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0:00 Y'all, the Somali in Minnesota is demanding reparations and an apology. Check this out. Their spokesperson >> program fits into our criteria of Somali of small business owners, not those who makes 200,000 and above. We don't make that much a month and we have been suffering since the crisis of ISIS. We also demand an immediate help to evictions so families are not pushed to homelessness during the crisis. Our community deserves accountability. Our community deserves safety. We need also justice for those who lost their lives defending THE COMMUNITY. >> SHUT UP, [ __ ] OH MY.
0:46 >> Hi guys, my name is Esther Daniel and you're welcome back to the channel. So I was scrolling and I saw this video where a group of Somalia community activists in Minnesota demanding reparation and apology and eviction holds because of violence and suffering they say happened during recent ice rates. They are like our community deserves accountability, safety, justice for those who lost their lives defending the community blah blah blah. And I'm just sitting here like, hold up. What are these people even talking about? Americans, how much will you pay for ice drama on Somalians? Because I don't really know what is wrong with these people. [gasps] So, let's get into it, guys. Drop your
1:32 thoughts in the comments, and don't forget to subscribe to the channel, like and share the video to help the channel out. >> They're demanding reparations and an apology. I don't think they going to get that apology from Trump. But their governor and their mayor is in alignment with him on these reparations because Tim Wall stated last week that he want $10 million to go towards the the businesses that was impacted by these ICE operations. Now, if the Somali received uh a form of reparations, how would y'all feel about that? especially the black Americans out there that been through generational trauma in in this country. And this country was built on the backs of free men and enslaved black
2:20 Americans. So, how would y'all feel about that if uh the Somali got their reparations? Let me know. Drop it in the comment section. >> He says, "We demand." You don't demand [ __ ] Go home. Somalia is in the grip of another drought. Families with nothing left at home are fleeing to camps like this in the capital, Mugadishu. Many say hunger is only part of their struggle. They're also escaping fighting in their villages. [gasps] Kadra Hussein Ibraim is still mourning her 2-year-old son. She says he died 3 months ago because she couldn't get enough food for him. She once relied on aid agencies, but international funding
3:06 cuts means she now gets nothing. >> I'm worried about my children. I don't have enough food to give them. My husband is dead. I worry about their future. I can't even eat. They are my priority. Across Somalia, 2 million people leave in displacement camps. More arrive in Moadishu every day. searching for food and safety. The government has declared drought in several regions. Rains have failed yet again and 4.6 million people need food assistance. >> People are not now able to have access to water. The access to water is reducing. The health facilities that were mainly supported by um
3:52 international agencies, by partners, by government now because of the significant reduction in in the funding have closed. So we see more people displaced. I mean uh figures show that almost 1.85 million children are now at risk of malnutrition. >> Most are exhausted, hungry. Those already living here do what they can to help. These people have just arrived from villages farther south. The community here has been helping with food and shelter, but aid workers say they are struggling to help because of the aid cuts. Some organizations previously supported by US A and other
4:38 donors say they've lost half of their funding. Say Ali Aiden shows us a school he used to run inside the camp. It was the only one serving displaced children. Now it's closed. the health center to because the money ran out. >> I've been idle for the past year and a half. My own children are not in school. Many of the children I taught now spend their days in the market doing nothing. We can't afford to feed them. Other schools are too far from the camp. >> Back at Kadra Ibraime's house, she's managed to prepare some soup for her children, but she has no idea where tomorrow's meal will come from. girl, you have nothing to stand on to be
5:24 demanding anything really at this point. I mean, you're saying ICE crisis. Uh, if you're in our country legally, you should have no problem with ICE. And the crisis was all these people interrupting law enforcement while they're trying to do their job. That's really what it was. Why don't you go ask one of those white liberal women that stand on the corner uh that blow their whistle at anyone that looks like law enforcement passing by? Yeah, they have a white savior complex. They'll probably want to donate to you. Ask them. Somali in Minnesota are now asking for reparations. Yeah, I think enough of our tax dollars have already helped you guys out plenty. So, this type of person is somebody that we will call a gimmick, right? I mean, this is a person who essentially comes to a different country in order to live there permanently and live there free, claiming all benefits paid by taxpayers and have no intentions of working or abiding with the laws of that country. If they don't get their way, they play
6:10 the race card. It's simple as that. So, no, we don't need more of our tax dollars going into a community of immigrants. So, let me know what you guys think down in the comments and remember to follow me for more videos like this. >> All right, guys. Welcome back. I would like to know what you think about this video in the comments. So, America doesn't owe anyone free money just because they say they feel hot. Every community goes through struggles, black Americans included, and these fights for justice are serious and real. But you have to actually prove harm, not just shout we deserve reparation. That is not how it works. Now this mimo situation is super tangled. There has been major controversy around social services for that policy makers say involves some
6:57 Somalia run programs and that is why federal and state officials got involved and ICE ramped up enforcement. So Somali are blaming the government for ICE violence and asking for apologies and cash. But if fraud and misuse of public funds is even half true, then this becomes less about civil rights and more about accountability. You don't get paid when you break rules. You get held accountable. Also saying our community deserves safety and justice sounds emotional but every person in America deserves safety and justice. That is not special treatment. That is baseline for
7:42 everyone. And that is the part I don't get. Demanding reparations when the real issue people are upset about is federal enforcement and alleged fraud. Honestly, it feels like some people are trying to play the victim card to avoid responsibility. That is not justice. That is fairness. Black Americans have fought for racial equality and justice for centuries, acknowledging historical injustice that has been backed up by law and systems of abuse. But when you jump straight to give us money because we feel unsafe without a clear legal case or real documented harm, it just comes off as an entitlement and political theater.
8:29 America doesn't owe you an apology just because you feel wronged. You fight for justice through real evidence and real accountability and playing emotional cards for hand out. That's playing with serious things like black American struggles. Don't make this about that. If you're going to ask for something big, show why it's justified, not just how you feel. That is how you actually win respect, not outrage. Anyway, guys, what do you think about this whole situation? Drop your thoughts in the comments and don't forget to subscribe to the channel, like and share the video to help the channel out. See you in my next video. Bye-bye.
