🇺🇸🇸🇴What Somalis Think of Black Americans? *RAW Response!* 

Attention: Somalis in the States/Kenya. Reach out to me via email: coopscorner87@gmail.com I’m looking to keep this movement going past one video.

Trust me Somalis are the most welcoming people i know...am kenyan and most of my somali friends are my besties...they help me than most of my own.

I am a product of a Black American/Somali mix heritage 😂 my Somali father met my mom in Atl and was swept off his feet. They were married for over 25 years until he passed away. I appreciate and love both cultures tremendously ❤

So proud to be Somali , Even though she grew up far away from home like the rest of us she still hold the deen and the culture ..Smart educated elegant young lady , Allah bless you young sister

Amazing video. She is a good representative of a Strong, Smart Somali Women

Black American we love you from somalia 🇸🇴 🇸🇴🇸🇴

Allahuma bariik our Somali sister was spotting about everything well educated sister 👏🏽🇸🇴👏🏽

Respect to the young lady!

Say Walahi learn from this lady she is amazing might god protect her.

We Somalis love Malcom X and Muhammed Ali, love our Afro Americans

*_We reject the label "black."_* My father once said if his identity is changed to a physical characteristic than he should be able to refer to a Chinese person based on a physical characteristic like their small/slanted eyes. I have noticed the communities of the Horn of Africa believe AA's want to erase our rich identities by calling us "Black". In the Horn of Africa, we don't call ourselves "Black", this is a very American thing to do. I noticed my AA friend's who haven't travelled outside of the States don't understand the difference between anIrishman vs Russian. They will refer to both as simply "White". Ethnicity is extremely important outside of America. Calling my Japanese friend "Chinese" is offensive. You can call us African but a physical characteristic is vulgar especially one that our ancestors never passed down to us. In the Horn of Africa, referring to an ethnic group by the way they look is an ACT OF WAR ! I hope AA's understand that other communities want to be referred to by their ancestral identity (ethnic or cultural origins). We don't want to lose our identity, it's our unique, inherited sense of identity; like our values, traditions, culture etc handed down by previous generations that we want to pass along to succeeding generations. Why do AA's want to break that? *_To my beloved AA's, please try to understand outside of the States, ppl identify based on ethnic, cultural, or national identity and NOT RACE._* This is the identity that shapes our sense of who we are. Please don't take that as a rejection of "Black", it's just that nations of origin or ethnic backgrounds is more IMPORTANT.

I’m proud of young Naeema. She spoke eloquently. She forgot to mention that Somali region is more than former British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland and French Somaliland. There are also two regions that are now part of Ethiopia and Kenya. Somalis sit on a huge real estate but are fragmented into different regions.

Somalis are one of the ONLY people in the world who single-handedly named their country, land, language, culture, sea, etc after their SOMALI tribe. Every empire/nation have their ups and downs and Insha’Allah Somalia 🇸🇴 will RISE again. It’s inevitable

As Somali..My opinion I got love for my African American brothers and sisters..because of Malcolm x and mohamed ali. our shiekh Khalid yasiin OG .Louis Farrakhan . My favourite actor denzal Washington my man..people like them we click 100% you know why. yea yea that’s why … love from mugdisho ❤

As man from Africa,as Somali-man living in state,as tax driver was driving wheelchair van in south-side Chicago in 10 years,i believe African American people are honest people,good heart people,pure of racism,and very respectful customer service,i also believe all color people need to thank African America people because they were frontline this country for fighting civil rights,I conclude my point don’t let fool culture media play your brain

Correction : Somalis knew about Spaghetti long before Italians since Marco Polo himself got the idea from Asian people eating Noodles. Also, Somalia was a protectorate NOT a colony since to be colonized means your entire language, religion, and customs would changed. Somalis still maintained every aspect of their clan system, language, religion, customs, etc .

We Somali proud to be black. Thanks, sister, how you answered ❤❤❤❤ very educational

Most Somali women keep it with their own Somali men. When they marry out they marry white men or Arab men. I rarely see Somali women with black American men. I live in St Paul and Mpls. Home to the largest Somali community

Coop, great interview. Thoroughly enjoyed!

