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Who should I believe, an editorial in the WSJ, where all I can read is the headline and some introductory text, before I hit a paywall? Or a search of the Miam
by eesmith 4y ago
Who should I believe, an editorial in the WSJ, where all I can read is the headline and some introductory text, before I hit a paywall?
Or a search of the Miami New Times web site at miaminewtimes.com where I can read about:
"Latinx Art Sessions Explores What It Means to Be Latinx in the Art World " - https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/things-to-do-in-miami-latinx-art-sessions-january-24-and-25-11052174 https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/things-to-do-in-miami-lat... and here's that museum using "Latinx" at https://www.pamm.org/en/collection/?term_id=1347 https://www.pamm.org/en/collection/?term_id=1347 .
"Latinx Playwright, Cast, and Director of GableStage's Fade Recognize Themselves in Story" - https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/things-to-do-in-miami-fade-at-gablestage-august-19-september-18-2022-15095756 https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/things-to-do-in-miami-fad... (Teo Castellanos is quoted as using 'Latinx' twice. He lives in Miami.)
"Gay8. Celebrating the intersectionality of being Latinx and queer, Gay8 takes over Calle Ocho on February 19. Expect everything from drag shows to live music and dance parties as you celebrate every color of the rainbow." - https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/things-to-do-in-miami-cultural-events-2022-and-2023-15367289 https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/things-to-do-in-miami-cul... .
Or a search of that event's web site, where https://www.gay8festival.com/news/gay8-festival-weekend-returns-for-the-fifth-year-this-presidents-day-weekend/ https://www.gay8festival.com/news/gay8-festival-weekend-retu... says "The festival is set to attract over 80,000 guests and 70 vendors, making it the largest Hispanic/Latino/Latinx LGBTQ hosted festival in the nation."
To be clear, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx highlights the various controversies in using the term, and how only "2% of US residents of Latin American descent in the US use Latinx", and how it's mostly a US term, with Latine more common in the Spanish-speaking world.
But 2% is not "Nobody", and I easily found counter-examples of people in Miami using it, making me distrust the editorial I am unable to read.