Should a 3/4 Somali person identify as mixed?

[Soulei]

So I was speaking with this Somali girl I know from uni earlier who said that I shouldn't call myself Somali because I'm a quarter Malagasy (my grandma is from there). She was like "you should rep your Malagasy side, being mixed race is cool". Only problem is, I really don't know much about Madagascar except for a bit of the language/culture/food and being more Somali, obviously I would identify more with that. Even my mom being half identifies more with her Somali side since she grew up in Djibouti and not Madagascar. I only bring up being mixed if the topic comes up (like it did earlier) or if someone asks why I don't look very Somali. I know tons of people who have a grandparent from Yemen and I don't see them claiming Arab

So yea, what do ya think? Is a 3/4 Somali essentially = ajanabi to you?

 

[Mohamud]

No we own their ass

 

[Opone]

thats a unique mix. i think you should acknowledge your mix but since majority of you is somali it only makes sense to identify with that. what do malagasy people look like?

 

[Rooble]

nigga 75% and she telling you to identify with the 25 % what kind of qumayo is that

 

[Mohamud]

nigga 75% and she telling you to identify with the 25 % what kind of qumayo is that

right?

 

[Rooble]

right?

Gotta be one of those gaajo qumayos that claim they mixed race, when they just Somali and SHEIT

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[Khathead]

"you should rep your Malagasy side, being mixed race is cool"

Lost cause

 

[Soulei]

thats a unique mix. i think you should acknowledge your mix but since majority of you is somali it only makes sense to identify with that. what do malagasy people look like?

There's not really a set "look", since Malagasy people are diverse and are a mixture of different races, mostly African (from Mozambique) and southeast Asian (from Indonesia).

 

[Soulei]

nigga 75% and she telling you to identify with the 25 % what kind of qumayo is that

That's what I was saying lmao who does that. That's like Obama's kids calling themselves white

 

[Inactive]

Being Somali is a social construct so you can claim it if you feel Somali.

Definently you're Somali.

 

[Lone Wanderer]

Being Somali is a social construct so you can claim it if you feel Somali.

Definently you're Somali.

nice bait

 

[Opone]

Being Somali is a social construct so you can claim it if you feel Somali.

Definently you're Somali.

how does one "feel" somali?

 

[Inactive]

how does one "feel" somali?

Living with Somalis, hanging with them.

I know one guy who speaks Somali better than me and wants to marry a Somali. He eats Somali food. Who am I to deny him into our community when he loves all things Somali?

 

[Issa waraabe]

if your dad is paternally somali , thats all that matters, you're somali .

 

[VixR]

You are mixed. You're 75% Somali 25% Malagasy. It's not a matter of which "side" to " identify with". FOTG you have a claim to it all.

 

[Transparent]

So I was speaking with this Somali girl I know from uni earlier who said that I shouldn't call myself Somali because I'm a quarter Malagasy (my grandma is from there). She was like "you should rep your Malagasy side, being mixed race is cool". Only problem is, I really don't know much about Madagascar except for a bit of the language/culture/food and being more Somali, obviously I would identify more with that. Even my mom being half identifies more with her Somali side since she grew up in Djibouti and not Madagascar. I only bring up being mixed if the topic comes up (like it did earlier) or if someone asks why I don't look very Somali. I know tons of people who have a grandparent from Yemen and I don't see them claiming Arab

So yea, what do ya think? Is a 3/4 Somali essentially = ajanabi to you?

malgasy mixed with somali wow that's pretty unique,anyways your 75% somali so you are coming under our wing.

 

[Prince Abubu]

So I was speaking with this Somali girl I know from uni earlier who said that I shouldn't call myself Somali because I'm a quarter Malagasy (my grandma is from there). She was like "you should rep your Malagasy side, being mixed race is cool". Only problem is, I really don't know much about Madagascar except for a bit of the language/culture/food and being more Somali, obviously I would identify more with that. Even my mom being half identifies more with her Somali side since she grew up in Djibouti and not Madagascar. I only bring up being mixed if the topic comes up (like it did earlier) or if someone asks why I don't look very Somali. I know tons of people who have a grandparent from Yemen and I don't see them claiming Arab

So yea, what do ya think? Is a 3/4 Somali essentially = ajanabi to you?

Something tells me she was one of those self hating "half-malaysian, quarter-dutch, 1/18th papuan" "East African" xaliimos.

@OP. Ignore her. If you're 75% anything then you are from that community.

Does anybody else think this

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

What's wrong with this efemiate fellows ?a chick is telling you how you can identify As and you're telling us .

 

[SOMALI GENERAL]

If you're 75% Somali and 25% whatever, then your basically Somali. Your Somali side is important & claiming mix race ain't cool.

 

[TheLibertarianQuiche]

I'm half Somali but thats just my ethnicity.

I'm Somali through and through and no one can tell me otherwise.