https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/hispanic-voters-latinx-term-523776

As left wing governments and corporations seek to reach out to Latin Americans in a more gender-neutral way, they’ve increasingly begun using the word Latinx, a term that first began to get serious use among United States academics and activists following the 2016 election of Donald Trump, but according to a new multinational poll of Latin American people, Latinx has unintentionally became one of the most homophobic slurs in Spanish and Portuguese. The incessant use of Latinx in advertising and government documents has only made the word more popular as a slur in only a few years. No Latin Americans polled referred to themselves as Latinx, the vast majority called themselves Hispanic or Latino even among the LGBT. What's most shocking is Latinx ranked first on the list of most offensive words according to Latin American people, most respondents said they wouldn't support a politician or organization that uses the term however there's monetary incentives for businesses and politicians to use Latinx, many Latin American governments are trying to phase out the use of gendered language and are offering tax deductions for the use of Latinx.

  • Ithorian [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Not saying we should ever trust two hour old accounts. But they're not wrong Latinx is kinda offensive. Don't know any one who thinks its an actual slur though.

    • Horsepaste [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Latinx is not offensive and a ton of people in the US use the term to describe their own ethnicity.

      • Ithorian [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        As a Hispanic dude I do find it offensively dumb. Infact everyone I know thinks it's dumb as fuck

        • Horsepaste [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          That's totally your right to. A bunch of queer latinx people I know use it, so I make a point of going to bat for the term. What do you think of latine as a gender neutral term?

          Hispanic also works, although it's attached to spain, which a lot of latine people strongly dislike. Honestly at the end of the day it's just using the terms people prefer to describe themselves.

          • Ithorian [comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            I don't have a problem latine, it feels more like language evolving then latinx which feels like its being forced in; if that makes any sense.

            Honestly at the end of the day it’s just using the terms people prefer to describe themselves.

            One hundred percent agree there.

            • Horsepaste [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              Yeah, I get that. From what I've read, latinx was a mix of the effort to integrate aztec language into spanish (eg xicano) + latin@ as a phrase online. Potentially feels clunky because of that.

              One hundred percent agree there.

              Solidarity.

              :unity: