Biden's Mexican Now?!

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(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.

I understand why it exists, but I haven't encountered its use outside of the internet nor have I met anyone who takes issue with just "Latino" to describe the group as a whole. 

I use "guys" a lot to refer to my class. We had an admin talk about her doing the same thing last year and working on using neutral language, though she admitted its hard to break those habits. It's actually beneficial for me when speaking with students who are trans boys (who I've known 4 in the last 5 years) because then I'm always says "dude".