Do you consider somali people black?

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Black is the opposite of white.

Secondly Somali People in general are quite-dark skinned and could be mistaken for black.

They have different juxtaposition's in term of colour some are cafe-au-lait and some are dark brown/black.

Stop being delusional :rolleyes:

What is your definition of dark skinned? In about the last girls skin tone (from the pics i posted) and i dont see myself as dark (more of a caramel skin tone) and so are the majority of my family. There are ofcourse dark skinned somalis (like kanye west's skin colour) but they arent the majority

Reply 21

white boy

Original post by Secretnerd123

You said most so who wouldnt u call black?

sorry thought i was clear - the 2 wearing headscarves i wouldn't be sure about. tbh it's all a grey area anyway. i'm more likely to refer to them as somali than black/brown/whatever if i know where they're from.

Reply 22

King.mulamula

Original post by Secretnerd123

you may say the majority of Somali are light-brown
But I live London and the majority of my Somali friends would be considered Dark-skinned it depends what your definition of light-brown is
What one individual may say is dark skinned another may say light skinned.

But for example K'naan a Somali artist is someone I would genuinely consider to be dark-skinned.

But generally we all have our own perspective on what is generally dark and what is considered light. :smile:

Reply 23

Uw0tm8_

Even if theyre not dark skinned they act black or have other features.. (i know im stereotyping soz, but e.g big lips and forehead etc which is highly common within black people) so yeah i would consider them black

Reply 24

Siberiaan

I think some people don't consider them to be different , because they look different to other africans. In terms of facial features.

Reply 25

King.mulamula

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

Yes I do. Most of the somalis I've come across are very dark skinned and they're generally like that aren't they?

Yo wassup Brigette? :biggrin:

Reply 26

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by King.mulamula

Yo wassup Brigette? :biggrin:

Oh, hi Jamilah! How you doin' breh? :hat2:

Reply 27

King.mulamula

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

Oh, hi Jamilah! How you doin' breh? :hat2:

Jamilah

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Where did you get that from? was it from the Thread that person created without my consent.

Reply 28

Yasmin-9970

Yes?

youre black if you're dark skinned and of African descent so yeah

Reply 29

username1039383

Original post by Yasmin-9970

Yes?

youre black if you're dark skinned and of African descent so yeah

Whats with people saying they only consider dark skin people black?

So beyonce isnt black because shes light skinned?

Reply 30

Yasmin-9970

shes black because she is african american and has other genetic features usually associated with black people like afro hair idk and shes not white shes just #teamlightskin

Reply 31

Bushido Brown

Original post by Secretnerd123

Most of the ones i know have the same skin colour as the pics i posted. And anyway based on your theory, as srilankans black too since they have dark skin

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

Well yes, I do consider Sri Lankans black, although I'm pretty sure that the term "black" is generally used to describe people of african descent.

I think most people take Black people to mean people with African descent and dark skin. So Somalians are Black if you go with this definition.

I personally think the word Black shouldn't even be used to describe people of African descent it should be African.

Reply 32

Soontobesuper

Original post by Secretnerd123

Most of the ones i know have the same skin colour as the pics i posted. And anyway based on your theory, as srilankans black too since they have dark skin

In my NW london secondary school we called Africans black and Sir Lankans blick. Looking back that was prob a bit racist but we were a class that ad some sort of nickname for everybody, and I wouldn't dream of saything tht to someone now. I do consider them black, though i guess they're more brown, but again from school were used brown for asian people.
Also, are mixed race people brown?

Reply 33

missfats

Due to the genetic material available, No. In society, Yes.

It's quite worrying that the OP seems to think "black" is a race, it's actually a colour.
Black/white is not a race but a social construct.

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