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‘Latinx’: Why do many Hispanics hate the term?
KTLA ^ | September 2, 2023 | Russell Falcon

Posted on 09/02/2023 5:55:10 PM PDT by artichokegrower

National Hispanic Heritage Month officially kicks off Sept. 15, marking the 35th year of the celebration of Hispanic cultures and their contributions to the U.S. As Hispanic people continue being one of the U.S.’ most visible communities, many questions about terminology arise.

The current most common ways Hispanic populations refer to themselves are “Hispanic,” “Latino/Latina” and “Chicano,” but the newer gender-neutral term “Latinx” attempts to be more inclusive to non-binary members of the population

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1984; chat; clickbait; hispanics; latinx; newspeak; transpeak; transspeak
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Naysayers call the term a form of “neocolonialism,” or a way for non-Hispanic progressives to control what Latin people call themselves — in other words, a “white people thing.”


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1 posted on 09/02/2023 5:55:10 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

As someone else here pointed out, they are forcing the Germanic neuter gender onto the Spanish language that does not have it.


2 posted on 09/02/2023 5:56:30 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: artichokegrower

Why do they hate it? Because a. it is stupid, and b. its sole purpose is to signal allegiance to the Transgenders.

Next question?


3 posted on 09/02/2023 5:58:14 PM PDT by jocon307 (Democrats delenda est.)
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To: artichokegrower

I thought it was a nude thing


4 posted on 09/02/2023 5:59:44 PM PDT by al baby (I know its the way the measure the cooling capability )
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...the celebration of Hispanic cultures and their contributions to the U.S.

Now do illegal aliens.

5 posted on 09/02/2023 6:02:51 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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but the newer gender-neutral term “Latinx” attempts to be more inclusive to non-binary members of the population


This new gender neutral term was invented by liberals to try to be “inclusive” to that rare person with gender dysphoria.

Hispanic / Latino people themselves did not invent that term. If they had, perhaps it would be more accepted. But since it was an invention of white liberals, actual Latino people shunt it aside as a farce.


6 posted on 09/02/2023 6:06:45 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: artichokegrower

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7 posted on 09/02/2023 6:09:13 PM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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Hispanics are not as liberal as most people think.

The propaganda will not work down in South America.

Here is a perfect recent example in Mexico no less: New textbook backlash continues with protests, book burning

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/new-textbook-backlash-continues-with-protests-book-burning/

8 posted on 09/02/2023 6:15:41 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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‘Latinx’: Why do many Hispanics hate the term?

Because it's something invented by white liberals and has nothing to do with Latinos, their culture or their language.
9 posted on 09/02/2023 6:16:59 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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Ah, the shoe drops !

The X is to include the trans !

They never made that claim before that I heard.

Smart Latinos !!!


10 posted on 09/02/2023 6:17:31 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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Wow!


11 posted on 09/02/2023 6:29:15 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: artichokegrower

It mutilates their culture and language to serve the whims of western Leftists; mostly caucasians.


12 posted on 09/02/2023 6:30:04 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

My Hispanic coworkers think it sounds too much like Kotex


13 posted on 09/02/2023 6:30:22 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Amazing isn’t it?


14 posted on 09/02/2023 6:30:25 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: artichokegrower

We hate the term Latinx because it is made up and ridiculous-it is meaningless in Spanish, which uses the male/female genders in conversation-and it is gibberish in English as well-it is just a term someone pulled out of their ass. And the majority of us are Caucasian-our ancestors were from Spain-not Africa or Japan or China-so please stop with that phony crap that we are offended by anything about white people-Caucasian is “white”-duh! Liberals are such idiots...


15 posted on 09/02/2023 6:32:35 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: artichokegrower

How about LatinXX and LatinXY?


16 posted on 09/02/2023 6:36:46 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Libloather

We hate mojados-probably more than you do because our ancestors came here legally-please do not even mention them in the same sentence with native-born Tejanos...


17 posted on 09/02/2023 6:37:01 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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“...“Latinx” attempts to be more inclusive to non-binary members of the population”


Perhaps Latinos/Latinas are sane enough to not which to alter their language to “be more inclusive to non-binary members”.


18 posted on 09/02/2023 6:39:34 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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No, thanks-how about Latino and Latina-or just Hombre and Mujer? Those terms would be proper-and not made-up by idiot libs...


19 posted on 09/02/2023 6:41:58 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: artichokegrower

I am a Gringo married to a Mexican from Mexico. She is well educated in our universities will several degrees in STEM. If I called her a “latinex” she would look at me and say, “what the hell are you saying.” She would say it in Spanish which I understand.


20 posted on 09/02/2023 6:42:42 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-roughneck-geologist- instructor pilot-almost chemist-pharmacist-retired.)
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