09-17-2020, 11:06 AM
(09-17-2020, 10:28 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Interesting. Given that gendered language is intrinsic to all the languages descended from Latin what are your thoughts on the whole Latinx movement? As I stated above, everyone I know finds the term offensive and comical. Their position being that it's disrespectful to their linguistic heritage.
Not speaking for Pat, but around here things are about the same as I described. I use Latino more than anything just because of the multiple different countries of origin we have in my area (we are a refugee resettlement area) and that seems to be a more commonly used one in the community. We also see Latinx used around here on a pretty regular basis, but mostly by white folks trying to be inclusive or intersectional in their allyship. I've never really had a discussion with anyone in the Latino communities of the area about the term, but I have seen/heard some of the younger ones, usually women, using the term.
Personally, I don't really care too much. I'm still trying to get Scout leaders to stop just saying "boys" when referring to our Scouts, so I'm not even going down the "Latinx" road with them.
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