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The author's numbers are questionable. The study is linked - 800 participants, the actual question > Does the use of the term LatinX to describe the Hispanic
by nineplay 5y ago
The author's numbers are questionable. The study is linked - 800 participants, the actual question
> Does the use of the term LatinX to describe the Hispanic or
Latina(o) community bother or offend you?
I'd say there's a difference between "bother or offend" and "found offensive". Breaking it down further
> 20% "Yes, a lot"
> 11%, "Yes, somewhat"
> 9%, "Yes a little"
20% 'a little or somewhat bothered' is a lot different than 20% offended
If we trust Wikipedia that Latinos are 18% of the US population and 20% of that population is "a lot" offended by Latinx, we get down to 3%. I'll grant that I was incorrect in my 99% assumption, but 97% isn't much better.
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017d-81be-dee4-a5ff-efbe74ec0000 https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017d-81be-dee4-a5ff-efbe7...
- leephillips 5y agoSo the author’s claim is correct, that 40% of the population that the slur claims to refer to find it offensive. Although some of that 40% just found it "somewhat" or "a little" offensive.
- nineplay 5y ago20% said it bothered them, somewhat or a little. I find "bothered" much milder than "offensive"
- Kavelach 5y agoThe issue with the 97% percent you arrived at is the implicit assumption that only people from the US read the article.
- kcplate 5y agoAre we really arguing over the validity of a brand new activist word coined to describe a culture where some reasonable percentage of said culture find it bothersome/offensive, and is likely never going to used by 97% of the culture because the predominant language they use is grammatically gendered? This to me smacks of elitism and making the intention more important than the effect.