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Related: About this forumHadn'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
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,727 posts)1. For what my opinion as a non Hispanic is worth,
I have not seen that term before.
And it strikes me as a bit dumb. Nothing wrong with Latina or Latino.
syringis
(5,101 posts)2. I think exactly the same
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)3. How about
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
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)5. Fair enough.
n/t.
latinaliberal
(102 posts)4. I thouhgt
It is used by millenials. You know, trying to be different.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)6. I think it is also associated with LGBTQ activism.
I've heard it a lot here in Olympia.
demosincebirth
(12,740 posts)7. I think it's derogatory. I am what I am and not Latinx