西雅图的索马里移民社区成立于二十世纪七十年代和八十年代，最初由大学生和工程师组成的一个小型团体。1991 年索马里内战爆发，数以千计的索马里难民来到西雅图，因此在过去的 20 年里，索马里移民成倍激增。他们主要定居在雷尼尔瓦利 (Rainier Valley)，向南延伸到塔奇拉 (Tukwila) 和西塔克 (SeaTac)。索马里学生是西雅图公立学校的第二大双语言群体，该地区尽力安排满足他们的需要。索马里文化中包括家族体系的观念，也有坚定的互助价值 观和非正式的资源集中系统 (亦称为 ayuto orhagbad)，该系统中的成员进行集资捐赠，然后每个成员可轮流使用资金。这个组织紧密的社区已建立商业、宗教组织和社会服务机构。新闻杂志 《Runta News》使用英语和苏马里语出版；索马里电视频道通过西雅图有线接入网播出节目。他们也面临很多挑战，通常来自于大多数移民群体面临的困难。另外，在公 众意识中，在很大程度上把此穆斯林社区同 2001 恐怖袭击联系起来，从而导致索马里社区受到歧视和与政府机构的关系紧张。
西雅图的索马里社区
- By Jennifer Ott
- Posted 11/19/2010
- HistoryLink.org Essay 9634
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