The Left loves to scream about cultural appropriation (or racism) when a kid dresses up like an Indian for Halloween or a football game. They'll gladly accuse Americans of 'stealing' music from blacks and whine about colonialism and white supremacy when it comes to things like punctuality and hard work.
Then those same Leftists -- usually lily-white, by the way -- will turn around and demand the Latino community adopt 'gender neutral' language. To appease those lily-white Leftists, of course.
Here's the AP, trying so hard to make 'gender neutral' Spanish a thing:
Awareness of 'Latinx' increases among US Latinos, and 'Latine' emerges as an alternative https://t.co/kzltiI3NVY
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 29, 2024
They write (emphasis added):
“Latino” and “Hispanic” have long been the most prominent terms used to describe people in the U.S. with roots in Latin America and Spain. But over the last several years, “Latinx” has become a de-facto gender neutral alternative to Latino and Hispanic, according to a new study by race and ethnicity researchers.
Despite the increased awareness of the term among Latinos — 47% have heard of it — only 4% or 1.9 million people use “Latinx” to describe themselves, an increase of 1 percent since 2019, according to the study by the Pew Research Center.
“‘Latinx’ is more broadly known among U.S. Latinos today, but still few embrace it,” said Mark Lopez, Pew’s director of race and ethnicity research.
Of the Latinos who have heard the term, 36% view the usage of the term as a bad thing instead of a good thing, according to the study.
Because it is a bad thing. Spanish -- a Romance language -- is inherently gendered. You cannot make it 'gender neutral', no matter how much it hurts the feels of Leftists.
Unless they're suggesting gutting the language and rebuilding it.
Seems a little like colonization to us, and we were told that's a bad thing.
— Magills (@magills_) September 29, 2024
Yes, please.
White progressives ruin everything
— Thomas Raffles (@TomRafflesJr) September 29, 2024
They sure do. And they think they're the good guys in doing so.
“47% have heard of it — only 4% use “Latinx” to describe themselves”
— Greg Scott (@GScottSays) September 29, 2024
18% have heard of “Latine”
81% prefer “Latino” or “ Hispanic” pic.twitter.com/aVKihMhTav
The real story here is Leftists ignore majority preference of Latinos.
AP offices:
— Mike Moss (@_MikeMoss) September 29, 2024
"Damn it! We're going to keep pushing this term, Latinx, until those stubborn Latinos get on board"#ActivismNotJournalism
This is the only Tweet @AP has ever issued that contains the activist term "Latine"
Axios got the ball rolling on that whole 'Latine' business.
Bwaaaa haaaaa ha. You’ve got to be kidding me.
— Flyover Country Gal ✝️🇺🇸 (@FlyoverCntryGal) September 29, 2024
I grew up and lived in a Hispanic-majority city most of my life. I know no one who uses these terms.
Absurdo.
Because the only people who use these terms are Leftists. White Leftists.
Incredible https://t.co/g3sUYfErkO pic.twitter.com/ssnkyCIbcy
— Sunny (@sunnyright) September 29, 2024
Absolutely incredible, no?
https://t.co/g3sUYfErkO pic.twitter.com/p9Hp35VJrp
— Sunny (@sunnyright) September 29, 2024
Can't imagine why.
As a Spanish speaker:
— AngelTazDeviled Ham (@AnglTaz) September 29, 2024
the -x doesn't work as a grammatical gender. It's extremely awkward to read and pronounce and honestly looks kind of dumb.
The "-e" at least makes more sense, but even then I doubt it'll catch on any time soon. https://t.co/VW9YRiSqoe
It'll never catch on. The Spanish language doesn't have gender neutral options.
White liberals, on behalf of minorities, invent a new word for them that doesn't fit their language rules. 4% of Latinos use it to describe themselves. More than 1 in 3 Latinos view it with a negative connotation. Still getting pushed.
— Optimus ⛩️ (@SubToOptimus) September 29, 2024
Are progressives actually this retarded? https://t.co/44Kg1JUwyP
They're so arrogant and, frankly, racist.
Told one of my Tejano buds about this Latinix bulls**t and his response was, "They can go f**k themselves" https://t.co/TTupgGQ8Ls
— KindofaDick ☆Man of Leisure (@DicksTrash) September 29, 2024
He's correct.
Or, maybe... just maybe, instead of coming up with BS names, why not listed to actual Hispanics/Latinos how we prefer to be called? You guys even have the stats there in the article.
— Michelle Galeas-Peña (@MichelleGaleasP) September 29, 2024
Is it that hard to say Latino? Latina? Hispanic? C'mon people... seriously. https://t.co/nhqCxFTANm
Because in the Leftist game of intersectionality, the people demanding gender neutral language trump the Hispanics.
Irl I've only heard white people say Latinx. https://t.co/Y54aQFoTuh
— Hustle Chillson (@HustleChillson) September 29, 2024
Because their the only ones who want to use this.
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