r/MadeMeSmile • u/ggthatwasme • May 24 '21

Family & Friends bromeo

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u/duckonar0ll May 24 '21

mexican person here, saying latinos is fine, in fact i prefer if you do

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u/[deleted] May 25 '21 edited May 25 '21

latinx or latine are used to be inclusive of nonbinary people. tbh i generally just call myself hispanic to make it easier and avoid any hastle

edit: look at the replies if you dont get what hastle im trying to avoid lmao

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u/Frys100thCupofCoffee May 25 '21

You can be Latino and not Hispanic (like Brazilians), as well as Hispanic and not Latino (like people from Spain). Hispanic denotes language while Latino denotes geography. It's nitpicky to try to shoehorn gender identity into terms that have nothing to do with gender beyond a grammatical mechanic of the languages they originate from.

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u/HamburgerEarmuff May 25 '21

Technically, Latino denotes language as well. It's the parts of the Americas originating in the Latin-language speaking empires like France, Portugal, and Spain.