r/AskTheCaribbean • u/CompetitiveTart505S Caribbean American • Apr 28 '25

Culture Does racism between Caribbean people disappear in the diaspora

For example growing up I was never under the impression there were conflicts between Indo and Afro Caribbean people, because the Indo Caribbean people I met were all very nice and emphasized that we're all Caribbean.

I also have a Dutch friend who explained that Surinamese people seem pretty united in the Netherlands regardless of race, but this is an outsider looking in of course.

What do you guys think? Does this imply that ethnic tensions are more superficial, or is it really not that significant? Do you all have any contradictory or complementary experiences?

19 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

77% Upvoted

124 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/BoyMeetsMars Apr 28 '25

No, many Caribbean people are still antiblack and obsessed with ytness besides Haitians.

6

u/Much-East-7963 Apr 29 '25

kinda weird generalization and then "besides haitians"

6

u/Substantial_Prune956 Martinique Apr 28 '25

Whiteness is not synonymous with beauty in the Caribbean, rather mixed race is.

0

u/BoyMeetsMars Apr 28 '25

OP mentioned “in the diaspora”, not the Caribbean. I live in the USA, and the Caribbean ppl here are like that.

1

u/Substantial_Prune956 Martinique Apr 28 '25

Must be American thing, in mainland France this is not

1

u/[deleted] May 02 '25

No that is not true not in Canada