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?

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u/SAMURAI36 Jamaica 🇯🇲 Apr 28 '25

LOL, there's plenty of racism in the Caribbean.

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u/Awkward-Hulk 🇨🇺🇺🇸 Apr 28 '25

Let me fix that for you: there is plenty of racism everywhere.

It's un ugly part of human nature that I'm sure served some purpose in our cavemen days, but is an absolute cancer today.

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u/SAMURAI36 Jamaica 🇯🇲 Apr 28 '25

You didn't fix anything. The question was about the Caribbean.