To Latinx Or Not To Latinx: Why Do So Many People Dislike The Term? | NBC Latino

[@Yha1000itz]

I think I might began to call the white dudes "Gringx"

[@notjotaro1696]

Se me hace muy ridiculo, ni siquiera es algo como "latine"

[@CAPNsaveya]

Yes

[@unfurropendejo.9473]

Cringx sounds WAY BETTER.

[@michaelkrull3331]

That's good XD

[@lawrup]

That's severely offensive

[@BryanX64]

As a Latino you won't catch me dead saying "Latinx"

[@varkr2066]

Funny because your username is BryanX bahahha

[@gffloyd]

​@@varkr2066 Maybe his name is Bryan, because he was born in the US and has latino parents? Having an anglo-saxon name doesn't make you less latino.

[@varkr2066]

@@gffloyd I was referring to the X. However latino is a lingusitic cultural group. So it could be made that argument lol

[@solounusuariomas883]

@@gffloyd he probably just added the x to make his name sound cooler

[@ikeralbacetelozano3835]

@@gffloyd Their parants aren't necessary to be from US to call him Bryan, I live in Europe, Spain, and I have a friend called Bryan

[@NekoBoyOfficial]

No native speakers use this word. It makes no sense according to the language rules. It's stupidly Americanized.

[@chaosXP3RT]

I'm a American and I don't want any association with the word

[@juliand.l.4310]

It’s liberalized to be more accurate.

[@stephm3656]

To identify an entire group of people I’m not down with Latinx. Latino means everyone ffs. If a person specifically chooses to identify with neither Latino or Latina and rather be usually Latinx fine. My problem comes to it being used as a collective word rather than an individual using it for themselves.

[@juanlopez9017]

@@chaosXP3RT is racist.

[@vee-imills7331]

Its democratized/leftisized

[@cleric4049]

If you’re Hispanic and say Latinx. Then you probably don’t speak Spanish and have never visited or lived in the motherland.

[@jairoherrera4040]

Ita really is a byproduct of colonialism by american universities.

[@keanumaikekais2202]

@@jairoherrera4040 funny how latinx is only in an english dictionary

[@ericescudero2981]

como yo soy de mexico y soy de la raza odio que gueyes me llamen hispanic o latinx, yo soy un latino y somos latinos

[@lapiswolf2780]

@@keanumaikekais2202 this is why London needs to reclaim authority over the English language.

[@vinnytheplayer5500]

Well I haven't gone to Spain yet but I did go to Peru sense im half Peruvian

[@damuni1]

Even the Royal Spanish Academy has stated that Latinx is not a proper word

[@ryancruz1876]

The Royal Spanish Academy also still celebrates Columbus “discovering America”.

[@otakuquesisebana2108]

who cares? I'm glad of what happend because of him, thanks to him I exist and My country exists aswell, sostfu

[@damian1828]

@@ryancruz1876 yes and because him my family my country and I exists...

[@orre98]

@@ryancruz1876 what's wrong with that? you have a spanish surname yourself lmfao.

[@damian1828]

@Nunof Urbusiness LOL you think we are gonna take America? 😆, Because people like u we still are into third world, pass It over, even latinos that go to América don't care about our countries

[@christianacuna7042]

they dont refuse to use the word out of "laziness and custom". They refuse to use a slang term that is basically Americanizing their language and culture.

[@wifegrant]

What, you don't like the wokeness bro! check your privilege XD

[@yisusoflare6225]

@@wifegrant wokeness= americanizing and disrespecting my native language

[@views-kb6sv]

sjws created the word americans could care less go complain abt them

[@views-kb6sv]

@@yisusoflare6225 no sjws are the ones that made their own crappy form of woke americans could care less

[@MoldMonkey93]

@@views-kb6sv Woke use to be a term in hip-hop culture and is still used but it has been tainted with the SJW movement. So, it's been used less in the context of literally being alert/not being subject to foolery.

[@PabloCruise91]

Mi Amigo + mi amiga= mis amigos Mi mamá + mi papá = mis padres Mi primo + mi prima = mis primos That’s just how Spanish is. Deal with it.

[@HoorayBagels]

Wouldn't that mean that the feminine is actually more special because there's a term for them, while males are common? (I'm attacking their argument on "patriarchal language structure" btw)

[@dudelebowski8629]

@@HoorayBagels yes

[@jednoir]

@@HoorayBagels this are structural rules, there are no gender roles in it

[@jlserna11]

Mi papa + mi mamá +mi hermano + mi tía= mi familia

[@user-kv7rl9tt1m]

@@jlserna11 Mi tía + mi hermana + prima = la mejor noche del mundo

[@VideoGamesAndTheWorld]

I am a Latino of Dominican parents and we hate the word Latinx. I find the term Latinx very ridiculous and stupid. Messing up my language is not a way to be inclusive.

[@mode4801]

Don't forget the fact that it sounds like a slur.

[@luzmariacorreacassinelli1218]

Best response!

[@renatomacchi2195]

You are a "Latin American" and not a Latino.

[@Anidem9]

@@renatomacchi2195 You realize that Mestizo are a mix of indigenous Mexicans and Spaniards from Spain, right?

[@renatomacchi2195]

@@Anidem9 Yes, but if the term Mestizo is not to your liking and I may agree with it then it's up to each one of you from Latin America to choose an identity as long as Race is still a factor in identifying people. In the future Race may not be important and not easy to figure out due to the many racial mixing also for not dividing people. This is why when people originally from Latin America use the Latin/Latino/Latina label they are confusing the issue because we all identify ourselves by using either our Race or the countries we come from or we use our continent. As for Latin Europeans : Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards they never use the Latin label as an identification because Latin is not their Race. Latin is only their linguistic and cultural heritage. However, if they happen to be in a conversation when they have to identify their culture then they say they're Latins but only then. In the Americas you use Latin/Latino/Latina to identify your Skin Color, to identify your DNA, to identify your Blood, to identify your Food, to identify your Music and this amounts to twisting Roman history. Latin is none of that. Latin/Latino/Latina is the language spoken by the Romans and their Latin Culture and cannot be changed no matter how much Mexican Frank del Olmo preferred "Latino" instead of "Latin Americans/s" in identifying the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas. He made a big mistake. You have to use a Race and for many of you can be different from the others depending on the Racial Mixing or you have to say Mexican, Cuba, Honduran, Puerto Rican... or you can say "Latin American/s". This is the way it is. Italians own the Latin, language and culture. It's our Roman Heritage. I leave you a link to the former LATIN UNION and you can see the requirement to be considered Latin and what Latin means. By the way it's LATIN in English and NOT Latino. Latino/Latina can only be said in Italian, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish. LATIN UNION. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union

[@alexandrahuaman6961]

Si eres de las personas que nunca dirán la palabra "latinx" Te felicitó por no caer en la boludes 👍👍

[@operationcuntdestroyer7334]

Les diputades

[@vicentearnabal]

Te felicito*

[@user-lemon852]

Gracias.

