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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought Latinx or Latine was the preferred DEIB nomenclature.[/quote]

NP. I think Latinx is on the way out because academics are finally realizing they're the only ones to use it. Most Latinos/Latinas have never heard the term or don't care. [/quote]

Surveys show that most in the Latin American community oppose "Latinx."   DEI coordinators are trying to impose language on the rest of us.  Who elected them to make those decisions? 
 Language shifts that stick are the ones that occur over time and in a pretty democratic way.  [/quote]

PP here. Pretty sure "Latinx" started in academia, not with DEIB coordinators. Still, it was a top-down change that never resonated with the larger community.[/quote]

There was a bit more too it than that.  Like attempting to change the language rules of a foreign language even though not a single person asked for that change.  It was performative, condescending and deeply ironic.[/quote]

+1 [/quote]

Are you saying that white people coined the term latinx? because that is deeply wrong and misinformed.[/quote]

I don't know who coined it but it seems to be used more by White people trying to be sensitive. Few Hispanic/Latino people prefer the term. I work in a job where I have to report on segments of our customer base and it drives me crazy when the DEI police in the company insist I need to use Latinx instead of our standard practice of "Hispanic/Latino", selected after research on how our customers actually refer to themselves.
[img]https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SR_23.09.05_hispanic_4.png[/img][/quote]

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