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comradebillyboy

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6. Latinex is a term I neve see used here in New Mexico.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 10:14 AM

Dec 2020

I'm frankly surprised as many as 3% of Hispanics use the term.

Many whose families were here before the US annexed NM in 1849 refer to themselves and their heritage as Spanish.

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Matthew Yglesias: The Latinx problem [View all] brooklynite Dec 2020 OP

Inventing that term has bothered me, too. MineralMan Dec 2020 #1

Of course, you could just say 'Latin' muriel_volestrangler Dec 2020 #2

French, Italian, and Portuguese people are also "Latin" under that definition, though. MineralMan Dec 2020 #3

Not in general usage muriel_volestrangler Dec 2020 #4

I remain in favor of using whatever terminology the group being discussed MineralMan Dec 2020 #5

Latinex is a term I neve see used here in New Mexico. comradebillyboy Dec 2020 #6

My Latino friends and family hate that word. I refuse to use it or type it Sympthsical Dec 2020 #7

Gender neutral innovations in language are always hard to accept frazzled Dec 2020 #8

Silly MenloParque Dec 2020 #9