[@oncho1960]

Los que usan Latinx son pen....pausa...dejos

[@2cents577]

Speak English

[@vanessa.jasmine]

“People are confusing machismo with grammar” the director of the Real Academia Española on why they rejected the term.

[@qe9573]

La RAE: procede a poner uwu como palabra oficial del idioma español RAE basado

[@veezybeezy9800]

Spain has many autonomous regions with their own languages and cultures....Madrid has been known to try to stomp them out....of course they would say that....but Spain itself is a diverse country....use of the letter "x" in their writings is common in said autonomous regions

[@Me-eb3wv]

@@qe9573 uwu 💛

[@evegusman7626]

Whoever came up with it, never learned Spanish in the first place.

[@jscorpio1987]

And the only Spanish the people that support it know is “hola”.

[@1Slo5ooh]

Ahuevo

[@thomaswoodward3903]

absolutely. Its absurd.

[@comatose1818]

I bet they invented it because thinking in gendered words is too complicated for them

[@patodetetive9827]

Or portuguese

[@curlygirl56129]

Latinx is an English word and NOT a Spanish word. People who actually come from Spanish speaking countries do NOT use this word. I have seen many things saying how people see “Latinx” as language colonialism. It being pushed upon the people. Also we already have a gender neutral word for it and it is called LATIN.

[@podpayne5897]

EC Cas that’s the best explanation I’ve heard it’s English not Spanish!!! “Latinx “ I’m Spanish is an incorrect word in Spanish since almost everything adheres with gender el Latino la Latina

[@curlygirl56129]

Pod Payne Thank you!!!! Yes it is not a real word in Spanish and it is dumb. All gendered languages need to be fixed in their eyes, but they can’t go around changing other people’s languages...

[@podpayne5897]

EC Cas jajajajajaja you act like the can? Look no offense to any of these Hispanics but more than likely their Spanish is probably intermediate at best due to the fact that English is their primary language. And besides no one is gonna pay attention to them cuz English is their language and Spanish is ours. Just note I don’t mind calling a transgender man el if that is what he wants but I’m not gonna use latinx if I’m talking Spanish and outta preference neither will I use it when I’m talking in English. Forcing speech is a form a facism

[@curlygirl56129]

Pod Payne I agree with everything you said!

[@renatomacchi2195]

Whether Latin or Latino they don't apply to you in Latin America. Latin is not your native heritage. It was brought to this continent by the Latin European colonizers with their Latin-derived languages, French, Portuguese and Spanish. You are Latin Americans. Latin/Latin (Latino is wrong in English-it should be Latin) in English refers only to Latin languages and Roman Latin Culture and has nothing to do with you. www.latino-news.press kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXKpc2p4j5ytoNE

[@JUaNiNaMiLLiuN]

The word “latino” does cover “all” genders

[@renatomacchi2195]

Latino means Latin.. It's not your heritage.

[@n.d7969]

@@renatomacchi2195 it does apply to us. who are you to tell us what applies to us nd what doesn't

[@LordDirus007]

@@renatomacchi2195 Also you just list off a bunch of non sense in your article. Ancient Romans were a Multi-Race Empire. They Germanic, Semetic, African, Mediterranean, Celt, Britons, Greek, Hispanics etc People who made up their Empire. Ancient Romans were a Ethnicity and Culture. Not a single race of people. That is how they were able to conquer. They used assimilation of the people they Conquered. Much like the Ancient Greeks. Latino is an Ethnicity and Culture. Latino is an evolution of Roman Latin from Language and Culture.

[@renatomacchi2195]

@@LordDirus007 You are uneducated and make no sense. The Romans were all Italian and Latin before they started colonialism and went out of Italy towards the rest of Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. They already were Latin and what made them Latin was their Latin Language, Latin Culture and Roman Laws. The fact that as they colonized they assimilated some other non-Italian groups did not influence that they were already Latin. Moreover, the people that you mention above where all of the same race, all European except for Northern Africans. The fact is that you mention Race. Race is not a factor in determining who is a Latin person and who is not. In order to be Latin a person must speak a Latin language: Italian, French, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish, must have the Roman Latin Culture, coming from a Country whose laws are based on Roman Laws and whose Religion is Roman Catholicism. The problem with the people from Latin America is that they use the term Latin/Latino/Latina as either being their Race or their Skin Color or their DNA. This is not true. Latin (Latino is incorrect in English-correct way is Latin) only refers to first the Latin Language spoken by the Romans and two it refers to Romance Languages and three it refers to the Latin Culture of the Romans. Nothing to do with Skin Color or Race. Everything Latin be it the Latin people, the Latin Language and the Latin Culture all comes from Italy. The Romans spread it around Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East through colonialism and when centuries later the French, Portuguese and Spaniards came to the new world to colonize they spread the Latin Languages, Roman Culture, Roman Laws and Christian Catholicism throughout what is now known as the Americas. So to conclude it's not the race of a person which determines being Latin. Latin is a culture and cannot be used for personal identification like the Spanish-speaking people do. For personal identification people must use their Race, or Country of Origin like Mexican, Cuban...or say "Latin American/s" . This is what we all do. We don't identify using a culture. In fact even the Latin Europeans seldom use the term Latin. They use their Race which is White or almost always say Italian, French, Romanian, Portuguese and Spaniards or just say European. Latin is only used when in a discussion one has to identify his or her culture and only then. You from Latin America must do the same: Use your Race, individually, or say Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican or "Latin American/s. You use the terms Latin/Latino/Latina the wrong way. Blame Mexican Frank del Olmo because he created this identity problem for you., Please go through the website of the former LATIN UNION and see the requirements to be Latin and what it means to be a Latin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union

[@renatomacchi2195]

The word Latino is incorrect in English language-correct way is Latin and Latin has nothing to do with race, ethnicity, DNA, Blood and gender. Latin refers ONLY to Romance Languages and Roman Latin Culture and the term Latin can only be used for this purposes and not as a personal identification. For personal identification this must be used: Race, Country of origin and in the case of the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas, Mexican, Cuban, Honduran...or just "Latin American/s" and not Latin, not Latino, not Latina, no Latinx and not Hispanics. The Race of most people of Latin America is Red-Skin Mestizo or as Ms. Citlalli of mexica-movement says "NICAN TLACA". Have fun with it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/opuVqKKqn8lmpNk This is what it means to be Latin and where this great heritage comes from: Roman Italy (Italia) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union

[@cesar-ld7kj]

LatinX just infuriates me. The only people that used them are non hispanics and some latinos that don’t know spanish. It’s annoying how they just ignore all of the language and just change a word.

[@JootsxD]

nosotros de brasil no usamos esto

[@Sal-kf8cc]

@@JootsxD Nadie lo usa en verdad

[@efxnews4776]

This idea that folks have about latinos also is wrong, latino isn't a race, is mostly a culture. The woke imbeciles who grow up in USA and barely can speak a word on a romance language adopted this dumb stupid word. I'm brazilian and to me even the idea of being a "latino" is off, he have pride on our countries, at most we would call other latinos as "hermanos" that is the spanish word for brother you wouldn't ever see brazilians talking about being latinos or thinking about the term to hard, for us is just a word for someone who's the mother language is a romance based language.

