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It's a gender-inclusive term for latinos and latinas, which themselves are terms mostly in use in the US. I have not seen "Latinx" receive a warm welcome in Sp
by jordigh 8y ago
It's a gender-inclusive term for latinos and latinas, which themselves are terms mostly in use in the US.
I have not seen "Latinx" receive a warm welcome in Spanish-speaking countries, but it seems to be gaining traction in the US. I think it's pronounced, in English, "latin-ecks". I'm not sure anyone has attempted a Spanish pronunciation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx
- yourbandsucks 8y agoYou know, maybe we ought to think twice before we tell a billion spanish speakers how they should or shouldn't talk? Maybe it's just me, but I'm getting the mental image of some silicon valley kid with a 2 million dollar house telling people who live in corrugated-roof shacks that they're 'uninclusive'. And it pisses me off unreasonably.
- jessaustin 8y agoI would have guessed "la-tinks"... Not surprised that this isn't popular where Spanish is the primary language. It seems to be a sort of "white feminist" thing, rejecting/correcting aspects of a non-Anglo culture for reasons that have no relevance in that culture.
- turtlecloud 8y agoIt’s mainly feminists / activists attempting to change the language. Many languages have masculine/ feminine words. Ie Latino/Latina and la/el. For them it is deconstructing the oppressiveness of genders but imo most don’t fundamentally think there is anything wrong with something being particularly masculine or feminine.
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- umanwizard 8y agoIt is only used by a tiny minority of people even in the US.