1A Across America: Being Somali American Highlights

Minnesota is home to the largest Somali American population in the U.S.
It’s a community that’s been in the headlines often recently, but if its members had a direct line to the nation, what would they say?
In partnership with Minnesota Public Radio and Sahan Journal, a nonprofit news organization focusing on immigrants in Minnesota, 1A host Joshua Johnson sat down with Somali Americans in Minneapolis to find out. Here are highlights from that conversation.
This conversation was produced by Amanda Williams with special thanks to Sahan Journal and Minnesota Public Radio. Stephen Maturen was our director of photography.
1A Across America is funded through a grant from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967 that is the steward of the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting.

[@farhanfarah8961]

Somalis are great people

[@aliclark5862]

Yes they are!! But they way they are! Not sounding just like a white person whose ancestors stole the land from the native people, that were doing very well by the way. I'm about to throw up...

[@777DISCIPLE]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 said by no logical person ever

[@thinkbeforeyoutype7106]

@@777DISCIPLE The fact that you’re going around to Somali videos shows how jealous and envious you are over their greatness. Haha

[@husseinali8128]

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[@thinkbeforeyoutype7106]

This was great and informative

[@thephenomenon6258]

Somalia 🇸🇴 and Somalian people are Great

[@Grundig305]

Just look at Somalia.

[@abdilafrah8274]

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Asc

[@Midoofficiall]

Hi

[@kushartofficial9612]

Being Somali and knowing who I am Empowers me. The more knowledge I have for my language the more power I feel no mater how my second language is like.

[@abdiomarmohamed1103]

Very smart move, great conversation. Such move innocent people speaking out their exprience! I love it! Thank you the organizer you did a Good job!😊🙏🏽

[@Hbs-c4m]

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