[@LuciferTheDogKiller]

Don't we have bigger things to worry about than some word ? The hispanic community has it's priorities backwards. 🤦🏻

[@efxnews4776]

@@LuciferTheDogKiller you are ignoring the threat this woke imbeciles pose to everyone. Yes we have a lot of problems and we don't need this idiots adding more to the list. We shouldn't give any quarter to this folks, or we will always be in this perpetual stage of demoralization. Enough is ENOUGH!

[@stringstorm]

"Why Do So Many People Dislike The Term?" Because America is trying to dictate once again what other countries should speak.

[@radrook7584]

It dictates how they should view themselves racially as well. They forced Rita Moreno the first Anita in West Side Story, to smear her face with brown shoe polish in order to properly represent a Puerto Rican.

[@erikabinroth5987]

This is such a american-made word. Latinx is not easy to pronounce for native Spanish speakers. My biggest problem with it.

[@myfoodishere]

it's really disturbing how american's think they should dictate how the rest of the world should speak and think.

[@christianguerrero70]

Call me Hispanic or Latin I don't care for either word. Lol but I hear anyone in my group of friends call us LatinX.. I'm kicking them outta my house. We all gotta stop being so sensitive and accepting of everything.

[@views-kb6sv]

@@myfoodishere stop blamming americans sjws are the ones using the word go complain abt them

[@britneyafrica]

myfoodishere I agree with this not just America tho, the whole western world expects everyone else to just conform to this rubbish

[@mr.coffee5220]

myfoodishere, I’m an American and I hate that a lot of us do that. I respect other countries’ languages and cultures, like for example; I may be all for equal rights, but I still respect that a lot of eastern cultures treat woman with less respect than males, because that is their culture. I think we should stop pushing our culture in others, because then there’s less culture diversity in the world.

[@obliquetortoise6980]

wokes: ohh it means *yada yada, its up to the people to decide. actual latinos: latin who? is that a drug or something?

[@UserNameClassifed]

It even sounds like some type of chemical.

[@thomaswoodward3903]

@@UserNameClassifed reminds me of SpaceX

[@labodegadelauty7929]

Suena a chocolate de arcor

[@rosa3299]

I thought it was a tissue brand. Like some other form of Kleenex XD

[@renatomacchi2195]

Latin is the language spoken by the Romans and their culture.

[@SheffieldShuffle]

I guess I should start calling my friends "amigx" and my parents "xadres."

[@elf9064]

abuelx

[@jonathancisneros5410]

lol 😅 nanx

[@hendry4098]

Personx

[@MrAmhara]

Yes. Know you see where this is going.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

N A It’s really stupid I know. But from what I gather, they only us an x for words that have a gender like amigo vs amiga. Anyway, it’s so stupid.

[@sublimesense7761]

The lady who said that LatinX is a more inclusive term is actually incorrect since Latino refers to people of Latin American origin in general. A mixed gender group of Latin Americans can be called “Latinos”

[@akodaah13-e32]

besides, latinx actually does not represent anyone but the non-binary ppl or trans ppl, so they are excluding the cis gender ppl

[@LshowKnows]

Love when americans creat new terms for other cultures that no one asked for and blame people for being too traditional just for finding this new term unnecessary...

[@Nonamelol.]

New terms? That word was created by a black latinamerican woman are you stupid?

[@wizhard94]

Usians* los latinoamericanos también somos americanos

[@ivetterodriguez9628]

Es que en los países angloparlantes usualmente no dicen "American" para referirse al continente. Aún en Inglaterra y Australia. A menos que lo digan en el plural.

[@sirfizz6518]

People chose it for themselves, and they have every right to do so.

[@LshowKnows]

@@sirfizz6518 Sure, "people", aka non Latinos... Like always....

[@ulicesvilla6995]

My community is being indoctrinated and it hurts to know

[@Tanwolly]

I don't think you know what indoctrination means.

[@Alex-qe5wn]

sadly, our first world problems are over some stupid words. Like if you don't like them you don't have to say they refer to them or identify with them

[@onceuponanexploration6048]

We are part of the general American community as well and this stuff is just garbage.

[@ap-ql3os]

So why not just say, "I'm Latin." Isn't that neutral and inclusive???

[@fucker661]

That or go by your country. I can just say I'm Mexican and that's it

[@theheckwithit]

THANK YOU

[@renatomacchi2195]

Only an Italian , French, Romanian, Portuguese and Spaniard can say "I'm Latin". You must say :" I'm Latin American". latino.news.press kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXKpc2p4j5ytoNE

[@renatomacchi2195]

You are not Latin. You are "Latin" American. The Italians are the Latins

[@elena2125]

Spanish is a Latin language just like French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian. So Latinamericans are also Latin by language.

[@user-roninwolf1981]

I don't use the word "Latinx," because the word exclusively reads with an anglophone nuance. The word is exclusive to the English-speaking world in an attempt to establish a label for their Hispanic/Latino/a demographic, but it is an affront to native Spanish-speakers as it violates the morphology and syntax of the Spanish language, as well as showcasing anglophone ignorance of the Spanish language.

[@christianmillendez1992]

i think it's highly disrespectful to the english language as well.

[@renatomacchi2195]

The term Latin is not Spanish. It's Roman. You are Latin Americans.

[@noelleholiday7889]

@renato macchi Bruh

[@totalcrash5006]

@@renatomacchi2195 bruh spanish is romanesque, wtf are you on

[@renatomacchi2195]

​@@totalcrash5006 Actually, what are you on!!! I knew that Spanish comes from the Roman Latin Language.

[@SmaxyMiguel]

I love how the people who supported LatinX weren't even Latinos.

[@brunosamuraipictures890]

WE the mexicans, we are not latinos I´ll put it to you like this friend...Although well... WE ARE NOT LATINOS, we are Hispanic Americans and along with Brazil we are Ibero Americans bro! I explain.- We are mistakenly called Latin, because Spanish and Portuguese are derivatives of Latin, that is, the language of the Romans, that is why... they are known as Romance languages... but... Spanish for example, also... it is derived from Germanic, Viking, Arabic, Slavic etc. Why don't we call ourselves Germanic America instead of Latin America, or Arabian America? Or why isn't the part of Canada where they speak French called North Latin America? it's absurd isn't it? Or how about...Latin Africa? Why go that Portuguese, French, Italian and Spanish are spoken there? But we speak Spanish...so...we are just Hispanics. To be Latin, our culture should include 100% the Italic, Roman or Etruscan culture at least. Mexicans, for example, are a mixture of Arabs, Spaniards, Jews, indigenous people, Africans, Germans, Moors, Berbers, and a long etc. And what does encompass all of this at the moment is the word "Hispanic America."

