I generally agree with Bill Glahn’s observation in “The dog that never barked” (the adjacent post): “Not a single person in authority, not any elected official, no one in law enforcement, the judiciary, the state bureaucracy, the media, or elsewhere have linked these fraud scandals [i.e., Feeding Our Future, housing consultants, autism clinics, etc.] to any ethnic group or groups.”
A discreet silence obtains in the case of the frauds that have proved endemic to Minnesota’s Somali community. The thumbnail image of Guhaad Hashi — past Ilhan Omar enforcer and current Feeding Our Future defendant — has adorned my many posts on Omar and the frauds perpetrated by members of Minnesota’s Somali community with his admonition to shush. Intended for his fellow Somali Minnesotans, the admonition has been followed by others that Bill lists as well.
However, I think it would be fair to say that I have barked about these frauds in a manner that belies Bill’s point as I understand it. I wrote last month in “The fraud this time,” for example (emphasis in original):
I have an idea to lend [then Acting United States Attorney Joe] Thompson a hand. Those in positions of authority to speak to the “Minnesota men” of the Somali community need to get a message out. It’s not okay to steal from the Man. Whether you think it’s right or wrong, doing so may result in separation from your family and otherwise inconvenience you for an extended period of time.
That is a message that should be delivered face to face to “Minnesota men” and their religious leaders by the governor, the attorney general, the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the legislators representing the communities where the “Minnesota men” reside. I would add Fifth District Rep. Ilhan Omar to the list, but she is illustrative of the cultural observation I am venturing here.
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