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Your opinion is important (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 7 months ago (7 children)

That’s the question from which fucked up shit start to happen, but let’s take it at face value.

In that case, you can look for a segment of the minority group that aligns with your ideals (because not all of us think the same way, we’re not a collective mind) and offer them your support.

Do you encounter, say, Latinos who support Trump? Leave them alone and offer support to Latinos who are critical of Trump; We’ll know how to use your help to take actions that benefit all of us, including those who are “wrong.”

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Nop! Not a single bit!

    I doesn't fit the pronunciation rules of most latinamerican countries, not even Brazil. I mean, How do you "say" that? what sound does the X represents? It's like "LatinEx"? That sounds so silly! Like a Kingdom Hearts Villain or something.

    If you want to be inclusive / non-binary, you better use "Latine" (La-ti-ne). That's how the "inclusive language" works here.

    Although, I argue that "Latino" is OK either way, since you're talking about the collective from "LATINO-America".

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It is important to understand the context of who defined it.

    It was mainly defined by queer people in various Latin communities as a self descriptor. LGBT acceptance within the various Spanish speaking communities in general is nowhere near universal, which explains why adoption of Latinx isn't a thing.

    I'd only use the descriptor if I knew that a lot of people there within earshot wanted to use that description.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yeah, latine is the one that caught on because it's pronouncable, but latinx and latin@ are both things that I see from an outsider perspective as similar to the use of womxn in English. Unpronouncable words that come with a very political purpose. Latinx was not good to catch on, and I think it only ever did because of a chain of who was speaking to each other, but it fairly quickly fell out of favor.

    Personally as a white American queer person I'm going to just mirror the language latin folks use. I have international solidarity with my fellow queer people and so I hope that if they come to a terminology they prefer that it catches on, but I also understand that I don't have a say in the fight over another language's terminology.

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