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Point of clarification: "Latinx" is not a real word. "Latino" serves perfectly well, and should be used instead of some made-up word created to assuage notions

by wyclif 6y ago

Point of clarification: "Latinx" is not a real word. "Latino" serves perfectly well, and should be used instead of some made-up word created to assuage notions of wokeness.

microcolonel 6y ago
Furthermore it doesn't make any sense in the Spanish language, where it is perfectly normal to have Latinos (n. m), Latinas (n. f), and Latinos (n. n). It is a word entirely for the American activist class.
- readarticle 6y ago
  The point is obviously to disrupt that normality, but it’s absolutely a word for and by US activists speaking English. The word used by activists in Latin America is “Latine”, if you’re curious. It’s actually pronounceable in Spanish!
  - paradoja 6y ago
    In the Spanish-speaking world you can find the endings -e, -@, and -x. Depending on the area/organization one or other can be used (also, differing ways of pronouncing them; I'm a native and barely have heard any one pronounce the -e versions ever).
wffurr 6y ago
It's not that cut-and-dried. Opinions vary: https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in-four-u-s-hispanics-have-heard-of-latinx-but-just-3-use-it/ https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in... In case you just read the "3%" in the title and dismiss it, here's a few of the interesting breakdowns from the survey: "Young Hispanics, ages 18 to 29, are among the most likely to have heard of the term – 42% say they have heard of it, compared with 7% of those ages 65 or older." "Use is among the highest for Hispanic women ages 18 to 29 – 14% say they use it, a considerably higher share than the 1% of Hispanic men in the same age group who say they use it." "42% of those who have heard the term describe it as a gender-neutral one." "12% of respondents who had heard of Latinx express disagreement or dislike of the term. Some described the term as an “anglicism” of the Spanish language, while others say the term is “not representative of the larger Latino community.”" Also, technically, all words are made-up. That's how we got words.
oa335 6y ago
All words are made up. This word was made up as a more efficient gender neutral way of saying "Latino".

by wyclif 6y ago

Point of clarification: "Latinx" is not a real word. "Latino" serves perfectly well, and should be used instead of some made-up word created to assuage notions of wokeness.

microcolonel 6y ago

Furthermore it doesn't make any sense in the Spanish language, where it is perfectly normal to have Latinos (n. m), Latinas (n. f), and Latinos (n. n). It is a word entirely for the American activist class.

readarticle 6y ago
The point is obviously to disrupt that normality, but it’s absolutely a word for and by US activists speaking English. The word used by activists in Latin America is “Latine”, if you’re curious. It’s actually pronounceable in Spanish!
- paradoja 6y ago
  In the Spanish-speaking world you can find the endings -e, -@, and -x. Depending on the area/organization one or other can be used (also, differing ways of pronouncing them; I'm a native and barely have heard any one pronounce the -e versions ever).

wffurr 6y ago

It's not that cut-and-dried. Opinions vary: https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in-four-u-s-hispanics-have-heard-of-latinx-but-just-3-use-it/ https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in... In case you just read the "3%" in the title and dismiss it, here's a few of the interesting breakdowns from the survey: "Young Hispanics, ages 18 to 29, are among the most likely to have heard of the term – 42% say they have heard of it, compared with 7% of those ages 65 or older." "Use is among the highest for Hispanic women ages 18 to 29 – 14% say they use it, a considerably higher share than the 1% of Hispanic men in the same age group who say they use it." "42% of those who have heard the term describe it as a gender-neutral one." "12% of respondents who had heard of Latinx express disagreement or dislike of the term. Some described the term as an “anglicism” of the Spanish language, while others say the term is “not representative of the larger Latino community.”" Also, technically, all words are made-up. That's how we got words.

oa335 6y ago

All words are made up. This word was made up as a more efficient gender neutral way of saying "Latino".