{"id":2872,"date":"2025-12-07T18:33:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/people-respond-to-somalians-who-say-theyre-not-black-the-debate-explained\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T18:33:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:33:57","slug":"people-respond-to-somalians-who-say-theyre-not-black-the-debate-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/people-respond-to-somalians-who-say-theyre-not-black-the-debate-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"People Respond to Somalians Who Say They\u2019re Not Black \u2014 The Debate Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YsEdnsc-k6w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A growing debate is unfolding online as some Somali individuals declare they are \u201cnot Black,\u201d sparking strong reactions across African American, diaspora, and East African communities. In this video, Lisa Cabrera breaks down why the debate is happening, the cultural and historical roots behind it, and how people are responding across social media. We explore identity, race, immigration, and the tension this conversation is creating in the U.S.<br \/>\n#SomaliCommunity #BlackIdentity #DiasporaDebate #AfricanAmericanNews #LisaCabrera #CurrentEvents #CulturalDebate<\/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 debate is unfolding online as some Somali individuals declare they are \u201cnot Black,\u201d sparking strong reactions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2873,"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-2872","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-102.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872","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=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}