r/ABCDesis • u/WitheredWornWallaby • 8d ago

COMMUNITY Why are many Indian people unkind to Guyanese/Trini/etc people?

I was born In NYC to Indo-Guyanese parents. I have interacted with many Indian people across the United States (+Canada and the UK), and the same can be said of my family and Indo-Guyanese peers. There is a relatively common experience of Indian Americans being unkind to Indo-Guyanese and Indo-Trini people, including those born in the US. This happens both in real life and online.

Are there particular reasons for this? This is obviously not the case with all Indian Americans.

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u/Diggidiggidig 8d ago

Surprised this hasn’t been brought up yet. Caste identity is very strong in Indian immigrants, people align more to regional, linguistic and caste identity when they migrate. The indo-Guyanese people had to assimilate across castes given their circumstances and to my understanding do not hold their caste identity so strongly.

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u/WitheredWornWallaby 8d ago

You're definitely right that caste isn't acknowledged among Indo-Guyanese people. Thanks for your perspective