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Celerity

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14. You are leaving out the Francophones in the Caribbean and South America (mainly in French Guiana), a

Reply to Hekate (Reply #5)

Sat May 28, 2022, 07:15 AM

May 2022

very small amount in Central America, plus the ones now living in the US (majority of those in the US are Haitian or of Haitian descent).

They too are Latin Americans but not Hispanics.

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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