Shouldn't it be called majority privilege? I wonder what would happen if 10 Kikuyu men resided in Mogadishu and 1 decided to kill a few Somalis. What would happen to the remaining 9?

Yes. There are certain people this planet is better off without. I remember reading about the murder of a sociopath I knew in high school. He had apparently run for his life before being gunned down on someone's lawn and subsequently froze to death as it was -40C outside. It was probably the only time I smiled whilst learning of a person's death.

Sorry, I should have been clearer with my use of the emoticon. I was puzzled at why following her husband from job to job was still deemed relevant in the edited article, as it wasn't motherhood that made her death noteworthy.

Safferz;936879 wrote: Good obituary, unlike the NYT's one for rocket scientist Yvonne Brill last week that opened with how she could make a "mean beef stroganoff." I just read the article right now. First paragraph: She was a brilliant rocket scientist who followed her husband from job to job and took eight years off from work to raise three children. “The world’s best mom,” her son Matthew said. :confused:

DoctorKenney;936599 wrote: Someone needs to give dawah to this Apophis character . I volunteer.

Sighnomore;935315 wrote: I found this video on youtube and thought to share. It's a couple months old and I'm not sure if it's been put up on here before. I found all the contributors to be well-spoken and sympathetic in regards to the plight of Somali-Canadians except the clown in the suit jacket. Isn't he the goof who was interviewed by the CBC in this article: Somali militant group recruiting Canadian youth From the linked article above: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed: "Help us before they use us. Employ us before they employ us. The ball is in your court federal government. Wake up before the blood is soaked in the streets of Toronto, like it was in London, Stockholm and New York." Give us jobs or we'll kill you?

:cool: I like this part: Jacaylbaro;933286 wrote: The rain in Spain or in Kenyan or in Ethiopia doesn’t kill 100,000 people, unless Muslims are murdering each other across the country. Only then does Global Warming kill 100,000 people. I’m not a scientist, but this seems like experimental proof that Islam may be deadlier than Global Warming. But we’re too busy fighting imaginary wars against the weather to fight back against the people killing us. Source: http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/ecoscammers-now-blaming-global-warming-for-somalia-civil-war-deaths/

I'm in no way unique, this entire debate is in regards to why the Somali community is so 'special'. I drive past the detention facility on Disco Rd every day and have to witness daily visits by Somali parents because many of their drop out children are as you say 'entrepreneurs' of sorts, who decided to become 'major pillars in our communities.' I don't equate high school diplomas or a post secondary education with success, but the levels of crime among Somalis is a clear sign of failure and the negative correlation between high school graduation and criminality reported in numerous studies might serve as useful indicator of where we are.

Safferz;932486 wrote: Watch the documentary "Waiting for Superman" and get back to me. The education system fails poor students. My high school in Edmonton ranked second worst in the entire province. The issue was a significant portion of the student populace (Somalis), making life hell for the teachers and other students. They had no intention of passing school and instead saw it as another place to hang out. Wasn't the proliferation of the internet in the lives of all students, rich and poor, touted as being the great equalizer. Yet rather than using it to further educate themselves, the impoverished would prefer to browse Worldstarhiphop for their daily consumption of trash. With the ease of attaining information in this generation, how could this issue be anything but cultural? Here's are two interesting excerpts from an article on the topic of internet usage: A greater percentage of whites than blacks and Latinos still have broadband access at home, but laptop ownership is now about even for all these groups, after black laptop ownership jumped from 34% in 2009 to 51% in 2010, according to Pew. But now some see a new "digital divide" emerging — with Latinos and blacks being challenged by more, not less, access to technology. It's tough to fill out a job application on a cellphone, for example. Researchers have noticed signs of segregation online that perpetuate divisions in the physical world. And blacks and Latinos may be using their increased Web access more for entertainment than empowerment. Source:USA TODAY

Safferz;932347 wrote: ^^ anecdotal evidence does not qualify as data, and fortunately for Somali Canadians, what you "personally believe" has no effect whatsoever on policy. There are numerous reports and studies that show the SYSTEMIC issues in Canada negatively affecting communities like ours, regardless of what you believe. Why "ours" and not the Rwandan or Eritrean communities? I can't think of anything that makes Somalis stand out from any other immigrant in terms of obstacles. TDSB Graduation Patterns 2009 cohort TDSB Graduation Patterns 2002 cohort Who's responsible for the atrocious numbers in the reports above? How can a group fail in several different nations (including their own) and still manage to blame everyone but themselves?

Safferz;932343 wrote: All children start off with the same dreams and desires... they begin to realize the world they live in and the obstacles they face by the time they hit middle school, and that's when you start seeing some children lag behind their peers and eventually fall so behind that they drop out in high school. The situation for Somalis in Toronto (not unlike Somalis in most Western countries) is a product of poverty, living in low-income and crime-ridden neighbourhoods, and trying to make it in societies that are hostile to immigrants and racial minorities. Although we have internal issues too, the family structure/parenting arguments are a convenient way to avoid discussion of larger structural inequalities that Somalis and other immigrants communities and minorities face in Canada and the US. Oh, cry me a river. I grew up in the same neighbourhoods as other Somalis as well as other poor immigrants from China, Korea, Bangladesh etc. Yet you'll only hear Somalis and Jamaicans whine about "societal barriers" as if they're only immigrants who've had to face the same obstacles in Canada. Communities are formed in order to collectively pool its member's resources and overcome whatever adversity they face. If the Somali community has to rely on others for that support, doesn't that make it obsolete? I personally believe that someone who falls by the wayside in Canada and nations with similarly adequate social safety nets, has to either; alter their lifestyle, or give up as there's little chance of them succeeding anywhere in the world.