[@chrisnarvaez3434]

Exactly everyone gets confused with latino and hispanic they are different meanings latino means you speak a latin language from latin and hispanic refers to language which is ONLY Spanish im Colombian And Puerto Rican

[@t.o.p6849]

I've lived in the US for nine years. I moved to my native country Colombia and have stayed here for the past 8 years. This is literally the first time I've heard of this term. We will always refer to ourselves as "latino" and not "latinx". Not only does that try to "solve" an issue that's not there, which in of it's self is offensive, but trying to make every term "gender neutral" has the potential of completely changing and possibly ruin the spanish language because we use gendered pronouns for things beyond people. Lapicero, meaning pen, is a a masculine pronoun.

[@warbossgrotsmasha23]

no worries, they won't ruin the spanish language with made up terms, if more people start hating the term "latinx" in time it will evolve to be as offensive as the N word is for the black people

[@radrook7584]

They also find La and El, referring to inanimate objects a male or female gender, incomprehensible. To them, it might verge on the ridiculous and tend to inspire another trend involving the X.

[@theeastside7369]

Don't worry they can't ruin our languaje...i mean that's Chile's job

[@WalterModel45]

@@warbossgrotsmasha23 L word 🤣

[@Rabidanti]

'personas' = people (Includes males and females too). It Is a feminine word. 'gente' = people (Includes males and females too). It is a feminine word!

[@davemack1946]

The term Latinx was created by Anglo Americans as a way to Anglicize the term Latino under the guise of political correctness. After all, they could have used Latine as a gender neutral word which would be more in line with the Spanish language. It's because around a few years ago, we were told that Latino is preferable to Hispanic to describe people with Latin American heritage. I guess it makes sense because just because someone comes from a Latin American country and has a Spanish name doesn't necessarily mean that they speak Spanish if they were born and raised in the USA anymore than I can speak German because my relatives were from there. Although I should point out that most Brazilians don't refer to themselves as Latino and no Spanish refer to themselves as Hispanic, so the two terms are largely interchangeable. Hispanic could also refer to the small population of Spanish speakers in The Philippines, Equatorial Guinea and Morocco, all of which were Spanish colonies and still have a small minority of Spanish speakers. But Latinx was created because Anglo Americans can't stand using the term Latino because it's too Spanish sounding and are using the social justice warriors to push the word, in the hopes that eventually the word Latino will be replaced by Latinx regarding demographics.

[@UserNameClassifed]

Seeing as almost no one is using it with the exception of activists, feminists and LGBT types of people, I don't see it catching on.

[@lhillenburg]

Hispanic is a term that the US census started decades ago and only means "Spanish last name" but was basically used as a substitute for identifying Mexican/Mexican heritage because they would be otherwise identified by race as "white". Not all people of Mexican/Latin American/Puerto Rican/Cuban/etc. heritage have Spanish last names. (exp. former Mexican President Jorge Fox). Even though both of my parents are Mexican American my dad's last name is German(and so is mine). So lot's of people went for Latino which also seemed more inclusive of people from central/south/Caribbean America. Pew Foundation survey shows that 94% of people from these communities prefer the terms Hispanic or Latino. LatinX was brought up by some University Academics in the '70s but remained obscure and unused until lately by a bunch of Anglos who think they need to teach our community how to be more woke.

[@vinnytheplayer5500]

I feel like a war should be waged from all Latin American countries that would join together and tell the sjws and crybabies with pronouns in the bio that latinx is an offensive word

[@kaleoarnold3709]

@@lhillenburg As a American I agree with you, it’s like when people tried to make whole new pronouns in English. Now English doesn’t have a authority on what’s proper English, hence lots of differences depending on where your from, but most agree that stuff like this is just really dumb and unnecessary.

[@efxnews4776]

Funny that you mentioned brazilians. Because brazilians aren't Hispanics, but lusophones.

[@CennoSoldier]

If someone calls me latinx I’ll go off bro💀💀

[@BrunoBaeza-p4o]

Same

[@tipzyzuckafree8096]

LATIN X😲

[@vinnytheplayer5500]

My inner Puerto Rican behavior will awaken

[@weedmilf]

same

[@sofigzz3163]

When we talk "latinos" you can be refering to a group that includes males, females, non binary, or any other gender since even though it's written the same as the masculine form, it doesn't apply only for men, but for literally everyone. For those who don't know, unlike english, literally EVERY SINGLE SPANISH WORD HAS A GENDER "el agua", "las flores", "la hora", etc. So for a general perspective the masculine form is usually used, even if it's not refering only to men, son "latinx" doesn't make any sort of sense. It's not custom or laziness, it's grammar. Saludos desde México

[@VidiaReePhoenix]

I had picked up a book at the library today about a Latino family. Then I saw that the book exclusively used the terms latinx, senorx, and brujx. *I put the book down*

[@marcowulliampopirers2216]

you should have BURNED THE LIBRARY TO THE GROUND amigo.

[@Detarte]

Filipino Filipinx Na, Filipino is much better for me

[@xalthzdornier4805]

Indeed Filipino sounds more formal and posh.

[@santosroedoresbadman2949]

Hermanos hispanos Filipinas

[@theodorecarter6601]

I’m Latino and that word is an attempt to appropriate our beautiful language and I will not have it!

[@adustycat]

Me neither

[@radrook7584]

They are emboldened because they have had success in dictating to Latinos how they should view themselves. So why not take it a step further? The sky is the limit!

[@brunosamuraipictures890]

Theodore Carter You are not latino .....I´ll put it to you like this friend...Although well... WE ARE NOT LATINOS, we are Hispanic Americans and along with Brazil we are Ibero Americans bro! I explain.- We are mistakenly called Latin, because Spanish and Portuguese are derivatives of Latin, that is, the language of the Romans, that is why... they are known as Romance languages... but... Spanish for example, also... it is derived from Germanic, Viking, Arabic, Slavic etc. Why don't we call ourselves Germanic America instead of Latin America, or Arabian America? Or why isn't the part of Canada where they speak French called North Latin America? it's absurd isn't it? Or how about...Latin Africa? Why go that Portuguese, French, Italian and Spanish are spoken there? But we speak Spanish...so...we are just Hispanics. To be Latin, our culture should include 100% the Italic, Roman or Etruscan culture at least. Mexicans, for example, are a mixture of Arabs, Spaniards, Jews, indigenous people, Africans, Germans, Moors, Berbers, and a long etc. And what does encompass all of this at the moment is the word "Hispanic America."

[@TheNewEmphinix]

Latinx, I find it very ridiculous

[@daveyboy647]

You never heard of the Mexicano wrestler named LATIN-X?

[@compulsivecommenter990]

@@daveyboy647 The "Mexicano".

[@UserNameClassifed]

@@daveyboy647 Why would that matter? If it's found to be ridiculous to someone, it's not going to make a difference.

