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

Guyanese-Americans are still very racist people.

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u/Retrophoria Apr 29 '25

This is a generalization. Who are they racist to?

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

The Indo-Guyanese population of NYC, which is the largest population outside of Guyana, is filled with individuals who hold racist sentiment against people of African descent, especially Afro-Guyanese and African Americans.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

make sense since they are indians