RE: You Know You're from Suriname If.......? 🌴 Laughing with Stereotypes
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@JustinParke here on behalf of the ReggaeJAHM Community.
Those stereotypes could be used for many Caribbean countries, but it's definitely a uniquely Suriname viewpoint on these stereotypes. I like the expression about the crab mentality too. I didn't know the stereotypes of where I was from until I moved to Colorado, and I realized everyone automatically assumed I'm better at manual labor than anyone from Colorado.
I was raised on a popcorn farm in Indiana, so actually this was true in my case. I quickly realized I could get any landscaping or construction job just based off of where I was born. Stereotypes helped me in that case.
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Thanks @justinparke. It's always funny when you actually fit one of the stereotypes. The important part is that you can laugh at it. A unique viewpoint that not many have is that stereotypes can benefit you. Like the Asian landing that accounting job because he's assumed to be good at match or the black guy getting the girls, because... 😅
Some may view all of this as racism, but to me racism is in the intent and not the words or statements themselves.