A very smart young lady. Great interview Coop. I hope to run into you soon in Columbus since you are around. 614!

My man coop's this video is lit to say the least. I'm just disappointed it ended so quickly, kindly the next time you bring on someone this eloquent make the content a bit longer.

Gees Coop is home… greetings from your Buckeye fans… what a profound topic

Wonderful interview.

Once again, excellent interview, Jackson. You were smooth with questions, even the difficult ones. I liked how the sister answered the questions.

great interview Coop 🙏🏿

Hello Jackson Cooper of Coopscorner, I love your videos!

Great interview

Nice to see you guys really

Awesome video, as always.

Waw Naima you are so legend and I like how you done it we are so proud of you great do more on this kind of interviews please waan ku boqray

Woow naima she gave out nice interview, about somali society, cultural and their categories

Good Interview

Thanks for sharing

As a Djiboutian somali my father love African American and yes we're in the same side my brothers and sisters

Great Interview. Wow Smart girl

Wonderful interview ❤

I am the product of two parents who are Somali. They instilled faith, culture & manners In me. Then I left them in Somalia for America & entered foster care shortly after (our aunt/sponsor) passed away (may She Rest In Peace, ameen) from 13 years old I have been raised by a black woman from Detroit Michigan. We spoke no English & she taught us everything! Nobody wanted non-English speakers but she took that role. She connected us to our mom after so many years. She taught us to drive, about taxes, getting a job & going to school even about racism which I had no clue existed. She taught me EVERYTHING. We are closer than you guys think. We’re Muslim & she’s Christian. We only call her mom. She taught me all about you & I have fallen in love with all of u. You guys the only ones who help us immigrants. Don’t let the world believe assumptions about us. I say that to both cultures. May God give us & our descendants mercy, forgiveness, unity & love ❤

I'm glad you picked this girl to discuss this topic she's open minded and gives her own perspectives on somali people and somali culture my brother you yourself can pass for a somali im pretty sure i got a cousin somewhere that looks like you

Coop! Big ups ⬆️ to you my brother! Somalia 🇸🇴 next on your bucket list? 🙌🏾👑✊🏾

Hi Jackson C. Nice Interview/ With a somalian Lady. Welcome Back to Kenya, and Say hi to Your lioness + Simba. Peace God bless Your Work abundantly.

Dope. 💪🏿

Shax shax….Naag nool! Sis represented us well 🙌🏾

Ethnicity is real while race is man made. I would go with ethnicity regardless of where I am over race. Soomaali rocks

great video

jazakallah khair brother

This Somali young lady as you said she is really smart and she learn a lot about her roots. Her parents must proud of her. Mashalah. PS: do not change a bit you’re beautiful culture.

great videos

Awesome interview. I came here simply because most of my entire life I have always been confused for being from East Africa specially being Somalian. It's worse for my younger sister because she gets confused for being Somali mixed with East Indian. Locals here in Botswana get confused when I speak Setswana thinking I'm not a Motswana 🇧🇼

Coop when r u doing a video on Kenyans in Columbus? It’s easy to catch them on sundays

Jackson was smiling most of the time and so was I. Coops and I are from the same generation and it's hard to find nowadays young people that can keep up a conversation and not look at their phones every 4-5 seconds. They have been exposed to more content than the previous 3 generations combined but are the least informed. Naima represented her Columbus/Nairobi/Mogadishu communities very well. Proud of my young sister.

Thanks for sharing. I like your tie, by the way,it's long and thin ,I don't see the fat end of it...cool👌🏾

Naima Maaanshaa alaaah adeer caqliga ilaahay hakuu barakeeyo suaalaha sida diplamocy ahaan ayay ugu jawaabaysaa

Masha allah, what the amazing young lady ❤ represents us ,thank you for choosing for us.

What a pleasant young lady. I love her explanation that we just need to "relate". Being black can be the easiest way to connect but understanding one's culture is the way we connect deeper and harmoniously. Love this interview. More!!!!👌🏽

This brother is cool. He's very Mr International, I'm from Morocco originally and I enjoyed your moroccan videos and your reaction to being in morocco. Eid Mubarak to my Somali brethren!

