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Dorian Gray

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9. I agree with Ritchie Torres

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2022, 06:46 AM

May 2022

I work with a large Latin American population, and nobody uses that term. The people who do use the term? The white do-gooders in the non-profit world. The kids and parents we work with who come from South American, Central American and Caribbean countries? They don't use the term.

I have been told by people from those countries why they don't like it. (Mostly it boils down to "It's not from our language/culture.&quot

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Another Democratic Congressperson on "Latinx" [View all] brooklynite May 2022 OP

Months ago one of the LA Times' Latino columnists held forth on this. He'd never heard anyone... Hekate May 2022 #1

I thought Latino was the accepted term wryter2000 May 2022 #3

Latina is for women and girls, always has been. Some folks got irked at the language of their ... Hekate May 2022 #4

This is the problem with "Latinx" FBaggins May 2022 #16

It's changing one letter wryter2000 May 2022 #18

It's not that it's gendered per se wryter2000 May 2022 #17

Okay, but wryter2000 May 2022 #2

Hispanic refers to the Spanish language. Since the Spaniards settled so much of the Americas.... Hekate May 2022 #5

You are leaving out the Francophones in the Caribbean and South America (mainly in French Guiana), a Celerity May 2022 #14

A lot of people exclude Francophones. Igel May 2022 #20

well, 'Latin America' is derived from its Romance language speakers, which Portuguese and French are Celerity May 2022 #21

Thank you, I did. But I was trying to not write a dissertation using only Google, and as I freely Hekate May 2022 #24

TBF, my mum is Bajan, and I know much of the Caribbean like the back of my hand. Celerity May 2022 #25

I know and work with people who have Mexican/South American JoanofArgh May 2022 #6

Call me old fashioned, but maybe we should ask THEM what they prefer to be called? Novara May 2022 #11

YES! This exactly. JoanofArgh May 2022 #22

Who is "them"? Ron Obvious May 2022 #23

Non gendering is gaining momentum everywhere Easterncedar May 2022 #7

Pregnant people makes me laugh wryter2000 May 2022 #19

Why is this important to you? Voltaire2 May 2022 #8

Probably because Dorian Gray May 2022 #10

This, if the people to whom the term would apply don't want/use it - then I don't support it Amishman May 2022 #13

I agree. And, every article I've seen about this in the past several years has indicated hlthe2b May 2022 #15

I agree with Ritchie Torres Dorian Gray May 2022 #9

I tried using Latinx for a while, and it was frowned upon (far from just in DU) by many people of Celerity May 2022 #12