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ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Somewhat tangential, but my sister-in-law insists that people use “latinx” whenever she hears someone say latino or latina. This despite the fact that latinos overwhelmingly prefer the terms “latino” or “hispanic” to describe themselves; in fact most have never even heard the term latinx and most of those who have are offended by that, not by latino or hispanic. I like pointing out to my (very white) sister-in-law that there is nothing more white than telling other ethnicities what they should or should not be called.
buttfarts@lemy.lol 4 weeks ago
Frog@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Saving from what actually? 🤔
SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Presumably from her guilt
HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Latino/a individuals have overwhelmingly said “No” to Latinx
primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
okay but what do genderqueer people whose first language is spanish say?
Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Latine! It has the added benefit of being pronounceable in Spanish, unlike latinx.
primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
to be fair I don’t know how to pronounce the x in english either.
Liz@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
The male form doubles as gender neutral. Some people have tried to start using -e ending, but I’m pretty sure basically no one actually uses it.
primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
e ending is what I’ve seen from gender non conforming spanish-as-first-language speakers most often. I’m gonna go with it until it starts being overwhelmed with something else, languages being living things and them being the people who I see as having any right to determine this bit.
P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 4 weeks ago
As someone who is native of a romance language, I would prefer using the male form. It doesn’t feels 100%, but it’s worth it.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They can call themselves latinx and I would call them that as well, if that’s what they choose. The issue is with people (like my sister-in-law) insisting that everybody hispanic should be called latinx.
primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
im just saying, those are the only people who I listen to on this discourse and I will parrot whatever they say, because my tounge absolutely defiles that language every time I try to speak it.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Most of the Latino people I know are down to be called Spanish. Latinx is ridiculous.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Guessing you’re being downvoted because Latino != Spanish just like American != British. “Spanish descent” is applicable to some, but Latino backgrounds are as diverse as American or Canadian backgrounds. It doesn’t refer to a race or culture but to people who identify with the Latin American region (Central and South American and parts of the Caribbean).
This is a TIL for me btw, as I originally was just going to respond that it includes Portugese but then looked up more information about “Latino” because I realized my idea of it was very general and wasn’t sure if those with Aztec descent, for example, would be considered “Latino”. The answer is yes, along with many descendent from areas all over the world, in case the first paragraph didn’t make that clear.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
People just don’t know how many Latino people refer to themselves as Spanish. Especially in urban areas and traveling workers.
yetiftw@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
it’s about the minority that don’t feel as though latino/a doesn’t describe them. it’s not for the majority favored by the status quo
Evotech@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
So displease the majority to please the minority?
yetiftw@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
displease the majority to give visibility to the minority. no one is hurt when latinx is used, but the people latinx additionally represents face violence every day
Commiunism@lemmy.wtf 4 weeks ago
Actually it’s not as simple as pronouns in the English language when it comes to ‘latinx’. The word is not that easy to pronounce to someone who knows Spanish but doesn’t know English all that well, which are the people this word is supposed to include. It’s quite literally imposing English language norms on the Spanish language which can be considered offensive in itself.
Besides, personal opinion but it sounds stupid. If there’s a need to call someone from Latin America a gender neutral term, latine is a much better alternative - it’s more accepted within Spanish speaking communities, -e is already found in non-gendered names within Spanish language and just generally doesn’t sound like something Musk would have written.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
im pretty sure everybody faces potential violence every day, but what do i know.
P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 4 weeks ago
“when you try to please everyone, you please nobody”
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
On the other hand its basically Americans telling others how to speak their language.
yetiftw@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
latinx was coined by a latinx activist
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
most of those who have are offended by that
I’ve never heard of anyone having strong feelings, one way or the other, outside of the Internet.
JameUwU@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
My couple Latino friends think it’s stupid but idk if id say it’s a strong feeling
Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Latinx sounds like a new Linux distribution.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
we should make it a distro, just to fuck it over. Sounds funny to me.
MycelialMass@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I support this
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
What would the default language be?
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Latinx sounds like a cartoon about Latino fairies.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I thought it was a music genre for a long time.
lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It should also bee a cool drink or a bag of chips.
LATIN-X!!! THE BEST DRINK YOUR MOM HAS NEVER HEARD OF!!!