{"id":2731,"date":"2025-12-03T18:21:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T02:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/somalis-claim-they-are-chosen-were-promised-minnesota-3000-years-ago-%f0%9f%93%b1\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T02:21:43","slug":"somalis-claim-they-are-chosen-were-promised-minnesota-3000-years-ago-%f0%9f%93%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/somalis-claim-they-are-chosen-were-promised-minnesota-3000-years-ago-%f0%9f%93%b1\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalis Claim They Are \u2018Chosen\u2019 &amp; Were Promised Minnesota 3000 Years Ago  \ud83d\udcf1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VxwJGN4zdz8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A growing number of Somalis in Minnesota and other U.S. cities are claiming they are a \u201cchosen people\u201d and that Minnesota was promised to them. This rising narrative has sparked debates over identity, immigration, culture, and the future of African communities in the U.S. In this video, Lisa Cabrera breaks down where this belief comes from, why it\u2019s spreading, and how it\u2019s impacting politics, the Black community, and local tensions.<br \/>\n#Somalis #ChosenPeople #MinnesotaNews #ImmigrationDebate #CulturalClash #LisaCabrera #CurrentEvents #BlackCommunity<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of Somalis in Minnesota and other U.S. cities are claiming they are a \u201cchosen people\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hqdefault-33.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}