[@t1picord189]

*Reaction of Latin countries* *🇦🇷Argentina: ಠ_ʖಠ ...* *🇲🇽México: LATINX ES TU CULO!* *🇧🇷Brazil: ಠ∀ಠ NOPE* *🇵🇪Peru: 👌* *🇨🇴Colômbia: Shakira* *🇵🇾 Paraguai: does anyone want a cigarette?*

[@ELEnoir]

Paraguay no existe paaaaaaa

[@alejandroperaltanunez2030]

​@@ELEnoirtu pais?

[@LemystereManCarloc]

So now anytime I hear someone say latinx my new reply will be ok, gringo

[@trevorharmon1]

its the progressives that want this not normal americans

[@JohnSmith-fw3sy]

Hey! Hey! Don’t call them gringos. Call them GringX 😂

[@krispyronn]

@@JohnSmith-fw3sy lmao gringx

[@lhillenburg]

Seems to me just a bunch of self-righteous Anglos trying to tell me how I should speak my language(which is inherently dual gendered) and identify myself and my heritage.

[@vatoloco7791]

Seems like it comes out of california from American born hispanics who dont even speak spanish.

[@thomaswoodward3903]

most English speakers think its complete garbage too. And anyone who knows French or Italian probably thinks Latinx is complete garbage too. Like these SJW want to reinvent 80% of the words in all these languages .

[@lhillenburg]

@@vatoloco7791 As a Latina from Southern California growing up with a Spanish, English, bilingual, and spanglish speaking family- we hate the term LatinX-especially as it seems to be coming from Anglos that think the Latino/Hispanic/Mexican/Chicano peoples, need to be more woke, and they are just the ones educate us on how to identify ourselves, our culture, our community.

[@jackalenterprisesofohio]

You mean anglxs

[@lhillenburg]

@Andrew E. Schiaparelli What Language you speak(1st or 2nd languages) has nothing to do with ethnicity. ANGLO-SAXON is the word used for culture derived from Britain. Hispanic is a census term that is means "Spanish last name." and has come to equate people from or decesnded from Mexico/Spain/Central and South America countries/cultures. (PLEASE DO NOT CONFUSE or BE CONFUSED BY IGNORANT PEOPLE )

[@rayes7331]

It's a dumb term Americans are trying to push - it doesn't apply outside of the USA, also outside the US no one actually uses the term "Latino, Latina" or even "latin" for that matter as it's way too ambiguous

[@renatomacchi2195]

Yes in Italy we use the term Latino/a because we are the Latins with the French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. You are "Latin Americans". Big difference. latino-news.press kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXKpc2p4j5ytoNE

[@renatomacchi2195]

The term Latin, Latino. Latina belongs to the Italians..

[@fanaticalplel1003]

It’s not the Americans it’s the LIBERAL Americans

[@deebee4575]

Not Americans, white soccer moms on Facebook.

[@lhillenburg]

@@fanaticalplel1003 from liberal white/anglo Americans who are so woke they need to tell us what we should call ourselves.

[@ulicesvilla6995]

I had a discussion about this with a 21 year old girl. I strongly disagreed with the use of this term or the use of any term that updates language merely for the aim of furthering group identity in an already group identity-infested nation. She came at me with "yeah well I have a political science degree from a prestigious university ". And that explained a lot.

[@JonathanNYCity]

And I disagree with changing language to accommodate one person out of every 10,000!

[@vinnytheplayer5500]

People in America have gotten soft after the 80s

[@Moses255337]

Being an intellectual doesn't mean you always make intelligent decisions or thoughts.

[@knowledgeallah]

I'm rapidly losing respect for the term science

[@AlexRN]

Was she a native Spanish speaker? Scratch that: was she fluent in Spanish AT ALL? I’d be surprised if she was.

[@KuronekoBonbon]

My family are born from Peru and in my life, they never use that term or think that masculine and feminine words are problematic. If people don't understand how different languages are used, then why defending people's culture?

[@radrook7584]

Defending?

[@lepotato135]

2:57 I love this guy's answer. It's up to the community, not people who aren't even a part of it.

[@kit1063]

Whenever I see Latinx i lose brain cells. The linguistics student in me is s c r e a m i n g

[@christianmillendez1992]

just had an argument about it, and the other guy (older than me) kept harping, "my opinions don't count at all, it's the movers and the shakers who get the last word...", "i'm generous enough to give them space...", "all they want is to be acknowledged...is that so hard?..." "i know what it is to be an outsider..." and "the point is WE the PEOPLE... let us all move forward to total FREEDOM!" i am no expert, but i like literature. i think of shakespeare, and shelley, and everyone else. they have tied english into knots to suit expression, but never, NEVER have they come up with anything as crass as ending a borrowed term with "x" to denote gender inclusivity. i kept defending language, but in the sense that i never convinced him to leave both english and spanish alone, i lost.

[@treewalker1070]

@@christianmillendez1992 ""x" to denote gender inclusivity." It'not gender inclusivity (which is already in the language). It's gender exclusivity. It xes out male and female. It's meant to impose "non-binary" on the Latino culture and population.

[@christianmillendez1992]

@@treewalker1070 yes, that's why i dislike it. maybe i'm just old-fashioned, but i really dislike it. i'm okay with non-binary people and they can refer to themselves as "latinx" if they want to, and if somebody says "latinx" (however it may be pronounced) to be specific, to mean individuals or a group of individuals who are non-gender binary, it's fine by me. what i can't absorb is that it's being used to mean everyone and it's so, so clunky.

[@treewalker1070]

@@christianmillendez1992 Exactly, It can be used to describe non-binary people but it shoudn't be forced on everyone else,

[@radrook7584]

Las celul-X cerebrales,

[@aquament]

No to Latin x. It’s an affront to the tradition and culture associated with the Spanish language. Latino covers everyone, and if you really don’t like it, Hispanic also covers it all. It’s not laziness, it’s fighting against US culture trying to erase the various Hispanic cultures by erasing our language. Review your anthropology, one of the best ways to erase a culture is to erase its language. Latinx is well intentioned, but dangerous in mass application.

[@MrAmhara]

Hispanic is not a culture. If Hispanic people want to identify with colonization and slave terms like "Latinos, Latinas and Latinx" who cares? LOL

[@rafaelbarbosa2201]

@MrAmhara Hispanic is an ethnicity AND a culture. It is the Spanish speaking wing of the greater Latino culture and ethnicity.

[@plinyelder8156]

Hispanic and Latino aren’t congruent. All Hispanic people are Latino, but not all Latinos are Hispanic. Brazil is the best example of this, and they’re the biggest country in Latin America.

[@rafaelbarbosa2201]

@Pliny Elder 100%. Plus Italy, Portugal, France, and Romania.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Jake Cuevas Hispanic means Spaniard.

[@bettef9188]

Grammatical gender is a feature of Romance languages that English speakers have always struggled with and this is blatant erasure of that. "Inclusivity" is learning Spanish so that puedes hablar con hispanohablantes. It's not at all inclusive to try and impose the most rigid form of Anglo-normal political correctness on the Spanish language.

[@reyzephlyn105]

What a way to fix someone else's language that didn't ask for it while erasing the individuality of it at the same time

[@oscarmora3617]

As a Mexican American, I will NOT be using this term!!

