It is an increasingly evident phenomenon and one to which it will be better to open our eyes. The duplicity of certain immigration that, in the West, adopts the ideas of the most woke left and at the same time, regarding their culture of origin, dreams of the glories of an unbridled ethnonationalism. The “Somalia Uber Alles” speech by the Somali American congresswoman Ilhan Omar it is a perfect and recent case. She is not a well-known character in Italy but, in America, she is one of the best-known faces of Squadthe Squad, together with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
It is a group of parliamentarians from the Democratic Party, all young, all feminists, all minorities or Poc (People of Colorpeople of color), all always fiercely angry against white, racist America. Born in Somalia, naturalized American, Ilhan Omar was elected in Minnesota (in a district with a strong presence of immigrants from Somalia) becoming the first deputy of Somali origin and one of the first parliamentarians of Islamic faith. Another success ofAmerican Dreamyou might say.
Well, this one heroine of militant anti-racism, a few days ago, gave a speech to his Somali constituents in Minnesota. Crucial detail: the speech was in Somali, not English. And the tones were very different. Here, in brief, is the context of the speech. For several decades, the northern part of Somalia, Somaliland, has been de facto an autonomous and independent state. While Somalia descended into civil war and was overwhelmed by Islamists, Somaliland remained relatively peaceful and stable, even managing to establish a democratic system of government.
In no way. The deputy instead discovers, in front of her and speaking in her native language, a champion of Greater Somalia; ready to do anything to reunite the unredeemed lands of Somaliland with the motherland. Various translations of his speech are circulating. To be on the safe side, we report the version circulated by his own staff. “As long as I am in Congress,” he proclaims to the audience, “no one will take over Somaliland. The United States will prevent others from stealing from us.”
“Somalia is one. Our land will not be divided. Our lands have been taken from us in the past and, God willing, one day we will take them back again.” Hitler would have uttered not too different words regarding Danzig or the above-mentioned. It is the duplicity that concerns much immigration in the West, especially that which is then linked to left-wing political militancy. In the West, they say one thing, among themselves they think and say the opposite, also protected by the language barrier. And in fact Omar’s speech was not initially noticed by the American media. It was those from Somaliland who relaunched it online, translated into English.