Posted on 01/10/2023 6:57:55 PM PST by Olog-hai
Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will prohibit the use of the term “Latinx” in government documents through an executive order.
Sanders, who was sworn in as the first female governor of Arkansas on Tuesday, justified the ban of the word “Latinx” in government documents and name titles by citing a Pew Research poll that found only 3% of American Latinos and Hispanics used the term to describe themselves.
“Ethnically insensitive and pejorative language has no place in official government documents or government employee titles,” Sanders’ executive order states. “The government has a responsibility to respect its citizens and use ethnically appropriate language, particularly when referring to ethnic minorities.
Progressive groups and some politicians have pushed the term “Latinx” in recent years as a gender-neutral alternative to the Spanish words Latina and Latino.
Sanders noted in the executive order that the Real Academia Española, a Madrid-based institution that serves as a linguistic guide for Spanish, officially rejects the use of “x” to replace “o” and “a” as a way to identify gender in the language. …
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I’m loving the sound of GOVERNOR Sarah Huckabee Sanders. It resonates well.
Good for her.
Another one bites the dust.
There’s a better reason to ban it. It’s a fabricated meaningless word.
Only woke white people like the term “Latinx” She probably won a lot more voters with that move.
Me too. She’s going to make a great governor I think.
Modifying the Spanish language with arbitrary English constructions shows a disrespect for the language, people, and culture of Spanish speakers worldwide.
Because you silly little brown people don't know how to speak a proper language. < /woke mode>
Seriously, the same people who would howl about cultural imperialism have no problem with trying to force a neuter gender on a Romance language. You vill obey your Teutonic master venn vee force you into our way of shpeakink with a neuter gender. Vee vill even neuter your women when they are young women or girls.
Its not brown people as much as it is white liberals- the foundation of almost every problem in America. Lots of latinos hate the word latinx:
Presidential timber in another decade or so.
Ja!
+1
I was trying to imitate the superior attitude of white leftists when dealing with other cultures that “need” their enlightenment. It’s a modern leftist White Woman’s Burden.
More winning!
I wasn’t a fan but I’m becoming one.
Does the English language have a gender neutral term for Mr and Mrs/Ms?
"Comrade".
Agree a 100%
I think she’s going to rival DeSantis for my favorite governor.
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