[@him3990]

I think some people got way to much time on their hands

[@donutsfries1863]

LATINOS!!!!! Somos LATINOS!!!! De LATINOamerica

[@chitownmo]

I live in the capital of California and I have never heard any "indigenous" person use this BS designation for themselves or others in the community.

[@furyofthesmallartist5485]

And you will never since the use of x is complex in our Spanish since it's modeled after the x from our indigenous background. Latinx excludes indigenous and our heritage as Latinos.

[@Devilsblood]

I'm Latino and I dislike the fact that I have to be spoken for. I didn't agree to any change to anything. I'm latino, end of discussion.

[@Devilsblood]

@Kevin Wood great, the last thing I need is a white guy lecturing me.

[@ed209ish]

At 2:06. "They refuse to do so (using Latinx) out of laziness and custom." No, I do it because I'm opposed to people like you telling myself and my community how they should address themselves. This guy really needs to check his White Privilege.

[@orando15]

I feel like its mainly used by Lations who've been deeply Americanized. I dont mind the term just hate how they THROW US ALL UNDER LATINX label. Snapchat has latinx month not "Latino/a & LatinX"

[@spacebricks3873]

Not really It Is just used by the " feministes" , aliades and the lgbtqabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456789+ community

[@pikapuff123]

In spanish the "@" has been used to replaced the o/a at the end of the word in writing when the gender is ambiguous or unclear. The problem with "latinx" isn't that they're inventing new words-we do that all the time and call it slang. The problem is that this is another example of codified language that exists ostensibly for the sake of inclusivity, but in reality is used to signal your level of education and political savvy to other cultural elitists. It supposedly exists to prevent nonbinary hispanic people from being "othered" by gendered speech, but in practice it is used as a shibboleth to "other" people who can't navigate the increasingly complex landscape of politically correct jargon.

[@christianmillendez1992]

amen.

[@Johmatri]

this reminds me when my American friend wanted to explain me as a German how Adidas is pronounced

[@monarxsiramirez1720]

As someone who is Hispanic i don't think the word "latinx" wouldn't be a big deal if the media didn't try to force it upon everyone. Latinx is a term that is basically gender neutral for people that are from South America. And that's totally cool, but here's the thing, not everyone identifies with being gender neutral. If you personally want to identify as a latinx than more power to you.

[@SCP--vv5io]

Todos los latinos confirmen en los comentarios si jamás en la vida dirían esa mugre palabra.

[@daveyboy647]

So... is it the same as Hispanic? Why is it not pronounced the same as Latino or Latina? Is this an American invention used to describe people of another heritage? LATIN-X, sounds like a Mexican wrestler.

[@alexcorralgarcia]

Davey Fraser Hispanic and Latino aren’t the same thing buddy

[@Yuchub33]

Hispanic is so wrong

[@goodaimshield1115]

@@Yuchub33 Latino is much worst.

[@Halalbeautie]

Unbothered Latinos are Hispanic but not all Hispanics are Latino

[@Halalbeautie]

goodaim shield how they’re from Latin America ....

[@jaojr16]

Never heard a real person of Latin decent ever use this term... what the heck is going on?

[@albertnguyen4326]

"Hispanic" worked just fine before--that's gender neutral. Why do we need another term to adhere to politically-correct oversensitivity?

[@christianmillendez1992]

because "hispanic" is so blah and ordinary. it didn't have the verve, the kick, the kewl of the added "x". some people just love trendy words. a decade ago, they described communities as "vibrant".

[@mongua123]

A video supposedly aimed at Latino people, and they don't have Spanish subtitles.. EXCELENT!

[@GodessSeidr]

Latinos >>>>>> Latinx

[@rafaelbarbosa2201]

How about they stop referring to themselves as Latin altogether? Because if you’re going to disgrace the language with this nonsense, then you are not part of the community.

[@renatomacchi2195]

Because you are not Latins. You are "Latin Americans". You use the term Latin incorrectly. Latin only refers to spoken Romance Languages and Roman Latin Culture.

[@xourlovingbeautifulsoulx8165]

@@renatomacchi2195 You again, dang

[@juangomez1704]

@@renatomacchi2195 So in that case we are latin too. All Latina America, Spain, Italy, and France are Latin.

[@renatomacchi2195]

​@@juangomez1704 First of all it's Latin America in English and not Latina America. You're making the same mistake that Mexican Chicano Frank del Olmo did when he chose "Latino" instead of "Latin American" to identify the people from Latin America. Latino is incorrect in English-correct way is Latin singular and Latins plural. Ok, now to answer your question. Yes you are Latins but linguistically and culturally not so much but you are considered Latins in Latin America because of the following criteria: One: You speak Latin derived languages. TWO: You come from Countries whose laws are based on Roman Laws and whose religion is Roman Catholicism. HOWEVER: You use the terms Latin/Latino/Latina incorrectly. You use it for personal identification and for everything else that you do when for personal identification you must use the name of the country of your origin to identify yourselves like for instance if you are from Mexico you must say "I'm Mexican", if from Cuba you must say "I'm Cuban", just to give you an idea or if you want to be known as member of a larger group then you must say "I'm Latin American" in English. You use the terms Latin/Latino/Latina to identify you Ethnicity or Skin Color or DNA and you use it for everything and this is not right. You can use the terms: Latin/Latino/Latin ONLY if somebody asks you about your cultural background then you can say ""I' Latin ,or my culture is Latin. You have restaurants offering "Latin Food" when there is no such a thing. Actually there is not even a "Latin American Food" because the Mexicans eat different food from the Puerto Ricans etc., etc. and you have places offering "Latin Dance Instruction" when there is no Latin Dance. You use Latin incorrectly. This is called Cultural Appropriation and distortion of history and it's not acceptable. Remember: Latin is not a Skin Color like many of you believe. Latin is about Romance Languages and Roman Latin Culture and the Latins come from Italy, (Italia).

[@renatomacchi2195]

@@juangomez1704 First of all it's Latin America in English and not Latina America. You're making the same mistake that Mexican Chicano Frank del Olmo did when he chose "Latino" instead of "Latin American" to identify the people from Latin America. Latino is incorrect in English-correct way is Latin singular and Latins plural. Ok, now to answer your question. Yes you are Latins but linguistically and culturally not so much but you are considered Latins in Latin America because of the following criteria: One: You speak Latin derived languages. TWO: You come from Countries whose laws are based on Roman Laws and whose religion is Roman Catholicism. HOWEVER: You use the terms Latin/Latino/Latina incorrectly. You use it for personal identification and for everything else that you do when for personal identification you must use the name of the country of your origin to identify yourselves like for instance if you are from Mexico you must say "I'm Mexican", if from Cuba you must say "I'm Cuban", just to give you an idea or if you want to be known as member of a larger group then you must say "I'm Latin American" in English. You use the terms Latin/Latino/Latina to identify you Ethnicity or Skin Color or DNA and you use it for everything and this is not right. You can use the terms: Latin/Latino/Latin ONLY if somebody asks you about your cultural background then you can say ""I' Latin ,or my culture is Latin. You have restaurants offering "Latin Food" when there is no such a thing. Actually there is not even a "Latin American Food" because the Mexicans eat different food from the Puerto Ricans etc., etc. and you have places offering "Latin Dance Instruction" when there is no Latin Dance. You use Latin incorrectly. This is called Cultural Appropriation and distortion of history and it's not acceptable. Remember: Latin is not a Skin Color like many of you believe. Latin is about Romance Languages and Roman Latin Culture and the Latins come from Italy. I want to add something else. It goes back to the Latin European colonizers: French, Portuguese and Spaniards. The French called that part of the Americas "LATIN" America (Amerique Latine) for a reason. Because they wanted to make a distinction between the Northern America that is now the USA which was English-speaking and Protestant with their America which was Latin speaking and Catholic and this is why they called it "Latin America" to differentiate between the two Americas.

