I think you should ask some Somalis what they think. I like the
face-to-face meetings of the Mpls-Issues listserv. We could arrange to
meet in one of the Somali coffee houses and work it out with the owners so
that they could recruit interested people to talk with us.
I know that every time I stop in for coffee at one of the many Somali
places, they always extend warm hospitality and ask me about American
culture that they don't understand.
Those guys are wired too. If we have a few meetings, we may get some new
members to this listserv.
David Wilson
Loring Park
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Matthew Dufresne wrote:
> Bill and the rest of the group,
>
> Do you feel that Non-European immigrants, Such as the Somali or Hmong,
> would have the same feelings towards African Americans and advantages of
> white privilege that other Europeans may have had in the past?
>
> How do you all feel about what African Americans might be feeling
> towards the Somali community as well as other immigrants from other
> African countries?
>
> Maybe there is room for discussion here on race relations as they start
> as a new immigrant and how we as an already established community (the
> City of Minneapolis) may positively effect where this challenging issue
> may go in the next decade and generation.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Matthew Dufresne
> Central
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > On the relationship between Black and new immigrant communities there is a
> > famous Malcolm X quote. On witnesing some newly arrived Eastern European
> > children at the airport, all dressed in native clothing he said "such pretty
> > little children. The first English word they're going to learn is nigger."
> >
> > America has a long history of immigrants leapfrogging over the Black
> > community. Racism has always been a way of proving you are a real American.
> > Many immigrant communities may even object to being called white but have no
> > objection to white privelege. I speak of communities but of course each
> > individual makes his own choice on this issue.
> >
> > Irish and Italian are now clearly white, others have attained white status if
> > not name. Perhaps this is what the 44-year old woman was refering to.
> >
> > Bill Cooley
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