Since when were men judged on looks?))

[Abu Hesi]

Somalis are not ugly. They just don't dress well or take care of their appearance.

except these ciyaal darbi fobs, these niggas do ubereats lkn waalahi some of them they look like they work at wall streets maa shaa Allah.

 

[berberaboy66]

except these ciyaal darbi fobs, these niggas do ubereats lkn waalahi some of them they look like they work at wall streets maa shaa Allah.

Uncles wear suits to Uber. We lost recipes somewhere down the line

 

[Geeljire lotus]

@Geeljire lotus do you agree as a man that men shouldn't care if others call them ugly? I'm always curious from a man who cares about his looks stand of view since girls are more prone to get hurt with those sort of comment.

Yeah I do agree but at the same men should take care of their appearance

 

[Einar68]

1) People make fun of other communities because people are simply tribalist/racist. a tale as old as time nothing that unique

2) People make fun of those who are different. Somalis are unique community wise in a lot of aspects, we're super distinct looking, very islamic in a landmass were other black african muslim groups don't migrate to as much (unless you live in the french speaking world). I can list them out but end of the story is we stick out too much and groups that stick out tend to get mocked more. Again a tale as old as time nothing too complicated

3) The internet, particularly (X/Twitter due to Elon) has become highly divisive and leans into right wing rhetoric which exasperates these issues largely. There is also an element of the left wing identity politic culture working backwards than intended too, utilising different concepts made for racial unity but actually ending up causing further division (Mocking Indians en masse and saying "well they're anti-black anyway" as an excuse comes to mind).

4) Somalis acting like apes online. No matter how much we wish to blame others, our incel/troll subculture has a huge part to play. Acting so horribly in such a wide and large way has done two things:

- Allow an excuse for those who've always had issues with us to voice these opinions with less push back

- Causing hatred in those that never had problems with us before.

Yes logically I would hope people wouldn't gain prejudices from online communities, unfortunately people do, and therefore you cannot pretend certain parts of our community don't have a part to blame

 

[Sigmundd]

1) People make fun of other communities because people are simply tribalist/racist. a tale as old as time nothing that unique

2) People make fun of those who are different. Somalis are unique community wise in a lot of aspects, we're super distinct looking, very islamic in a landmass were other black african muslim groups don't migrate to as much (unless you live in the french speaking world). I can list them out but end of the story is we stick out too much and groups that stick out tend to get mocked more. Again a tale as old as time nothing too complicated

3) The internet, particularly (X/Twitter due to Elon) has become highly divisive and leans into right wing rhetoric which exasperates these issues largely. There is also an element of the left wing identity politic culture working backwards than intended too, utilising different concepts made for racial unity but actually ending up causing further division (Mocking Indians en masse and saying "well they're anti-black anyway" as an excuse comes to mind).

4) Somalis acting like apes online. No matter how much we wish to blame others, our incel/troll subculture has a huge part to play. Acting so horribly in such a wide and large way has done two things:

- Allow an excuse for those who've always had issues with us to voice these opinions with less push back

- Causing hatred in those that never had problems with us before.

Yes logically I would hope people wouldn't gain prejudices from online communities, unfortunately people do, and therefore you cannot pretend certain parts of our community don't have a part to blame

Tell that to these tear jerks somali "men" who believe incels aren't a representative to real life. They did severe damage to our name that ow it has seeped into real life.

 

[Einar68]

1) People make fun of other communities because people are simply tribalist/racist. a tale as old as time nothing that unique

2) People make fun of those who are different. Somalis are unique community wise in a lot of aspects, we're super distinct looking, very islamic in a landmass were other black african muslim groups don't migrate to as much (unless you live in the french speaking world). I can list them out but end of the story is we stick out too much and groups that stick out tend to get mocked more. Again a tale as old as time nothing too complicated

3) The internet, particularly (X/Twitter due to Elon) has become highly divisive and leans into right wing rhetoric which exasperates these issues largely. There is also an element of the left wing identity politic culture working backwards than intended too, utilising different concepts made for racial unity but actually ending up causing further division (Mocking Indians en masse and saying "well they're anti-black anyway" as an excuse comes to mind).

4) Somalis acting like apes online. No matter how much we wish to blame others, our incel/troll subculture has a huge part to play. Acting so horribly in such a wide and large way has done two things:

- Allow an excuse for those who've always had issues with us to voice these opinions with less push back

- Causing hatred in those that never had problems with us before.

Yes logically I would hope people wouldn't gain prejudices from online communities, unfortunately people do, and therefore you cannot pretend certain parts of our community don't have a part to blame

As for the specifics as to why we as men have our attractiveness mocked. There's a lot of factors, but I'd put it down:

1) to it being more socially acceptable to say racist things about men if you phrase it as some type of misandry (same way you can say misogynistic things about white women so long as you dress it up as attacking white people instead)

2) The fact that the incel/troll accounts are mostly men

3) a wierd fetish for horn african features on women.


I grew up in the UK, it was before my time but there was an era were the girls were called ugly just as much as the guys were, then they became fetish of the week. It's all fugazi so try not to put much weight on it

 

[Kamaaludeen Al Reewin]

1) People make fun of other communities because people are simply tribalist/racist. a tale as old as time nothing that unique

2) People make fun of those who are different. Somalis are unique community wise in a lot of aspects, we're super distinct looking, very islamic in a landmass were other black african muslim groups don't migrate to as much (unless you live in the french speaking world). I can list them out but end of the story is we stick out too much and groups that stick out tend to get mocked more. Again a tale as old as time nothing too complicated

3) The internet, particularly (X/Twitter due to Elon) has become highly divisive and leans into right wing rhetoric which exasperates these issues largely. There is also an element of the left wing identity politic culture working backwards than intended too, utilising different concepts made for racial unity but actually ending up causing further division (Mocking Indians en masse and saying "well they're anti-black anyway" as an excuse comes to mind).

4) Somalis acting like apes online. No matter how much we wish to blame others, our incel/troll subculture has a huge part to play. Acting so horribly in such a wide and large way has done two things:

- Allow an excuse for those who've always had issues with us to voice these opinions with less push back

- Causing hatred in those that never had problems with us before.

Yes logically I would hope people wouldn't gain prejudices from online communities, unfortunately people do, and therefore you cannot pretend certain parts of our community don't have a part to blame

Fair point