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• NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s the question from which fucked up shit start to happen, but let’s take it at face value.

  In that case, you can look for a segment of the minority group that aligns with your ideals (because not all of us think the same way, we’re not a collective mind) and offer them your support.

  Do you encounter, say, Latinos who support Trump? Leave them alone and offer support to Latinos who are critical of Trump; We’ll know how to use your help to take actions that benefit all of us, including those who are “wrong.”

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  • U7826391786239@piefed.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    do you approve of the term “LatinX”?

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    • NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nop! Not a single bit!

      I doesn’t fit the pronunciation rules of most latinamerican countries, not even Brazil. I mean, How do you “say” that? what sound does the X represents? It’s like “LatinEx”? That sounds so silly! Like a Kingdom Hearts Villain or something.

      If you want to be inclusive / non-binary, you better use “Latine” (La-ti-ne). That’s how the “inclusive language” works here.

      Although, I argue that “Latino” is OK either way, since you’re talking about the collective from “LATINO-America”.

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      • orlyowl@piefed.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Are there still more than like 5 people trying to make Latinx a thing? I thought that one kind of died out early on, but I’m not a member of that community.

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      • U7826391786239@piefed.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        thank you. i’m not latino, but it always struck me as WTF when all of a sudden “let me be offended for you” people decided they needed to “fix” an entire language’s “sexist” word that none of its speakers were ever offended by

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    • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It is important to understand the context of who defined it.

      It was mainly defined by queer people in various Latin communities as a self descriptor. LGBT acceptance within the various Spanish speaking communities in general is nowhere near universal, which explains why adoption of Latinx isn’t a thing.

      I’d only use the descriptor if I knew that a lot of people there within earshot wanted to use that description.

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    • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No, just “latin”. Drop the o or a, done

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      • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Or latine. Or just latino/a, depending on context, as is the norm in all of spanish.

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• Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Impossible. People like Jesse Lee Peterson don’t exist.

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