Is it racist to advocate for the repatriation of Somali refugees from America back to their homeland? Or patriotic?  Somali patriotism. Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin and Ohio have given sanctuary to many Somalis fleeing war conditions in Somalia. “Since the 1990s more than 100,000 Somalis have come to America as refugees. Many settled in the Minneapolis-St Paul area, which today is home to around 75,000 immigrants from Somalia and their children. The Cedar-Riverside neighbourhood in the Twin Cities is sometimes called “Little Mogadishu”. After they arrived, Somalis clustered and kept to themselves;….. Somali women made little effort to learn English. ……Somalis are one of the most troubled groups of immigrants. Many young Somali men are in prison; many Somalis of both sexes drop out of high school. Unemployment hovers around 21%, the highest of Minnesota’s five largest immigrant groups. More than half of Minnesota’s Somalis are poor. Many are isolated from other immigr...