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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 stu
by 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 agoIronically, 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 agoWhich 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 agoIt 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 agoI understand some edgy SJWs using this on twitter... but in a scientific article?