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> “But we would find them not only among the Latinx youth but also among many of the white youth as well. It seems like these variants—because Liberal is now a
by atomicUpdate 8y ago
> “But we would find them not only among the Latinx youth but also among many of the white youth as well. It seems like these variants—because Liberal is now a Latinx-majority community—are just becoming the way this community sounds.”
People actually use "Latinx"? Up until now I'd only seen that in discussions about it.
- dmix 8y agoI was surprised to see that as well. I thought it was for particular group, not as a replacement for 'Latinos'. Similar to people getting upset at using "guys" which the dictionary defines as referencing all genders, and only male when used as "guy". Latinos makes perfect common sense in the same way. This seems like a bit of activism by the author rather than entirely necessary, especially considering it links to an article about "Gender Inclusivity" from within an article about Kansas accents... Unless I missed the notice that using "Latino-majority community" is no longer correct?
- saudioger 8y agoIs using "guys" not plainly kind of dumb though? Once someone pointed it out to me, I can't help but feel foolish using it to describe a group of women. Conversely, if you call a group of men "ladies" you're being playfully derisive...
- toomanybeersies 8y agoIn romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian...) it's considered standard for a collective group of males and females to be referred to by the male pronoun. A group of exclusively females gets referred to with a female pronoun. I guess the same applies to "guys".