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/Typical_Specific4165 Apr 28 '25

I lived in Guyana and GT definitely divided..like in Sophia I didn't see any Indians.

I've heard Jamaica is better. White or black they're just Jamaicans

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u/Retrophoria Apr 29 '25

Jamaica just has a high percentage of one group. But I will say Black Jamaicans are very including of Chinese, Indian, etc. Jamaicans

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u/[deleted] May 02 '25

They are but the Chinese, indian and arabs are the most racist group

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u/Retrophoria May 02 '25

I don't know of any racism by the Chinese or Indian in Jamaica. Arabs? Who knows any of them in JA? Lol. There are jokes and prejudice not like the type of discrimination Europeans put on Black Jamaicans