Despite externally-incited ethnic conflict, Guyana was a comparatively post-tribal melting pot of cultures and social classes. e.g. kids stack-ranked nationally into peer-group schools around age 10, based on standardized test. Outside Guyana:
Are you from India?
West Indies | South America | Guyana
Where are your parents from?
A couple hundred years ago, my ancestors left India
Oh <disappointed>
[every time: wait, what if I had said yes? nevermind]