Very well said, im very proud of our young somali sister.

Masha Allah, tabarakalaah. Gabaddheenna fariidda ah Allaha xafido.

It is very clear this guy interview the young lady because he has interest in Somali women.

Coop that guy 💯💯 not doing too much like every other passport bro ..

Great interview! Where can I get those gray pants bro?

For us black is our colour, but it is not how we self-identify. We self-identify as Somalis.

She is very eloquent. I like this girl.

well she represented as better then i would have may you have a good of this dunya and the aakhira as well. jirooo jooog ina adeer.

Bro nice interview as Somali we are black and African so we invite you to Somalia 🇸🇴

We are all human beings, we came from one mother and father, only our character divided us.

Love it I am Somali from Ethiopia

Can you make a video asking black Americans what their thoughts are on Africans and marriage outside of the culture.

One thing about Cooper he be sharp.. so fresh so clean stay bless my brother..

Hey man! Somalian here. you're doing a wonderful job of bridging the gap between the black communities. I recommend the Somalis to subscribe to this channel.

There’s definitely so much tension between the two cultures definitely which is sad, when I moved to the USA as a 16 yr old, my family were in the least diverse town I ever been in and I was so excited to finally see people that look like me unfortunately my experience was horrific, four of those girls bullied me to the extent they pinned me down one day in the bathroom and shaved my hair. I was never uncomfortable able to make friends or feel comfortable after that experience even though not all people are the same it still definitely impacted me negatively.

S/O to my Africans, every brotha I ever met was with the cause!!!! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

No bro, It's actually Minneapolis, MN. Mostly Southside. You will see Somalis in other surrounding areas of the twin cities metro but Somalis has a strong present in South Minneapolis. I know because i am from here and I live in South Minneapolis. From Lake Street to Franklin, Cedar-Riverside. St. Paul has a huge Mong Community/Laos.

As a Somali, I believe that we were never truly colonized by the Italians and British. We resisted and fought against their rule until they eventually agreed to our terms. We also refused to work on the plantations they established because, as pastoralists, it was difficult for us to stay in one place and work on farms.

I'm glad you got an unbiased Somali sister and not a self hating one.

This guy have nice style, and they are both beautiful 🤩

We Somalis are not black. The color label “black” is extremely shallow and limited. It’s not befitting for everybody. Stop pretending to be offended when we reject. You didn’t name/label yourselves as “blacks” either. You were given and now you want to paint everyone black. Allow me to help you see how and why we Somali people refuse to be painted black. None of the people who call themselves black gave themselves that title black. Black is coined by the Western European colonialists around the late 1600’s and 1700’s. Our Somali ancestors never ever called themselves black. My grandpa died without ever calling himself black same as our other ancestors before him. I’m not saying this to be rude or mean. We simply have a better and more accurate ways of identifying ourselves than the given black. We Somali people have tribes, clans, subclans, language, country, states, regions, poetry, traditional dances and rituals that we identify with. Being black is not one of them. When everybody look like Somali what’s the point of calling ourselves black? None. Amongst the darkest of people on earth live in Aboriginal Australia and Southern India. Those people never ever call themselves black and no one else is out painting them with a paint brush of shallow blackness. If the extremely limited term “black” unites the descendants of slavery I’ve nothing against them. However, don’t try to drag us Somali into it. We have our own intact means of identity. DONT be offended when we reject the shallow and inaccurate label because it’s unbefitting us. In our Somali culture there is no word for race but there’s a word for ethnicity. Race is socially engineered word. None of your people or my people had a say in it when the continent is wrongly labeled. Our ethnicity is Somali. Our nationality is Somali. Our language is Somali. Our tribes and peoples are all Somali. The word Somali has a deep meaning to us that most of us know.

As a Black American - these videos downgrade us. It reeks insecurity. We should never get validation from other groups. Also, why are we the ones always asking other groups to date or marry us. That reeks self-hated and insecurity.

Coops whats up man. Are you in Somalia now? what happened to India?