[@carolinaprado-rico5628]

Why dont they go to Latin America and ask these questions to the Latinos living there? They will find it ridiculous. It isnt even a Spanish word its like a mix of Spanish and English. X isnt even pronounced as it would be Spanish. This is such a washing down of our culture and language with the English language and American culture.

[@fanaticalplel1003]

Blame the woke liberal democrats

[@jscorpio1987]

Grammatical gender does not equal physical gender! The two may overlap in some instances but just because the they’re homonyms, that doesn’t mean they’re the same thing. The terms masculine and feminine are simply analogical terms used to give a name to the two categories of nouns, etc. in a language. When I say la gente in Spanish, I’m not implying that everybody is a woman. When I say la silla, I’m not implying that a chair has a vagina. And when I say los humanos, I’m not saying that all humans are men. And the reason some words that define groups of people in Spanish default to the masculine form when the group is mixed is not because the language literally favors the male, it’s because Latin (the language that Spanish descended from) had a grammatically neutral third category of nouns, and Spanish, through its evolution away from the Latin language eventually lost the neuter category and hence, the masculine category took its place. So the masculine category of nouns in Spanish isn’t just masculine anymore, it’s masculine AND neither. And again, this has nothing to do with physical gender! All I see when it comes to this Latinx movement is a bunch of monolingual gringos with extremely simple, narrow minds trying to force an Anglo centric view of gender on the Spanish language to make it more “inclusive” according to their (English) language rules. Spanish is not English and it is not your language! So go back to butchering your own language and leave Spanish out of it! It’s not going to change just because a few estadounidenses learned to say a few Spanish words in high school and suddenly decided that it’s grammar, that’s been the way it is for over a thousand years, offends them and that they’re too lazy to take the time to look at it from a non Anglo point of view. Again, LEAVE SPANISH ALONE! It is NOT your language!!!

[@cotygv]

I'm a native Spanish speaker and I so agree with you.

[@jscorpio1987]

cotygv25285 gracias. Todavía estoy aprendiendo español pero no me gustan los estadounidenses que quieren cambiar este idioma hermoso.

[@cotygv]

@@jscorpio1987 You're welcome. Your Spanish is great, Congratulations. Keep up the good job. I don't like it either when they destroy languages, especially my language. Getting rid of gender in Spanish o any Romance language is to destroy the language, it would affect communication, understanding.

[@davidgomez-tr3te]

I really hate the fact that people from usa don't understand that we use the males words in plural to refer to both genders and personally the only countrey I know complained about it was argentina (and no one took it seriusly) AT LEAST LET US CREATE THE TERM TO NON-GENDER LATIN PEOPLE AND NOT SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND COMPLETLY SPANISH

[@davidgomez-tr3te]

De verdad me dan rabio los hijos de remil

[@filibertoZZ]

It seems to have been adopted and championed by people who use English, primarily, in order to change something about another language (Spanish, or in this case, Spanglish ) about something (gender in language) that they don't understand. Going straight to the main point, if you're speaking English, it's not necessary because English is already gender-neutral with "Latin" or "Latin American". The Spanish language changes the same as any other through popular usage, but then by panels of linguists from every Hispanic country who decide if it is widespread enough to be considered part of the language. The issues of gender have been discussed, especially in regard to professions, but I don't see an abolition of gender in that language anytime soon. It won't change because somebody arbitrarily decides that it should. If people wish to use Latinx instead of Latino or Latina (ironically after feminists stressed the use of the latter for a long time), it makes no difference to me. It just seems to be a lot about nothing, since there are already gender-neutral forms that everybody recognizes.

[@PreservedPlumb]

I'm latina, latinos don't use this word in Latin America. They have better things to worry about such as corruption and poverty. Hispanics are strong and don't need to be babied with a "gender neutral" term. Latino is gender neutral in our language whether you like it or not.

[@copperwopper]

Latino IS gender inclusive in some ways. And anyone who speaks Spanish will understand what I mean. I don’t like this term “Latinx” because it is white washing our language. If you are a transgendered individual describing yourself in English, just describe yourself as the gender you wish to be referred to. If you’re gender fluid, interchange the O and A to suit what you feel. Don’t white wash our entire culture, or I guess more “American-wash”

[@lhillenburg]

100% right. Hispanic is a term that the US census started decades ago and only means "Spanish last name" but was basically used as a substitute for identifying Mexicans/Meixcan heritage because they would be otherwise identified by race as "white" on the census (and you can't have Mexicans passing for the same as real (aka white anglo) Americans... Not all people of Mexican/Latin American/Puerto Rican/Cuban/etc. heritage have Spanish last names. (exp. former Mexican President Jorge Fox). Even though both of my parents are Mexican American my dad's last name is German(and so is mine). So lot's of people went for Latino which also seemed more inclusive of people from central/south/Caribbean America. Pew Foundation survey shows that 94% of people from these communities who live in America prefer the terms Hispanic or Latino. LatinX was brought up by some University Academics in the '70s but remained obscure and unused until lately by a bunch of Anglos (or should I say AnglX) who think they need to teach our community how to be more woke by imposing another new label on us.

[@useroldaccount]

Spanish was literally invented by white people. It's a European language, just like French and German. It didn't come from Latin America. So not really sure how it's "white washing your language".

[@jacintorodriguez5627]

I personally will never consider myself a Latin x, nor will I ever consider myself a Latino or Hispanic. I'm a Chicano 💯%.

[@TheEnigma271]

As a Latino can confirm the word is stupid. Ppl just find new ways to be mad. The world is becoming increasingly self righteous

[@BRIAN09157]

I’m Mexican, call me Mexican or Hispanic, if you just can’t you’re free to call me Latino. Argentines are also Latino just because white that doesn’t make them different they come from a Spanish speaking country. Please don’t use latinx

[@Crayolapup]

Latinx is cringe af. My Father and Mother would be confused and just refuse to use it.

[@zayeedirfan7033]

Wow. "Out of laziness and customs" From a white guy. Way to expose yourself. Lol

[@rodrigorodriguez6332]

Theirs a gender inclusive word for Latinos is called latin

[@Ojitos_ivl]

@@jenny33156 ooo yeah but a VERY dead one you only hear it in English class when they teach you roots for words now.

