Latinx. ???

[samintx]

“relating to people of Latin American origin or descent (used as a gender-neutral or nonbinary alternative to Latino or Latina).
"a unique Latinx perspective that other shows don't really capture"

This is one of the dumbest things I’ve heard in a long time. The people of Latin decent don’t like it but great minds are promoting.:RollingEyesSmiley5:

[graylocks]

samintx wrote:
“relating to people of Latin American origin or descent (used as a gender-neutral or nonbinary alternative to Latino or Latina).
"a unique Latinx perspective that other shows don't really capture"

This is one of the dumbest things I’ve heard in a long time. The people of Latin decent don’t like it but great minds are promoting.:RollingEyesSmiley5:

Some do. Some don't. it preceded the gender neutral non-binary discussions of the past few years. Arises more from the nature of the latin based spanish language where if you're referring to a group of women you say latinas and for men latinos. If the group was mixed you defaulted to latinos but contrary to how I was raised, one man in a group does not make it male. So someone came up with LatinX. It's been around for quite some time now. Surprised you're just now hearing it.

[SteveG]

too cutesy, too gimmicky. please consign to the trash bin of history.

[Ombligo]

My esposa thinks it is stupid. She said the whole language is based on gender, so unless they do away with o/a endings she isn't changing.

[Rolando]

HATE SPEECH

Racist colonizer exonym.

Keep that gender neutral BS away from español where everything is gendered!

Or at least use the term used in the Spanish Speaking world for persons who specify neither masculine nor feminine.
latine (la-teen-eh)

But even so, a mixed group of Spanish, male, female, and .... other would be a Españoles.

Same for a Mexicanos or Colombianos.

[Tiangou]

[mattkime]

I'm kind of surprised by the strange reaction for someone who's also appended an x to the end of their identifier.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Ombligo wrote:
My esposa thinks it is stupid. She said the whole language is based on gender, so unless they do away with o/a endings she isn't changing.

I grew up with and still associate with a great many Latinos. My first wife’s family, who I am still close with, are from Ecuador. They all feel the same as your esposa on the matter.

[sekker]

I gave up long ago judging what names people want to use for themselves. My policy is to ask and to do my best to use the terms - and accent, if I can hear it - that they use.

I also refuse to be some sort of mirror or approval/disapproval.

'You be you' is my motto.

This has served me well throughout my 50+ years, including the last 4+ where I had to deal with the absurdity that is academia in a deeply intense way. I'm not immune to it right now, but it's less day-to-day.

Frankly, of all the recent trends - 'Latinx' is pretty benign. But I will only use it for someone who uses it first. My first approach is to just use their name they call themselves.

[cbelt3]

Well put ! Naming a people is the prerogative of the people.

I mostly refer to myself as a spotted pink person. Or melanin deficient Celt.