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What is it with these latinX (the "X" thing, not the latin- part) popping out everywhere?

bookofjoe 4y ago
From Wikipedia: >Latinx is a neologism in American English which is used to refer to people of Latin American cultural or ethnic identity in the United States. The gender-neutral ⟨-x⟩ suffix replaces the ⟨-o/-a⟩ ending of Latino and Latina that are typical of grammatical gender in Spanish. Its plural is Latinxs.
- throwup 4y ago
  Serious question: how do you pronounce "Latinxs"?
  - belval 4y ago
    I've always said it as "latin-ex" and "latin-exes", but I could just be using it wrong.
  - akomtu 4y ago
    La-tinkss with long ss at the end. Another possible interpretation: latin extra-small.
CommitSyn 4y ago
White people don't like that the language is gendered, so instead of Latina (female) and Latino (male) they told everyone they should be using Latinx and it stuck. I've seen a number of Hispanic people get irritated that people are trying to take away from their culture and language, and others that say they don't care.
- version_five 4y ago
  Ironically, it's a kind of (figurative) colonialism where a ruling class is imposing their culture and quasi-religious virtue structure on other languages and cultures.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Which is really dumb. I’m learning Spanish now and everything is gendered in Spanish. And this is not meant to be a political rant - no one could ever call me right wing - but a major reason that Democrats are starting to lose the Hispanic vote is because they are seen as to pandering with crap like this. For context, I’m a minority.
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- bergenty 4y ago
  It has definitely not stuck. Not even in progressive communities. It’s back to being Latino just about everywhere.
  - CommitSyn 4y ago
    ...except this brand new scientific paper from Stanford.
- ajsnigrutin 4y ago
  I understand some edgy SJWs using this on twitter... but in a scientific article?
CobrastanJorji 4y ago
It's an English term for Latinos that non-Latinos in the U.S. use to signal inclusiveness (usually gender inclusiveness these days, but its history includes some LGBT inclusiveness as well). You see it a lot in corporate emails about awareness and sometimes in colleges and academia. It's mildly disliked by several parts of the political spectrum for a surprisingly diverse number of reasons, but it's generally well meaning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx.
- aetherane 4y ago
  Oddly the analogous change isn't applied to filipino/filipina
  - flatline 4y ago
    I would imagine the US Pinoy population is drastically smaller than the LatinX one.
    - drekipus 4y ago
      They are insignificant
- bewaretheirs 4y ago
  "Why are we using a word that is preferred by only 2 percent but offends as many as 40 percent of those voters we want to win?” https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/many-latinos-say-latinx-offends-or-bothers-them-here-s-ncna1285916 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/many-latinos-say-latin...
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Yes just like I as a Black person have to grit my teeth about all of the DI&E initiatives where we change branches from “master” to “main” and don’t use the term “KMS Master Key” because it’s “offensive” when I’m not aware of anyone of any color giving it a second thought.
klyrs 4y ago
https://www.dictionary.com/e/latine-vs-latinx/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/latine-vs-latinx/
akomtu 4y ago
It's a whistle to signal your tribe allegiance. The word sounds backwards on purpose, so it's not used by accident.
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kyle_martin1 4y ago

From Wikipedia: >Latinx is a neologism in American English which is used to refer to people of Latin American cultural or ethnic identity in the United States. The gender-neutral ⟨-x⟩ suffix replaces the ⟨-o/-a⟩ ending of Latino and Latina that are typical of grammatical gender in Spanish. Its plural is Latinxs.

throwup 4y ago
Serious question: how do you pronounce "Latinxs"?
- belval 4y ago
  I've always said it as "latin-ex" and "latin-exes", but I could just be using it wrong.
- akomtu 4y ago
  La-tinkss with long ss at the end. Another possible interpretation: latin extra-small.

CommitSyn 4y ago

White people don't like that the language is gendered, so instead of Latina (female) and Latino (male) they told everyone they should be using Latinx and it stuck. I've seen a number of Hispanic people get irritated that people are trying to take away from their culture and language, and others that say they don't care.

version_five 4y ago
Ironically, it's a kind of (figurative) colonialism where a ruling class is imposing their culture and quasi-religious virtue structure on other languages and cultures.
scarface74 4y ago
Which is really dumb. I’m learning Spanish now and everything is gendered in Spanish. And this is not meant to be a political rant - no one could ever call me right wing - but a major reason that Democrats are starting to lose the Hispanic vote is because they are seen as to pandering with crap like this. For context, I’m a minority.
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bergenty 4y ago
It has definitely not stuck. Not even in progressive communities. It’s back to being Latino just about everywhere.
- CommitSyn 4y ago
  ...except this brand new scientific paper from Stanford.
ajsnigrutin 4y ago
I understand some edgy SJWs using this on twitter... but in a scientific article?

CobrastanJorji 4y ago

It's an English term for Latinos that non-Latinos in the U.S. use to signal inclusiveness (usually gender inclusiveness these days, but its history includes some LGBT inclusiveness as well). You see it a lot in corporate emails about awareness and sometimes in colleges and academia. It's mildly disliked by several parts of the political spectrum for a surprisingly diverse number of reasons, but it's generally well meaning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx.

aetherane 4y ago
Oddly the analogous change isn't applied to filipino/filipina
- flatline 4y ago
  I would imagine the US Pinoy population is drastically smaller than the LatinX one.
  - drekipus 4y ago
    They are insignificant
bewaretheirs 4y ago
"Why are we using a word that is preferred by only 2 percent but offends as many as 40 percent of those voters we want to win?” https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/many-latinos-say-latinx-offends-or-bothers-them-here-s-ncna1285916 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/many-latinos-say-latin...
- scarface74 4y ago
  Yes just like I as a Black person have to grit my teeth about all of the DI&E initiatives where we change branches from “master” to “main” and don’t use the term “KMS Master Key” because it’s “offensive” when I’m not aware of anyone of any color giving it a second thought.

klyrs 4y ago

https://www.dictionary.com/e/latine-vs-latinx/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/latine-vs-latinx/

akomtu 4y ago

It's a whistle to signal your tribe allegiance. The word sounds backwards on purpose, so it's not used by accident.

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kyle_martin1 4y ago