On the other hand its basically Americans telling others how to speak their language.
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yetiftw@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoit’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
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
yetiftw@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
latinx was coined by a latinx activist
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.
yetiftw@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
well the term was created by a latinx individual so that’s a bit of a moot point. I do agree that latine makes more sense but what do I know
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
im pretty sure everybody faces potential violence every day, but what do i know.
yetiftw@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
yes but obviously some people face real violence every day
P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 4 weeks ago
“when you try to please everyone, you please nobody”