This girl might be 21 but she is smarter than many older people, she should be the spokes person of somali americans, she will have my vote. Respect for sister Naima.

The Somali are predominantly found in the East Africa region . The East Africa region has one of the most diverse Black genetic pool in the continent ranging from Niger-Congo Bantu , Nilotic, Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Cushitic and Cushitic .

Black American and African community all together 🤝

Amazing interview... i appreciate your effort mr coops... Naciima you are very inspired girl,,, i hope you success and great future walaalo ... N.B : Do not use when you talking about us ,,, don't say Somalian because that is incorrect L just say Somali,,, or Somali's

That look is the cushitic/ancient natufian farmer ancestry look

I love my Somali Brothers and Sisters. They good people, you just have to give them respect.

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Iam somali my self never been to somalia born in kenya there is alot somali people around 3 milion we welcoming you open arms❤😂❤

Very good interview and subject. I live in the UK and can relate with what Naims said. We don't seem to click with the other fellow black communities in the UK. The confusion stems from both communities' ignorances. Some Somali are confused with ethnicity and colour where they say they are not black but Arabs. On the otherhand the Black British do not see us fit in on their definition of Black and therefore othering us are very common at workplaces or at public places. I give you an example, oneday I was at the airport and got into argument with this black guy over car scratches he was blaming at me and then came this other black guy and straight away took side of the other guy. I was confused as I was thinking we are black with African origin why would he do that? Also, I received many discrimanory acts from other fellow black people at workplace simply I look different or practise different religion that they would normally do not associate with black person.

There is a HUGE African American Muslim community on the East Coast. Places like Philadelphia and New York. You will find that Islam combines beautifully with African American culture, many of the slaves who were brought into America were Muslim! There are amazing African American Muslim scholars and speakers such as Siraj Wahhaj and Khalid Yasin, who are deeply respected by the Muslim community. Btw, Khalid Yasin is actually married to a Somali woman!

The host himself look somali 😂😂😂

Forgot San Diego a lot of Somalis there also

We Love Our Afrikan ameriKKKan Brothers abd Sistars and Our blood boils when we see injustice done to them by the unjustice system of the land. We not only welcome you to Somalia but Afrika as Your true Home. Oppression of Our People will end soon. In Sha Allah

The continent of Africa is the most diverse genetically and Black America represent this spectrum of diversity because of complete admixture of multiple groups . At least 2000 Black ethnic groups in the continent of Africa . Starting next year Black America with Dual citizen US/Rwanda ,US/Kenya, US/South Sudan, US/Uganda, US/Burundi(Ethiopia, DRC Congo, Somalia, Tanzania does not allow Dual but residency) will have visa free access to East Africa community(Ethiopia set to Join East Africa Community in April 2024 and Somali joined in 2023) . 400 million+ business market especially real estate, tech, agri-business .

She is magnificent 🙏🏽❤️

She is amazingly smart and beautiful ❤

Yo bro what’s the hospital you went in Kenya again for your hair?

Coop, the difference in her is that she is not mixed with East Indian like most of them are. Thats why she is more humble and receptive to other people like her.

Why are so many black content creators obsessed with how people view us?

I just want to mention that Somalia was divided into five parts during the colonial era. Southern Somalia was ruled by Italy, Northern Somalia by Britain, and Djibouti (French Somaliland), which is now its own country, by France. The northeastern part of Kenya was given to Kenya by the British. The western Somali region, also known as the Ogaden region, was given to Ethiopia. The southern and northern parts of Somalia formed the Somali Republic. However, the most beautiful thing is that all these Somali regions share open borders. Somalis were fierce fighters against European colonizers, which led to Somalia being the first African country where Britain used airplanes in combat. Additionally, Somalia is the only African country that has kept its language and heritage, while most African countries use the first language of their colonizers.

I pray next to Somalia brothers, and I never had any issues with my Muslim Somalian brothers. And been invited to their homes plenty of times.

Love this brother! Such an open minded and understands the awful images and the negative smear the western media portraits on African, Latin and Asian countries are not all real and connect direct with the countries and real people on the ground. well done, sir.🥰