I'm so sorry you went through that, but damn, I know the situation! You know me well enough now to know my story. We're the same age, and although I look more like my white mother than my Dad, I did get some features from him. I look younger than my kids (32, 29 and 27).
White women do the same thing to me. They'll go so far as tugging their men away from me, as if I chose to look this way. I almost want to say, "bitch, If I wanted your man, I'd have had him." But you know, gotta be polite.
You're beautiful. I know telling you it's their insecurity fixes nothing. But at this point it's all I have. It's nont good enough, and I really don't know how we can change things, but I wish we could.
Damn, I may write something.....