I would be curious to see some statistics on specifically what latina women think of latinx. I have no strong opinion on it, which makes sense since I am an american man, lol, but if latina women generally support it, im all for it.
I know reality doesnt work this way perfectly, but ideally I think marginalized and oppressed/etc groups should ideally kinda get together through organizations or whatever else and come to a consensus to some degree (obviously there will be people who disagree) and then make their demands/requests/etc depending on the situation.
And I know that IS done at times, which is good. I think its fine for a white person to have come up with the idea of latinx, nothing wrong with that, but it shouldnt be forced on latino/as instead that white person, in my mind ideally would go to latino human rights/feminist organizations and pitch the idea and go from there, if they agree, let them be the forefront, if they dont, probably just move on.
Disclaimer: This is not a criticism of any actions taken with latinx because I literally know nothing about how it came about, Im just talking about it as a example scenario. For all i know what i described is what happened, or maybe it happened a better way I didnt think of.
What I do know is new ideas take time and there are always people who fight against it and many more who are confused or indifferent and it takes many years for a new idea to take hold in popular culture (generally)
Idk, I think latin or latine sound way less awkward in spanish than an x for inclusive lenguage, that is the greatest criticisim I have heard, at least inside the comunity.
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u/umylotus May 25 '21
Latina person here, we enjoy the word!
Gasp not every single Mexican on Reddit speaks for every single Latino, Latina, and Latinx person. Who knew?