Uh, actually the Latins were from the peninsula of Italy. So actually Italians are the real latinx people.
Do any actual people of color even say latinx or is it just Liz warren stans
No it's a real thing. Early days of the site there was a huge struggle session but consensus is it's not popular but still used, especially by Latinx activists and such.
Fair enough, I guess it's less cringe than I thought if it's being used by the people who it describes
Yeah when I started talking with Latinx comrades who use the term I got fully on board with it.
Maybe they should try being less cringe and use "latines", like the cool people who lives in latam does.
In Latin America it is not very popular, but where I live it's common among young college educated hispanic people.
So this is obviously a shitpost but just to clarify Latinx doesn't refer to Spanish people, right? Like Spaniards can't claim they're Latinx because they're not from Latin America, right?!
Yes, Most Spaniards wouldn't consider themselves Latinx or Latino for that matter.
yeah that's kinda what I meant. Also, if the "racism" a family friend told me about a decade ago, is anything to go by, Spaniards don't think kindly of Latino Americans.
I’m not familiar with the Spanish Racism factory. Deeply familiar of the American brand tho.
Tho it was immediately adopted by the targeted group so it's not like a strong slur.
Also, it allows the existence of the term "sudakkka" which is a good generalization for words like "whitexicans".
Yes, I just made it up.
Technically it does, in the same way that people from North Africa and the middle East are also "white" according to the US government.
people from North Africa and the middle East are also “white” according to the US government.
TIL
it's a grey area as someone racist against latinx people isn't going to bother differentiating the Spanish from them. Similar to how people aren't going to be just racist to Chinese people and will just say they are while being racist to asians in general
people aren’t going to be just racist to Chinese people and will just say they are while being racist to asians in general
I see someone hasn't seen how weird fascist weaboos can get
Latin Americans are Spaniards mixed with indigenous peoples. Meet real Spaniards and they're barely alike.
Except for that horrible lisp when speaking Spanish. Good lord, my ears.
They are mixing up "latin" (as in latinamerican) with "hispanic".
I guess it's correct to say spanish speaking latinamericans are hispanic. But people born in Spain aren't latin, unless of course that's their family culture.
I may not get far tilting at windmills, but I'd wager I could get a fair bit of publicity hitting this stand with a lance