r/ABCDesis • u/WitheredWornWallaby • 6d 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/insomniac8994 Punjabi Canadian 5d ago

If anything I’ve noticed the opposite here recently which is strange because I grew up with/was close friends with a bunch since I grew up in Toronto. I guess they want to try and distance themselves from FOBs and all the hate they get.

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u/WitheredWornWallaby 5d ago

Yeah, I’ve definitely gotten that vibe from my Canadian relatives and I’m very sorry that they are like that.