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It is nonsensical to me. Latino is a Spanish short cut for Latinoamericano or Latinoamericana. The anglicized version would be Latinamerican or just Latin. So
by corpMaverick 8y ago
It is nonsensical to me.
Latino is a Spanish short cut for Latinoamericano or Latinoamericana. The anglicized version would be Latinamerican or just Latin. So they add the gender, Latino or Latina, and then renege it using Latinx. Why adding the gender in the first place?
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoBecause 'sense' and 'language' don't often overlap. Long ago, 'woman' was 'wifman' which meant something like 'one's wife'. And 'wif' meant 'spouse', gender neutral. Now try to convince anybody today, that 'woman' can mean either partner in a marriage. Its not used, today, anywhere close to that meaning. Nobody will be on board. We've got to move ahead from where we are, not where we're 'supposed to be' by anybody's rules.