@mplsgordon2 @OrangeisGood50 @RealJMPeterman Based on anyone’s lived experience, the true number of persons of Somali heritage living in Minnesota is easily triple any supposedly ‘official’ figure from any level of government, or legacy media.
International refugees settled in MN, and descendants
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@mplsgordon2 @OrangeisGood50 @RealJMPeterman @deenafaywinter
Secondary migration of international refugees to MN from other states, and descendants
Regular immigrants, both directly to MN and secondary migration, and descendants
US-born persons (outside MN) of Somali heritage, who move to MN, like @OmarFatehMN
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@mplsgordon2 @OrangeisGood50 @RealJMPeterman @deenafaywinter @OmarFatehMN The supposed figure of 80k hasn’t changed in years and doesn’t even take into account normal popula…
@mplsgordon2 @OrangeisGood50 @RealJMPeterman Based on anyone’s lived experience, the true number of persons of Somali heritage living in Minnesota is easily triple any supposedly ‘official’ figure from any level of government, or legacy media.
International refugees settled in MN, and descendants
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@mplsgordon2 @OrangeisGood50 @RealJMPeterman @deenafaywinter
Secondary migration of international refugees to MN from other states, and descendants
Regular immigrants, both directly to MN and secondary migration, and descendants
US-born persons (outside MN) of Somali heritage, who move to MN, like @OmarFatehMN
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@mplsgordon2 @OrangeisGood50 @RealJMPeterman @deenafaywinter @OmarFatehMN The supposed figure of 80k hasn’t changed in years and doesn’t even take into account normal population growth.
Every Somali family I see in the park has 2-3 kids, easily.
Absolutely no way based on lived experience is Somali heritage population in MN less than 250k.
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