Somalis should be careful with xenophobes

[Ya.dhahay]

This is especially important for those who argue with african xenophobes. Dadkeena daruuf ba uu keentay iney wadamadas aadan, and even if u think alot of them are doing well financially they are not. Many times they live or do business amongst poor and uneducated people who can easily be riled up to carry out violent attacks esp in Kenya & South Africa because of socialmedia, so be careful with what you say in response to their xenophobia. Alot of the hostility they show in those countries is due to economic frustrations, they feel like the little they have is being taken by outsiders, so be patient with them. I’m not here to make excuses for them but dad dhiban waaye at the end of the day.

As for Kenya if you see someone yell ”go back to Somalia” dont respond with ”Go back to Congo” pls some of them genuinely don’t know that somalis inhabit a huge chunk of kenyan territory that we’re native to or we were some of the first people to live on kenyan territory. And for those who are spreading misinfo because of ethnic resentment, leave a cheeky response that’s not too offensive.

some of you have yelled ”Go back to Congo, you bantus!” so many times that xenophobes have switched the narrative on us, now some are saying that somalis are a threat because we believe that bantus are not native to Kenya and we’re looking to deport them

 

[hayran]

sijui are due for a wake up call however

 

[Kisame]

I agree. I don't want life to get harder for somalis in east and south africa

I rarely see sijuis beefing with Kenyans on Twitter. The main ones dissing them are Somali nationalists living in the west. Even south African somalis seem pretty quiet on social media.

"even if u think alot of them are doing well financially they are not. Many times they live or do business amongst poor and uneducated people who can easily be riled up to carry out violent attacks esp in Kenya & South Africa because of socialmedia"

Do we have a noticable middle class in these nations in Africa??? Like I've seen everyone constantly bring up our successful business men in Kenya and South Africa. Do we have a bunch of doctors, lawyers, or engineers in these countries???

@Rayaale come in.

 

[hayran]

Do we have a noticable middle class in these nations in Africa??? Like I've seen everyone constantly bring up our successful business men in Kenya and South Africa. Do we have a bunch of doctors, lawyers, or engineers in these countries???

Parklands is a bougier eastleigh nowadays, very nice looking place. Dominated by high rises but Somalis gotta max out that land value somehow. If you talk to the under 30s you’ll know these are very much a ‘middle class’ people.

Barring the ruto governments looting of these people through tax, Nairobi is a pretty cool place.