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Latino/Hispanic

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 [View all]

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 [View all] 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