Latinos overwhelming dislike the label Latinx: update: Latino Democrats want to ban fake word

https://thehill.com/news/3513280-oc...es-democrats-for-railing-against-latinx-term/

Ocasio-Cortez in 'mini-rant' criticizes Democrats for railing against Latinx term
by Dominick Mastrangelo
06/06/22 1:58 PM ET

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is criticizing members of her own party who have argued using gender-fluid language to describe members of the Hispanic American community is bad for the Democratic party's brand.

"I also have a mini-rant about this because there are some politicians, including Democratic politicians, that rail against the term ‘Latinx.’ And they’re like, ‘this is so bad, this is so bad for the party,’ like blah blah blah.

"And like it’s almost like it hasn’t struck some of these folks that another person’s identity is not about your re-election prospects," Ocasio-Cortez said during a video message posted to her Instagram account.

“Gender is fluid, language is fluid, and I think people right now are using the ‘e’ term as gender-neutral in order to be as inclusive as possible. Don’t have to make drama over it."

Some Democrats have been using more gender neutral language in reaching out to Hispanic voters, multiple pollsters and political observers have noted in recent months.

A recent Politico poll conducted among Hispanic voters found 40 percent indicating the term "Latinx" bothers or offends them to some degree and 30 percent said they would be less likely to support a politician or organization that uses the term.

In a March guest essay in the New York Times, Republican political consultant and a co-founder of the Lincoln Project Mike Madrid noted that an internal debate among Democrats about inclusive language could drive Hispanic voters to the Republican Party.

"Commonly used by media, political and academic elites as a sign of gender inclusivity, “Latinx” is virtually nonexistent in the communities it refers to," Madrid wrote.

"Members of the Democratic Party don’t just live in a distinct cultural bubble removed from the realities of their blue-collar counterparts; they are so removed from the rapidly growing Hispanic working class that many of them are now literally speaking a different language."

Late last year, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Texas) said his office is not allowed to use the term "Latinx" in official communications.

"When Latino politicos use the term it is largely to appease white rich progressives who think that is the term we use," he said. "It is a vicious circle of confirmation bias."

"If putting a little x on your campaign literature is the difference between winning and losing an election, you need to talk about healthcare more, you need to raise people's wages. You need to talk about more issues that also matter to people," Ocasio-Cortez said.
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All Americans are gringos. American-born Hispanic people need to get comfortable with the term gringo. Stop creating an imaginary and confusing second identity for yourself and keep it simple. You are a gringo, gringo. You are as gringo as Clint Eastwood, Selena Gomez, and Kanye West. Those born in Latin American countries are the only true Latinos in the world.

 

The gringX that stole Xmas?

 

Oof. Ask ESPN.

 

What's wrong with Latin-Americans?

LatinX does sound funny.

 

Reminds me again how They tried to tell Hispanic people to hate Speedy Gonzales
and they were like. . . Nah . .. we Like Speedy

Rocket River

 

A huevo...

 

You don't say Latin American in Spanish it's Latinoamericano or Latinoamericana

Everything is gendered, trying to make Spanish non gendered with new words is a nightmare that would break the language

 

I totally forgot about that
Most of the Romantic Languages are Gendered

Rocket River

 

Yeah, but I'm speaking English when I want to refer to them, so why does that matter?

Agreed.

 

First Lady spoke at a LatinX IncluXion Luncheon today