Why are people being racist toward me?

Anonymous

I'm an afro-Latina and I live in an are where it is mostly white and Hispanic people but I've noticed I've had problems with older Hispanic people being mean towards me even tho I look exactly like them just with afro hair, my skin is the same color as theirs I don't understand why they say mean things about me, like today this older Hispanic woman and her two kids were walking up the street and she saw me and told her kids something and they began to laugh at me and then when I got up the woman took her kids to the other side of the street to walk a different direction, shit made me very sad because it made me feel like I didn't belong because I had the same problem with black people also they started being mean to me and pointing out the fact that I have Hispanic skin and some Hispanic features and started to talk shit about me, I dont know what to do anymore I get very sad because of this because I feel like I'm being seen as some kind of creature rather than a person that can be from both races, but some of the hispanic kids at my school seem to like me except for some of the hispanic girls and some of the black girls and alittle bit of some of the dudes, but a good majority of the Hispanic dudes seem to like me, but I feel pressured a lot because people treat me weird, why do people treat me strange because im both minorities?

Why are people being racist toward me?
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