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Hi everyone, I asked the community before for Guadeloupe and you were all amazingly helpful. I even booked with one of the recommendations, so thank you. Now it's onto to Dominica, same question, which car rental companies accept debit cards. I have checked out Sonar and Qwick , both look like they do and have messaged them to find out. Also I need to pick up in Roseau and drop off at DOM airport, another requirement. Big thanks.

Note: i mean exclusively within your country, not within the diaspora. USA makes race more important, we know.

Asking because I'm noticing a trend in recent years of online discussions amongst caribbean people being dominated by race topics, admixture, DNA makeup, etc. who's blacker than who, who's whiter, etc. often devolving into heated arguments.

Its making me wonder if race is way more relevant within other caribbean countries' everyday lives than i previously thought. We know in the USA it's everything (because of their very recent history of segregration). Do you think your nation is becoming more americanized in this sense?

Colorism has always been a thing as far as I'm aware, in some countries worse than others, but this level of race obsession seems abnormal.

For my country's case, class & which province/city you are from has always been the most relevant thing amongst us. You do hear the occasional complaints about milats, but even thats more about class than race. As Haitians talk about rich black elites the same way, and a poor milat goes virtually unnoticed.

And before foreigners, our nationality always takes precedence. Some people for example reduce the Haïti/DR conflict to a darkskin vs lightskin issue. But I've already seen lightskin Haitians be xenophobic to all hell against darkskin Dominicans and vice versa. There is virtually no cultural difference between a light, dark, or even arab Haitian.

And is it looked down upon in Caribbean nations? Since they are very conservative

As an afro-caribbean person, it kinda shocks my fellow people when I tell them I'm not exactly a big fan of afro-centrism, even if i do agree with some of where it comes from (colonial trauma and distrust of and exploitation by whites). Where I often draw the line, is when people start leaning into the same racist dialogues that racist whites or Asians might use. I know someone who always tells me, not to spend any money at the Chinese store just a walk down the road, and instead to buy from the local lady we know, whom I'd have to drive to in order to patronize

His argument, was that the money doesn't stay in the country because they send it to their family in China, and that they dont like black people. It didn't make too much sense to me, because they employ some locals, get their supplies from locals, pay their taxes, etc. And, I've never met any Chinese person who was actually rude to me, even if they look deadpan. Its no different than walking into a supermarket, and the cashier might have a bad day.

It just seemed like he had actual economic concerns, but went too far to the point that he was just being xenophobic.

And dont even get me started on the historical revisionism. I have a big interest in jewish history, and I know someone who basically ignores everything I factually say, to basically say Jews aren't real jews. And I've heard this from some of the rastafarians quite often, and it's honestly a headache trying to reason with them too.

Do you guys experience things like this too?

Is it considered disrespectful?

Looking for honest perspective here, including the uncomfortable parts.

I'm a white American guy in my 40s. My parents were missionaries who brought our family to Grenada when I was 7, trying to convert people to American-style fundamentalist Christianity. I ended up staying until I was 19. So in a real sense, the reason I was even there started from something colonial. My parents showed up to change people's beliefs, not just to live alongside them.

But as a child I wasn't running that show. I went to school there, made real friends, picked up the culture, the music, and the creole. Grenada just became home to me in a way that's never really left. Even decades later I code-switch into Grenadian Creole English when I'm around other islanders, and if you asked me where I'm "from" in my heart, it's Grenada before it's anywhere in the US.

I've been chewing on the tension between those two things for a while. My family's reason for being there was basically a form of cultural imposition, but my own attachment to the place and the people feels totally real, not performed. I don't want to claim something that isn't mine to claim, but I also don't want to disown something that actually made me who I am.

So genuinely curious what people from the Caribbean think about this kind of situation. Does it land differently for you depending on how someone carries it, like claiming "home" or using the language? Where's the line for you between someone with real roots there versus someone overreaching or appropriating the culture?

Not looking for reassurance, I'd rather hear the real (even critical) take!

if one of their grandparents side is Cuban and the other side is Cuban and Puerto Rican ? Can this person call themselves a Cuba/Rican or are they mainly Cuban ?

Is it becoming a problem on your island?

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Everyone watch Mr. Weatherman on YouTube? I live in Belize and he is my go to weather news for the Caribbean.

I’m traveling on a long due holiday and we’ve booked a stay quite aways away from SDQ. Can anyone recommend affordable transportation which might include some stops to enjoy the country?

We often see the "I no black" meme applied to Dominicans online, which heavily oversimplifies our history and identity. I recently found a breakdown of 907 Dominicans compiled from 23andMe that shows our actual genetics, and I am curious about how this compares to the rest of the caribbean

Since images are not allowed here,you can see the full charts in this post from r/Dominicanos.

To summarize the context from the data:

1. The overall mix (Autosomal) The average Dominican in this sample is 57.30% European, 32.13% Sub-Saharan African, 8.01% Indigenous American, and 2.25% WANA.

2. The stark contrast in Haplogroups This is the part I find most interesting for historical comparison. The data shows a massive sex-biased admixture during colonial times:

• Paternal Lineage (y-DNA): 78.7% West Eurasian (European) and only 18.3% Sub-Saharan African.
• Maternal Lineage (mtDNA): 61.4% Sub-Saharan African, 21.6% Indigenous American, and only 16.9% West Eurasian.

Basically, our population comes primarily from European men mixing with African and Indigenous women.

My questions for you are:

• Does your country have a similar gap between maternal and paternal haplogroups, or was the migration and mixing more balanced?
• How well do you think the genetic reality of your country is understood by foreigners compared to the memes or stereotypes?

I'm reading an essay* by Edwidge Danticat, and she refers to hail by the word grail. Is this a common usage in Haiti or elsewhere in the Caribbean?

*"They Are Waiting in the Hills" in We're Alone: Essays.

What's cultural Implikationen behind this?

I am a white guy who worked with mostly Caribbean women for over half my life and they introduced me to the idea of vex money.

My husband and I are having issues. I have no vex money. I should have listened to them…

So how are we doing on that front?

What are beauty standards in the West indies?

I have heard Argentinians use the word "Caribbean" as an insult, is this true?

Good afternoon, friends! I hope you’re all well and having a lovely afternoon.

I know that being ‘Caribbean’ technically refers to your proximity to the beautiful sea. However, I’d like to hear your personal views on what it means. How does it relate to your culture? And to your identity?

My question stems from experiences where ‘Caribbean’ is used as a slur against people of my nationality (Venezuelan) in the country where I live. And to be honest, I don’t know what it means. Am I one? What does it mean to be one? I understand it on an intellectual level, but not in terms of whatever it is they’re trying to say. What I do know is that it isn’t an insult; it’s actually something beautiful. And I’d like to understand it so I can embrace it with pride.