Never dealt with it but I somewhat see why .
Some of them can trace their bloodline back generations...whether tigray,amharic,etc,... they lose that when they date out so I understand.
I know east africans have a rep for being

however I'm seattle I don't get any bad vibes from Ethiopian or Somalian.
The Ethiopian oldhead have low tolerance for fukkery though..and if you speak to a woman and she doesn't say hello back...it is probably from being cautious and a respecting their husband thing over a

reason.