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In advance of its heated mayoral election, we visited Minneapolis’ Somali neighborhood to ask its residents about Omar Fateh and Ilhan Omar, hear what they really think of America, and explore the corners of their community that few get to see.

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0:00 Intro
1:17 Salim
2:27 Questioning Locals
2:43 History of Cedar Riverside
3:10 Riverside Apartments
3:30 Facilities Manager
4:35 Running into Fateh
4:55 Omar Fateh Background
5:24 Ilhan Omar Controversy
5:56 Progressive Politics
6:27 Basketball 1v1
6:54 Somali Student
8:05 Cultural Differences
8:27 Somali Mall (Karmel Mall)
9:41 Sending Money Home
9:51 Immigration History
10:08 “People are Guarded Here”
10:26 Stopped by Security
10:51 Mall Tour
11:07 Cafeteria
11:21 Tim Walz Flag Change
11:42 Woman Entrepreneur
14:16 Somali Parliamentarian
15:07 Somalis in America
16:00 Somali-American Relations
17:21 American Contributions to Somalia
17:40 Somali Patriotism
18:04 Outro
18:44 Next Video

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