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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 02:21 AM Oct 2017

Hadn't posted here yet, so "Hi", and I've got a quick question

Last edited Mon Oct 9, 2017, 11:45 PM - Edit history (1)

There's been an effort made in the last couple of years to get people to use the term "Latinx"-pronounced "Lateen-x"-as a gender-neutral substitute for the words "Latina" and "Latino".

Where do folks in this group here on DU think of that? Is it a term you are using?

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Hadn't posted here yet, so "Hi", and I've got a quick question (Original Post) Ken Burch Oct 2017 OP
For what my opinion as a non Hispanic is worth, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #1
I think exactly the same syringis Oct 2017 #2
How about Soxfan58 Oct 2017 #3
Fair enough. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #5
I thouhgt latinaliberal Oct 2017 #4
I think it is also associated with LGBTQ activism. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #6
I think it's derogatory. I am what I am and not Latinx demosincebirth Apr 2021 #7

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,727 posts)
1. For what my opinion as a non Hispanic is worth,
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 03:16 AM
Oct 2017

I have not seen that term before.

And it strikes me as a bit dumb. Nothing wrong with Latina or Latino.

Soxfan58

(3,479 posts)
3. How about
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 06:30 AM
Oct 2017

We all just be humans. All on this planet together.But next time I see a hispanic person on the street I think I will call them friend

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