#caribbean problems

[thescarlettempress]

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You fit any or all of the following criteria

You don’t live in America

You don’t live in mainland Europe

You live in a place Americans may not consider a “First world country”

You mix your spellings between American and British and you don’t want to choose one or the other because that’s just annoying

Pronounce English words with an accent because that’s just how you say it in your area.

You live in or grew up in the Caribbean

You have suffered the devastation of a hurricane first-hand

You know what it’s like to not have running water and can remain calm.

You speak and/or understand Patois or Papiamentu

You grew up hearing more than one language

You know what it’s like to suffer a power-outage for several hours and people don’t start a panic in the streets.

Power outages are annoying, but they aren’t the end of the world, so you can deal.

You can’t hear Soca music without wanting to dance or sing along, whether you know the words or not.

You see people of different races every single day and no-one gives a damn

You see black people every single day and no-one gives a damn

You are a black person and no-one gives a damn

You see Indian people every single day and no-one gives a damn

You are an Indian person and no-one gives a damn

You see Asian people every single day and no-one gives a damn

You are an Asian person and no-one gives a damn

You see Kalinago people every single day and no-one gives a damn

You are a Kalinago person and no-one gives a damn

You see Spanish/Latino people every single day and no-one gives a damn

You are a Spanish/Latino person and no-one gives a damn

You see white people every now and again and you don’t give a damn

You need to wake up and be in school/Used to wake up and get to school by 7:30 AM at the latest

Have heard names like Kalisha and Shamaki and no-one gave a damn

Have heard names like Yujun and Lifen and no-one gave a damn

Have heard names like Simran and Mahesh and no-one gave a damn

Grew up seeing official documents in English and a second language

Have a non-American passport

Only know a handful of fast-food chains because the rest don’t exist where you live

Live in or are from any of the following:

St. Maarten/Saint Martin

Dominica

Santo Domingo

Trinidad and Tobago

St. Barthelemy

St. Kitts and Nevis

Anguilla

Bonaire

Curaçao

Grenada

Barbados

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Puerto Rico

Jamaica

The Bahamas

Cuba

The Turks and Caicos Islands

Cayman Islands

Haiti

Dominican Republic

Antigua and Barbuda

Montserrat

British Virgin Islands

Guadeloupe

Martinique

St. Lucia

Guyana

Suriname

French Guiana

Venezuela

Aruba

St. Eustatius

Saba

You have family in any of the previously stated places

Have never been outside of the Caribbean

Know what the Netherlands Antilles was without Google-ing it

Find lack of knowledge about the Caribbean annoying

[glittter-vamp]

Working from my Abuelas house hoping the electricity doesn’t go out 🤞🏽🥲

[ohshititslezz]

Look Steph I’m glad yo ass won against the Cavs and all but this is unacceptable!! IT IS RASS CURRY CHICKEN NOT CHICKEN CURRY !! Lordt how many times do we have to tell you YOU CURRY THE CHICKEN NOT CHICKEN THE CURRY!!!!!

[guajiro-oriental]

Anybody remember doing this growing up?

[augustdementhe]

I fucked up.

Pushing play on my Spice playlist seemed like a good idea before I went into the bathroom to do my makeup, but now I have to poop and the toilet whine is too strong.

[gelopanda]

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[qyncess]

You've heard of sleep, now get ready for

csec

[souladventura]

"Say something in your accent for me"

bitch…

People don’t understand how irritating this is. I’m speaking “proper English” cause your stupid ass can’t understand me, because you won’t try to. My accent is my normal way of talking, I will not allow it to be your entertainment. Foh. When I’m comfortable around you, and know you won’t laugh at me or try to imitate me, you’ll hear it. You won’t have to ask. And btw, WE CAN FAKE AMERICAN ACCENTS JUST LIKE HOW YOU CAN MIMIC A BRITISH ACCENT AND VICE VERSA. IT’S LITERALLY THE SAME THING, STOP ACTING SO BEWILDERED.