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/[deleted] Apr 28 '25

No. The Chinese, Indians etc are still racist overseas. They might have some familiarity due to similar background but that'll go away once they are around other Chinese Indians etc.

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u/Joshistotle Apr 28 '25

Chinese and Indians from where? Caribbean ? Or their mainland countries?

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u/Retrophoria Apr 29 '25

Don't listen to that moron. Im happy to provide real answers from someone with a big Indo-Caribbean family. Also, the Chinese from the Caribbean make up such a miniscule number of people in the US