[@rafaelbarbosa2201]

@Ivana Valenzuela it’s not dead, actually. It’s popular in Italy as a hobby. There the language is referred to as Latino volgare or latino classico, depending on the form.

[@bfore1003]

@@jenny33156 Look up the definition of latin. It is pretty inclusive.

[@blindliberty4478]

But what if I told told you "latino" is both the male term and is a placeholder for a group of all genders, so it is also a gender neutral term that isn't used in traditionally Spanish speaking countries, because it is a modern English take on Latino

[@JoseMorales-ld2lg]

People who DON'T SPEAK SOANISH and people who DON'T SPEAK ROMANCE LANGUAGES (ie Italiano, Franco, Rumano, Portuguese, Catalano, Gallego etc etc) want to MANDATE to us how to call ourselves. We are Latinos and Latinas, crazy wokes, leave our communities, cultures and languages alone.

[@davevillas7397]

Me crying at filipinx😭

[@asupremum1246]

This is clearly for English speaking users of the word. Spanish words don't end in X, not counting Borrowed words of course.

[@vinnytheplayer5500]

I'm learning the Spanish language myself and haven't found a single word with X

[@adustycat]

@@vinnytheplayer5500 not even the letter x in Spanish (equis) has an x in it

[@h2odrew854]

if latinos is going to be renamed as latinx, then wouldnt every other spanish word be changed too? ellos to ellxs or nostotros to nosotrxs? my family has never heard the word latinx it’s super americanized. im somewhat a liberal but this is confusing

[@Jgoozie.oozie93]

The word "Latinos" is plural and already inclusive regardless of your gender...

[@Sneed107]

Translations: 0:26 No, I don't- I have no idea what the word means, honestly 3:05 Well, if it's used to identify more people, it's okay

[@xteric1]

what a dumb idea. replace the word that represents Latino with a word that sounds nothing un-Latino, and only to please a really tiny number of people, who probably don't about it in the first place

[@norath6970]

I am Uruguayan and honestly it bothers me a lot that some gringos think that ALL Latinos are brown, and that only they can be white, please if you think this about us, stop doing it, we would also like them to stop calling us "Latinxs", it bothers us a lot xdd PS: play Dark Souls and watch Fullmetal Alchemist :'D Praise The Sun!! \[T]/ 🌞

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Latin X was an inspiration and legendary leader in the Latino Civil Rights movement.

[@fabiangutierrez148]

I prefer a thousand times that they think all latin america is Mexico rather than calling me latinx.

[@eddie-roo]

If you want a non-binary or gender neutral term use “latine”, the term the Hispanic non-binary community chose for themselves. Don’t go imposing terms onto groups you don’t belong to, specially if those terms don’t fit within the phonotactics of that group’s languages

[@Spoooooon-le9cp]

I have never heard anyone use the word "latine". There was already a gender neutral was to refer to Latinos in America. Its called *drum roll* Latin American

[@eddie-roo]

@@Spoooooon-le9cp a lot of people use it, specially people who actually speak Spanish instead of performative woke gringos with a Guatemalan great great grand uncle

[@spacebricks3873]

@@eddie-roo Just the woke feministes lgbtabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12345678910+ and aliades

[@marcelacaroline6140]

Latine is not a word either. Is it really that hard to use latino or latin, that r neutral words that already exists.

[@akodaah13-e32]

but latine is also wrong. The "O" in Latinos is a neutral masculene O that includes EVERYONE not as a gender, but a bunch of latin ppl

[@19ars92]

If you’re of Mexican descent You shouldn’t even call yourself “Latino or Hispanic” Mexicans are literally the largest ethnic group in the entire Western Hemisphere, why are we being put as the same culture of other countries? Latino or Latina are terms used exclusively in the USA to segregate people based on heritage, nothing else, they don’t want to call you “Americans” They don’t want to call every single country south of the US by their name so they put everybody in the same category even though our cultures are different from one another, forget about Latinx BS. As always the US telling other cultures they don’t understand how they should be 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@MauricioJara]

“LatinX”? Bruh you’re making us sound like the X-Men 😂 In all seriousness, I don’t like the term at all. The Spanish Language just doesn’t work that way. There are masculine words and there are feminine words. And when it’s a mixed group of people, it’s going to be a masculine. Of course there are some exclusions like “la familia”, but a lot of words go masculine when it comes to groups of people like “Latinos”.

[@dr.nadinediaz8394]

CHALE WITH LATINX! STOP LUMPING ALL OF US TOGETHER!!!!

[@lokeymexican]

Amen to that. We are not all the same.

[@pizzara889]

I Hispanic with Mexican Roots and proud of it and I not changing that

[@jasonmartinez2730]

4 years later and we still don't use it

[@jdchav9383]

Isn’t the term “Latin” already gender neutral? I’m from a Latin family. Idk anybody who would hear that and think “wow his family is only male”

[@sonataz7617]

Again, another bad effort of Americans to try to change our language and a big lack of respect.

[@arturoperez352]

To anyone out there who thinks this is nonsense, your not alone. This is just alot of noise from a very vocal trendy minority. Keep voting and living. This isn't 1984. This isn't newspeak I promise mwaaaaahhhhaa

[@mr.j.8a910]

Newspeak. I love it; clever 👏👏

[@JohnSmith-rn1ow]

As a white man we need to stop naming other cultures.

[@ewingoat]

It's used by many people, except the people it describes.

[@starchildwow]

They are going too far with the gender bs. There’s masculine and there’s feminine. And thank the Most High for that.

[@faterfer7716]

Why don't some people like it? 98% of us are some

[@josemanuellopezgiraldez404]

A term that sucks and mostly used by those who think they are latino despite being third or second generation who barely even speak Spanish.

[@Blue-Delta0117]

As a latino I can tell you when it comes to spanish any plural or neutral word is masculine. this doesnt happen because of gender but rather because it sounds good, example we say "La casa" not because the house is a woman but because it sounds better, else you just would be saying "El casa" can be confuse with "El caza"(translation: "he hunts"). So dont generally latinx because there is no use for it, and the times it has a use it doesnt matter again because we already have something like that Another reason we do like latinx is because a US citizen who has never spoken spanish, who he has never reaserch the language itself, who has never been to latin-america , and has no Idea the actual problems we face; Is telling us, people whos 1st language was spanish, a people who in schools tought us how the language works and have lived a good period of time in Latin-america. That we are speaking our language wrong and how we need to say word they made up a couple years regardless how against it is to our launguage roots and rules.

[@vinnytheplayer5500]

I feel like a war should be waged from all Latin American countries that would join together and tell the sjws and crybabies with pronouns in the bio in the United States that latinx is an offensive word

[@hifrogeno409]

This is the credible proof that these guys want to be special without doing anything. Why say interesting things or do interesting things? Nah, I'm special because I'm Latinx. "My mere existence must be special"