[PDF][PDF] Racial formation and anti-Somali ideologies in Central Ohio
AM Waters - Bildhaan: An International Journal of …, 2013 - digitalcommons.macalester.edu
The central Ohio region, including the city of Columbus and its environs, is home to the
second largest population of Somali-born residents in the United States. In the decade after
civil war broke out in the East African nation of Somalia, about 30,000 of the million-plus
displaced Somalis were resettled in the United States by the Office of Refugee Resettlement,
a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services. 1 Once resettled in various
cities around the country, many then chose to relocate to central Ohio, where a small …
second largest population of Somali-born residents in the United States. In the decade after
civil war broke out in the East African nation of Somalia, about 30,000 of the million-plus
displaced Somalis were resettled in the United States by the Office of Refugee Resettlement,
a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services. 1 Once resettled in various
cities around the country, many then chose to relocate to central Ohio, where a small …