Wouldn't you be offended if...?

Question

Well, I was out with my friend and she's dark skinned and so am I...You would think tha as diversified Miami is that racism and prejudice would be almost non-existent, unfortunately that isn't the case..We went into a Macy's store and my friend who knows and speaks spanish overheard two latin ladies speaking in spanish and they called my friend "MONO SIN PELO.." I was shocked and hurt and disgusted. It was awful...My friend was hurt and she felt so degraded..I was speechless..my friend cut her hair bald and she's beautiful..anyways, I thought that out of many groups that spanis people would be the least racist considering that they have African ancestry and what you call"black hispanics or afro cubans..I'm really sad, and even though the comment was directed to my friend, It went through me like a sword...no wonder sometimes i feel like potential guys of latin or european descent wouldn't truly be interested in me, even if I was smart and beautiful, because of my FU***n skin color.. :(

Answer 1

Honey don't let ignorant fools get to you like that! They are the scum of society, the narrow-minded people that slow society from improving. Sadly, I too have felt your pain as I'm asian. But I don't let it get to me because I know I'm better than them for not being shallow enough to judge people by their skin color. There are always going to be stupid, rude ignorant people wherever you go...

If potential guys would be dumb enough to not date you because of your skin color, they're not even worth going out with to begin with. You're smart, you're beautiful..you'd be able to do better anyway. Think of it as weeding them out without having to spend any effort on them.

Be proud of your skin color! I'm proud of mine.

Answer 2

I'm terribly sorry that happened to your friend and you. I don't know what the term mentioned means but I'm betting its NOT complimentary. Look, there's ALWAYS going to be idiots in this world, idiots of ALL races. Funny-blacks treat those of darker color differently and aren't they all really the same? Same with Hispanics-you come in all shades of beautiful colors, but the fact that you're all Hispanic should make it a non-issue among your own. But somewhere down the line the RIGHT people will come along and see the women inside you and your friend, not the pigmentation in your skin. Don't let the idiots get to you, please!.