That feels more like a English/British thing. Both groups hardly interact outside the UK really.
2 weeks ago | 153
I grew up in and am currently in Nigeria, I've never even heard of beef with diasporans living in the Caribbean. If anything, I get a little jolt of pride whenever I see elements of my culture (Yoruba) reflected in theirs.
2 weeks ago | 26
A thing a lot of people don’t realize is that most Africans living in Africa don’t go by, or even know about, the concept of being “Black.” They don’t see Black people in other countries primarily as part of the diaspora but as American, British, Jamaican, etc
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I remember a charity I was working for a while ago organised a community event in a majority black neighbourhood in London. The local population was mostly Carribean but the charity organiser (who was white) had booked an African comedian. Most of his repertoire was making fun of Carribean black culture. It was... kinda awkward.
2 weeks ago | 28
Hi, fellow Nigerian American. Not that I’m aware of. I’ve only met one Jamaican girl bad mouth Nigerian men, but It’s all love over here. 💯
2 weeks ago | 8
I love how the options are the comic boondocks characters and then there's just Iris from Pokemon in the middle.
2 weeks ago | 7
(This is my perspective as a Ghanaian-American born & raised in the Dallas, Texas area) we don’t have a giant caribbean population here, but when we do interact it’s really all love, same thing with Black Americans.. a lot of the division i see really is ONLY on the internet tbh. I definitely think it’s a symptom of white supremacy, colonization, & ignorance on all fronts.
2 weeks ago (edited) | 8
As a caribbean man living in the caribbean i have no beef with any african and i think majoty of the people i know dont hate africans either
2 weeks ago | 23
I have never heard of any such beef. My sister and I are a product of a lack of beef, a Caribbean mom and a west African dad.
2 weeks ago | 20
Experienced a bit of it in high school and college; I can’t remember exactly what the argument was about (I think it was something to do with maths or being smart in general) but this girl a year above me was saying something negative about Jamaicans in our friend group, then when I told her my mum was Jamaican she went “Oh, I thought you were African”. And there was the general Jamaicans “vs” Africans rubbish in my high school and some of my family members… Didn’t understand it, still don’t 😕
2 weeks ago | 2
As a Nigerian American, we have beef? Yo, my therapist is Trini and we got a lot in common.
2 weeks ago | 4
Yeah, especially in the UK, class conflict is real. Especially with the UK governments migration policies towards African migrants vs Afro Caribbeans.
2 weeks ago | 3
As a Puerto Rican I didn’t know there was beef, we loveeee and embrace our African culture in the Caribbean
2 days ago | 0
From personal experience in african diaspora nah not really. There can be some dumb prejudices that older generations have for sure which is jarring. (Not to the point of "beef" tho) In the UK theres not much distinction made by being african vs carribean when it comes to racism. So its more of a relief being around black british ppl in general. Maybe it was a bigger problem for older ppl, but i dont see anyone under the age of 30 giving a sh1t now.
2 weeks ago (edited) | 5
I can't say... I mean I'm African and I've gotten a "what's your tribe" comment from a mixed Carribean in my class but I feel it was more friendly fire (I mean I assumed he was Jamaican so-) I suppose it is worth noting I remember seeing an African-American on Twitter trying to distance himself and the overall AA community from African immigrants, but tbf he was kind of an Uncle Tom anyway so... There's also diaspora wars but that's more like me and a Nigerian arguing over whose jollof is better
2 weeks ago | 4
Yep, being compared to an african was like saying a swear word in my Haitian family. My parents hated african hair styles, calling them "ugly" and "monkey like" to the point where I wasn't allowed to grow my hair past a couple of centimeters. There is a great obsession with having light colored skin, so we had a lot of skin bleaching products. I can't speak for every Haitian, but I suspect the hatred had something to do with the country itself being a manifestation to white society of being "on the same par," or "comparable" to white races and nations.
2 weeks ago | 1
As a carribbean who had many cousins with, and who himself has an African name, my female cousins say that they are often hit on by African men thinking they are African too. Apparently once they find out they are not African, they become "not good enough" to bring home.
1 week ago | 0
TheStoryteller
Do Africans & people from the Caribbean have a history of beef with each other?
Discuss.
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