Am I crazy for taking personal offense to this?
Hey guys. I'm puerto rican and dominican. My dominican side is predominantly afro latino, but because it's dominican it's kind of complicated because alot of dominicans have a complicated relationship with their blackness. My father is light skinned, but I took a DNA test that came back showing i'm near 40% sub saharan african, and I know it mostly all comes from my father cuz my mom took a test too and has less than 10%.
Anyways, on to what that pertains too. I white pass, and alot of dominicans have been catching shit for saying "I no black, I dominican". So you can kind of see for someone like me, that absolutely tears at my racial self esteem about my afro latino side. Recently online I have been discussing topics about mixed hispanics/latinos. While I was talking about it, I was called a negro caribeño (derogatorily) by someone, and a mulatto ni***r by another. And honestly, it's happened before but every time it does it makes me question something.
Am I silly for being offended over that when I white pass? Many would tell me that I shouldn't be offended by that "because I look white", because i'm part afro Latino on my dominican side so it doesn't count. But I feel it's heavily disrespectful towards me, my people and my ancestors. It's not the same towards me I feel as say, a full white person calling another full white person the n word. It's a racial remark specifically geared towards me and people like me. Am I incorrect with this line of thinking?
Thanks for your time everyone