Does racism between Caribbean people disappear in the diaspora

[u/CompetitiveTart505S]

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?

[u/Professional-Plan153]

Im just speaking from my personal experience but I feel like theres racial tension between Indo and Black Caribbean people in Surniame, Guyana and Trinidad because of the british due to colonialism and that ignorance that was put onto them just stayed there. Whereas in Jamaica, I feel like that just doesnt happen but maybe I just havent noticed it 🤷🏽‍♀️.

[u/Joshistotle → u/Professional-Plan153]

The ethnic divisions in Guyana were fomented by the British initially, and then in recent decades by the CIA : https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/31/guyana-cia-meddling-race-riots-phantom-death-squad-ppp/ Their own declassified documents reveal they literally spent millions of dollars on operations to destabilize Guyana and promote racial divisions. 

[u/Easy-Carrot213 → u/Joshistotle]

Well we also can’t ignore the elephant in the room which is the anti-Blackness that is inherent in Indian culture. I’m not saying this to be offensive but it’s an unspoken truth.

[u/SaltEconomist3674 → u/Easy-Carrot213]

Same in Trinidad 

[u/Drega001 → u/Professional-Plan153]

If the British are involved they're will always be chaos

[u/[deleted] → u/Drega001]

even before Britian. You have cultures from western asia who have been racist for centuries

[u/Retrophoria → u/Drega001]

India in the modern world is the case in point. Very much a product of Britain

[u/Retrophoria → u/Professional-Plan153]

Colonialism is a factor. There were issues and conflicts in Jamaica but not at the level of say GT or TNT

[u/[deleted] → u/Professional-Plan153]

cause Indians come western Asia. Indians are for centuries have bein racist to many people. Have you heard of the caste system in India. Its not the black people its the indians. Indians like pale, white skinned people

[u/One_Butterscotch9835 → u/Professional-Plan153]

Nope it exist in JA just on a smaller scale because there are less indo Caribbean people