In the article “She carries a badge in Minnesota, the first Somali policewoman in St. Paul” it tells about a Somali policewoman Kadra who is the only police woman in St. Paul, Minnesota; where there are lots of immigrants from Somalia, Africa. When Africa was on war and violence, Kadra’s parents moved From Africa to Minnesota to get out of the chaos and started a family. When Kadra went to college, her first choice is to be a lawyer but then she changed her mind and became a police instead, because she wanted to help her community. Her job is to get out into neighborhoods and visit with local business owners and residents. Her main goal is to maintain peace and avoid racism or discrimination among people in their community, since there is strained relationship between Somalia immigrants and the city. She wants everyone to treat each other equal. She will even arrest a Somalia guy to be equal, though in their tradition men has more power than women, but she has to do it if he violated something. Some Somalia people think Kadra is crazy and should nopt be a police, but having police officers like Kadra can make things better with Minnesota Somali community’s major problems like, criminal street gangs and young Somali men who leave Minnesota to fight in wars in Somalia, Syria and Iraq.
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I feel that the Somali community of St. Paul Minnesota really need a police officer like Kadra Mohammed who treats people equal and makes the neighborhood a peaceful place. Kadra is really brave and tough to be able to handle these kind of jobs or responsibility.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What do you think About Kadra Mohammed being the only Woman in Minnesota? Do you think it really has an impact regarding with making/maintaining things better in Minnesota?
ARTICLE LINK: https://newsela.com/articles/somali-policewoman/id/5188/
I think it great to see a female taking action because now days most people think men are the ones who is keeping the community "Equal."
ReplyDeletethis shows that men and women can do the same exact task and there aren't much difference between the two gender.
I think this first woman police can really help the women around the world to lighten sexual discrimination; especially in places like Somalia where the tradition thinks men are better than women. I agree with you that Kadra Mohammed is a very brave woman. She sacrifices her own reputation to encourage other women to resist sexual discrimination. I believe her sacrifices will be worth it.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is good to see that women can also be police officers and do just as good as men. I like that she treats everyone equal no matter what.
ReplyDeleteIn nowadays, women have the same social status as men. So that, I hope the country that the women still cannot be free can have some law to help the women.
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