Chimera;932270 wrote: True story: 1) Somali boys dream of being economists, architects, graphic-designers, etc, they blend in with the student populace. They listen to One Direction, don't mind Rihanna and are pretty much mama's boys. That's wishful thinking. A large segment with the young Somali male population are content with a life of loitering and bullet consumption. The 40% drop out rate for Somalis in Toronto should be evidence enough.

I'm a first year Computer Science/ Physics student, but it's nice to see Somali professionals networking. Although I believe a seminar/ conference on skilled trades would prove more useful here in Canada since the biggest obstacle in the skilled trades market for Somalis is our insularity.

Natural selection :cool:. Nature favours men who haven't had their faces beaten in.

Wadani;929008 wrote: In some ways ur right bro. Just look at wats happning in Cyprus. If ur honest and follow the rules, ur the first to get bitten. Not necessarily. The people who would've been most affected by the levy in Cyprus are the Russian mafia and corrupt Russian bureaucratic/oligarchs. Getting out of community housing and staying out of the welfare system early on were the best decisions my parents made for our family. It certainly isn't easy with a large family, but the freedom that comes with self sufficiency is worth it. It's sad watching Somalis juggle fake addresses for years because they've become accustomed to having money appear out of nowhere every month.

DoctorKenney;928639 wrote: Islam sets the standard for how a society should be run. Drivel. It's getting tiring having to read your backwards, circular logic. Islamic law is great in your eyes because Islamic texts say it is so. Whenever confronted with evidence, your ilk claims no one has correctly implemented Sharia. There are plenty of other forms of governance which have yet to be fully realized (such as Marxism, Anarcho-Capitalism), don't the past failures of these ideologies being properly implemented provide an argument for reform? Capitalism has mutated and taken on different forms throughout history, and many would agree it was for the better. Could Islamic law ever improve? Given that it claims it is perfect, and its arguments were set in stone centuries ago.

The Dark criminal. That's not very nice.

Tallaabo;927747 wrote: The American dream was a big lie as the African Americans, native Indians, and many others just saw nightmares instead, but I am sure the Chinese dream will be realised by hundreds of millions. The american dream was never intended for natural born citizens of the U.S, it was used to recruit the brightest minds from around the world (typically Europe in the past) just as it is used today. There's a reason why immigrant groups have the highest incomes and levels of educational attainment in the United States.

Xaaji Xunjuf;927296 wrote: Oromos have like 12 kids per family its hard to keep up with that. But i think the next generation of Somali galbeedians are trying to increase their population so its happening it just needs more awareness. Populations grow exponentially, and since there is no real decline in Ethiopia's fertility rate predicted for the future, Somalis will never match the population of the Oromos, in sheer numbers that is, so why try? Instead of a race to the bottom to see who can overpopulate a semi-arid region first. Why not use the fact that we are outnumbered across our borders and the gulf, to stress the importance of cooperation as well as the preservation of our culture. If that's not enough, then we deserve to be assimilated.

There was also a Somali homicide victim in Edmonton a few days ago, I knew him through my younger brother. If you've ever wondered what a community with a 40% high school drop out rate looks like, you need only look at the last few posts.

Xaaji Xunjuf;925616 wrote: Black flash sudan is playing them both the dam doesn't technically effect Sudan they have nothing to lose, also sudans relations with saudi arabia isn't that well, because bashir asked king abdullah to come and mediate between south sudan and sudan. The saudis rejected it and said let the qataris do it , bashiir is still angry because of that. It affects Sudan positively, the excess electricity from the smaller dams is already being sold to Sudan at a cheap cost. Sudan may be playing games, but at least they're willing to compromise.

Xaaji Xunjuf;925599 wrote: Somalis are dumb folks the so called Nile river doesn't go through our territories , they should be neutral, Ethiopia as a state brought Somalis lots of misery and pain.We should never forget that, but we should not be used and fight Arabs dirty war with Ethiopia Sudan is smart, they're going to continue to benefit from these dam projects through the power interconnection between them and Ethiopia. Egypt however has never had to actually negotiate with a sub-Saharan nation before, the concept of compromising with a black African country is laughable to them.

The fact that Somalis can't set aside their dislike of Ethiopia for just a moment, so they consider why Arabs from as far away as Saudi Arabia are getting involved in this, is astonishing.

Sudan backed off because they realized that the positive effects downstream from the dam outweigh the negatives. Why can't Egypt look in to the actual impact of the dam rather than blindly claiming supremacy over the Nile? This goes far beyond Ethiopia and has nothing to do with concerns over reduced flow rates.

Don't they understand that in the long run it actually benefits everyone? In the long wrong it will negate the effects of droughts and floods. It also happens to be the most optimal location for such a large reservoir as it is located at a rather high altitude, where the temperatures are rather cool. The reaction by the Arabs, IMF and UN is rather telling. Especially in the wake of the recent famine.