Latino/Hispanic

SilasSouleII

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4. I don't want to be referred to as "Latinx"

Wed Mar 4, 2020, 01:15 PM

Mar 2020

Latino and Hispanic are ok but Latinx makes me cringe. Agree that there is no need to "fix" the spanish language. I still refer to myself as "Mexican American" because that's really what I am. Kind of like German American or Italian American vs European American, "Latino" clusters Latin American countries. "Hispanic" is used to to cluster all cultures that speak spanish together(not Portuguese or Brazilian from what I understand). Mexico is a North American country, I don't think there would be a movement to cluster Canadians, US citizens and Mexicans as AmericanX. Thanks TexasTowelie for bring up this topic.

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Progressives, Hispanics are not 'Latinx.' Stop trying to Anglicize our Spanish language. [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP

Heed this well, my fellow whities. WhiteTara Oct 2019 #1

Grammatical gender is only loosely attached to sex. Loki Liesmith Oct 2019 #2

Which Spanish language are you protecting? The Spanish spoken in Spain? In Mexico? abqtommy Oct 2019 #3

I don't want to be referred to as "Latinx" SilasSouleII Mar 2020 #4

I think that's fine. I won't use "Latinx" myself. I've been reminded by a waiter in Bogota that abqtommy Mar 2020 #5

It does kind of grate on the nerves a bit. old as dirt Dec 2021 #6

It is said as Latin - x (three syllables). TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #7

It works fine as an English word. old as dirt Dec 2021 #8

I took a couple years of Spanish while in college, TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #9

My Spanish is awful, and it's only gotten worse over time. old as dirt Dec 2021 #10

The best thing about taking Spanish during my last two years in college TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #11

I always say that... old as dirt Dec 2021 #12