Fraud in Minnesomalia

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And another one ...

Former Safari Restaurant owner Salim Said sentenced to 30 years for role in Feeding Our Future fraud case

So, what I'm reading is, "The system is working in catching up to these fraudulent schemes." Or am I supposed to whip out my broad-brush and start waving it around about "those immigrants"?

The national GOP in Mn is playing the Somali card much to the chagrin of most of GOP candidates for stateside offices.

It is very possible Trump could deliver the DFL a trifecta in state government.

 

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I found an interesting interview with an academic who is from Somalia. Imo, it's wrong to make assumptions about any group of people as there will always be some who become criminals in all groups, while most will abide by the law.

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news...ective-on-one-communitys-connection-to-fraud/

Dr. Ahmed Samatar: Minnesotan-Somalis have become very successful in blending with society at the highest levels of professionalism. Medical doctors, professors, engineers, computer scientists, you name it… But then there are Somalis who have gotten involved in activities that are illegal, that are a disgrace to the community itself that is not fitting to the way they have been received by the State of Minnesota.

Rasmussen: Some people have genuinely asked, ‘Why are we seeing all of these Somali-Americans swept up in this?’

Dr. Ahmed Samatar: We have studied this society for a long time. And if there is time, I think there is a way to explain that.

In the 1980s particularly, the collapse of the Somali state, which in many ways was preceded by a tug of war over power and politics in that country created the collapse, the disappearance really, of national institutions.

Most Somalis find themselves either fleeing the country or becoming refugees and locally, internal, displaced people. When the structures that hold the society together begin to melt, you find yourself in a condition where you just kind of have to grab what you can for yourself.

I call this ‘the interregnum.’ This is a period between the old normal way of life which is no more and the challenge of adapting to a new normal here in Minnesota.

So, it’s a middle ground that is full of disruption, and suspicion, and insecurity in which people really retreat to a kind of self-survival in many ways. Legal things and following procedures and waiting your turn. These things disappear. That mentality, which is not just Somalis – It happens in places where national institutions disappear.

My argument, therefore, is that I think most of the Somali-Americans and Minnesotan-Somalis are transitioning. And some of them have successfully transitioned to a world in which they embrace the laws and the ethics and the values of the state of Minnesota and the United States. But there are many who are still floundering.

You can read the rest of the interview. Dr. Samatar doesn't make excuses for those who have committed fraud although he does try to explain the factors that might have influenced these people and he does feel some shame that his own people have been involved with these crimes. But, people from all backgrounds commit fraud, and all types of crimes that involve money, so it's racist or xenophobic to try and judge any ethnic group based on those in the group who are criminals.

 

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Trump and his minions are blaming an entire because it racist and xenophobic - it’s red meat to their base.