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  • Somalis Came To Maine For Security (Barf)

    12/07/2002 8:17:56 AM PST · by Tancred · 13 replies · 237+ views
    Kennebec Journal Online ^ | December 7, 2002 | Amy Calder
    WATERVILLE — Imagine there is a civil war in this country, it becomes ravaged, and you are sent off to Somalia as a refugee. You leave behind everything you know — your language, culture, many of your loved ones — and are immersed in a whole new world. You have 12 children to support. Try to find a job, when you cannot speak the language. Try to get hired, when you are the only white person in a pool of black candidates for one job. "You go to find work and you can't even fill out the application because you...