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comradebillyboy

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3. Latinx? Here in NM I have never seen a Hispanic

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Thu Apr 15, 2021, 07:43 PM

Apr 2021

person refer to themselves as Latinex. And according to the last census the majority of Hispanics in this state identify as white.

Sorry but that bullshit made up word offends me.

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