Radicalisation: Not Only A Somali Issue
Often during economic downturns in all human societies, those existing today and those of the past, ethnic minorities are the first targets of the majority populous and their frustrations. Foreigners regardless of how assimilated or integrated they maybe be, often bear the brunt of misguided hate. In 2012 I was asked to take part in a BBC debate on the radicalisation of the Somali youth, once again we being demonised, chastised and eventually ended up being victims of circumstance leading to a high number of hate crimes. What was even more disturbing was the other Somalis who were engaged in the debate along side myself. It seemed that they felt indifferent to the community; therefore they had no reservations in condemning an entire community for the actions of a very minute ill-advised segment of the British Somali youth. I asked one gentleman whether the average white British citizen would be able to differentiate between him and the community he was denouncing on live