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How would you feel if people of another race, especially one that has historically oppressed yours decided they knew better than you and decided to change the r
by wonderwonder 4y ago
How would you feel if people of another race, especially one that has historically oppressed yours decided they knew better than you and decided to change the rules as to how you were referred and if you objected told you it was for your protection?
- dragonwriter 4y agoLatine and LatinX don't come from “people of a different race” than those it applies to (even without considering the artificial race/ethnicity distinction.)
- wonderwonder 4y agoDoes it really matter? If the majority of latin people don't like it, then why force it on them?
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Does it really matter? Insofar as people are repeating the false origin as if it matters, apparently.
- wonderwonder 4y agoThere is no proof to the origin of the term. Your claim that it was invented by Latin Americans is as solid as mine that it was a white construct. Either way I have never seen it used by anyone besides DEI types and academic white people