Macalin Posted December 25, 2003 [urlSomali Youth-Three Groups[/url] Read on... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Macalin Posted December 25, 2003 SOMALI YOUTH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Posted December 26, 2003 interesting... unfortunately i belong to the lost group...but alhamdulliah with the help of the Allah and mommy dearest...i have been able to retain most of my islamic and cultural heritage... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grad Student Posted December 27, 2003 lakkad, tell the ppl which group u belong to..oh i forgot, u belong to none of the groups mentioned...U R BUSTED! GRUMPY OLD MAN! waraa HABARIYAKO MAN! happy new year!bro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liqaye Posted December 27, 2003 Over simplified but about right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Macalin Posted December 27, 2003 LOL SOCRATES...happynewyr sxb..ama see u @excel right?..lol Umm Yea, i dont know if this guy is any professional or what like a social worker or pyschiatrist, i mean what authority does he to classify and oversimply(as my himble bro above said) issues that are really really a thorn in our community. What i have a problem with is his simple one shot look at the issue(more like a comedian on comicview views),he just mentions stuff that are irrilevant....Also he doesnt have any solutions to the problem facing the community. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lol Posted December 30, 2003 Socrates: lol... walaahi u cracked me up.. Lakkad doesn't belong to any of them neither do I... I was 19 when I got to the States way beyond 17...so Lakkad.. what is our Status homie? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hukri Posted December 30, 2003 I belong to the third group. I understand somali when speaking and reading and all but I have problems writing....I'm not that lost..or am I? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Senora Posted December 30, 2003 "Hargab baan haystaa ama aniga waa jirrantahay" (I have cold), "Shaadhkaygii guriguu joogaa" (My shirt is at home), "Berri iskuul waa haystaa " (I have school tomorrow.) LOL, whats wrong with this somali??...I talk like this all the time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silent-sistah Posted December 30, 2003 ^^^^^^loooooooooooooool jokarad wayne ba tahay sis.... well, im in the third group however im proud of my somali dialect. i aint westernised, and i dont have very little knowledge of somali tribal bull-shid,,,im a anti-gabilist expert and therefore have studied gabilism... but then this tudy is for peeps in america..not UK!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reality Check Posted December 31, 2003 That was the ridiculous article I have ever read. Good example of older Somalis lack of communication with their children and lack of parental skills. They probably got used to the community raising their children back home and now they come here, don't learn the language, talk to thier children and blame the country they chose to live in for problems with their kids. If this was meant to be an informative article on the state of the somali youth in america, it has failed to point out the REAL problems of these children. I guess it's easy to blame the haitians and the jamaicans for their children misbehaviours!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raage Posted December 31, 2003 once again i have no time readin all that i got other things to do Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bambina Posted December 31, 2003 Salam nomads , I found the article very informative about the somali youth. Sadly, the cultural gap between somalis and the western world can be very harmful and TV doesnt help sometimes,specially when some rap artists advocate the importance of the bling-bling (nice cars and houses)and a total disrespect for women ,treated as prostitutes most of the time. But it is true that the lack of commnunication between parents and children can attract young somalis to the black-American culture.Parents must not only play with children but also learn them their culture but foremost Islam at an early age so they can overcome the West's influence. It is important not to blame the TV and parents all the time but our individual responsabilities as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saalixa Posted December 31, 2003 im in the last group, but i know my language preety well, where did they get those figures from? at home we only speak somali, my moma gets her tip xawaash if she hears us talking some otha language,,,its bad coz i get beaten up alot. "wayaada afkiina hooyo waa malab eh ku hadla" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N.O.R.F Posted December 31, 2003 afkiina hooyo waa malab eh ku hadla Nice post, i was a group 2 member, came to UK very young, before approx 95% of the somalis who live here now and under totally different circumstances than that given in the report with regard to US based Somalis. I think the report generalised the whole Somali community in the US and is very misleading. :confused: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites