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its not fair to call hispanic/latinx people white
i did not go through years of racism for the color of my skin and my curly hair just to be called white. i hated my skin color as a child and i still hate having curly hair because of racism but when i finally accepted who and where i was from, tons of strangers online called me white? i just don't think its fair at all... ya'll even excluded most Hispanics from being able to call themselves a POC. people learned Hispanic/Latino wasn't a race and ran with it. i know i cant turn Latinx/Hispanic into a race but if someone asks for my 'race' i will not say i'm white. i don't have anything against white people but as a Latina with years of trauma connected to racism and sexism about my ethnicity, i really hate being perceived as american/white because it makes me feel left out and lost since i finally feel connected to my culture. this just makes me so upset, especially with all the equality movements going around
Ignoring that you're treating Hispanic and Latino as the same thing when they're very much not...
Since when were Hispanic and Latino people disqualified from being POC? If you're white you're white and if you're not you're not. Being Hispanic and/or Latino is a non-factor in that. That doesn't mean that Hispanic and Latino people aren't POC, and...... 1 reply
Seriously though, I hate being called white its dumb asf like shut the hell up, where did you get the idea that I was unseasoned you white cracker. reply
Um Hispanic/Latinx people are POC so I'm confused on the point of this but id just like to say that if you made this because people on the "internet" called you white and you got upset that is a little stupid. People cannot percieve you physically on the internet unless you tell them or show them what you look like. Other than that people who don't...... 2 reply
