Where are you from?

So I get this a lot. I was born and raised in the GTA-96. The other day, my cousins was with me and someone asked us where are you guys from, probably wondering if we are Ethiopian or Somali. I said, I’m from here. Anyway, my cousin started laughing. I asked, what is so funny? I was born and raised here so why would I say I’m from somewhere else. I couldn’t even name many of the cities in Mogadishu. So for those of you born and raised in the west, what do you say your from?
 
Just ask them what part of Europe their people came from and what year they came to Canada by boat. If they ask me I say Somalia Idrc.
 

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people are just curious of what your background is, I always say I am Somali and then proceed to have a pleasant conversation :)
 
I see where are you from different then what is your ethnicity. If I say I’m from Somalia, I couldn’t as I don’t know many things about the place. But if they say what’s your ethnics, I would say Somali.
 
I always say Somali, I can understand your point but when someone’s asks where you are from, they usually just mean their ethnic background. Plenty of diaspora folks claiming their OG country without even going there look at these Italian americans 😂
 
I always say Somali, I can understand your point but when someone’s asks where you are from, they usually just mean their ethnic background. Plenty of diaspora folks claiming their OG country without even going there look at these Italian americans 😂
The Italian Adeeros are very funny. And yeah they’ll be 60-70 barely speak Italian and rep it. Even the Portuguese ones too.
 
So I get this a lot. I was born and raised in the GTA-96. The other day, my cousins was with me and someone asked us where are you guys from, probably wondering if we are Ethiopian or Somali. I said, I’m from here. Anyway, my cousin started laughing. I asked, what is so funny? I was born and raised here so why would I say I’m from somewhere else. I couldn’t even name many of the cities in Mogadishu. So for those of you born and raised in the west, what do you say your from?
I say somali because I know if I don’t the next question would be but where’s your family from, Somalis look incredibly foreign and ethnic cadaans know your distinctive.
 

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