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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by homonculus1 on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:13PM (#21695560)
That only just occurred to me as I was reading OP's comment. The construction of "LatinX" has always bothered me for how contrived and nonstandard it is, but I think what's really been getting under my skin is that it's entirely superfluous. The meaning is entirely legitimate but since the word for it already exists I can't see any purpose for such a weird new one other than signaling woke group affiliation.
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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by ergfdgs on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:15PM (#21695583)
I read a recent poll that 90% of Latin Americans don't like the term.
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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by lordgrenville on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:45PM (#21695913)
The poll is here [0]. It was discussed recently in an NYT oped here [1]. It was an interesting result that definitely altered my opinion.

[0] https://medium.com/@ThinkNowTweets/progressive-latino-pollst...

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/opinion/latinix-warren-de...

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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by lovehashbrowns on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @04:26PM (#21696885)
Wait, that question is awful. As a Hispanic person, I would also put "Hispanic" but that doesn't put into context why. If someone sees me, reads my name, and uses that to refer to me as Latinx, I wouldn't be offended at all, and would prefer Latinx over something like Hispanic.
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