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Re:Big Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Diversity and Inclusion Jobs... by davelpz on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:44PM (#34522406)
As a Hispanic PoC person, I agree 100% with you about LatinX. It's the result of white people with a high school understanding of Spanish trying to fix a language they really don't understand. The Spanish language is not broken and does not need to be fixed.
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Re:Big Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Diversity and Inclusion Jobs... by readthenotes1 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @05:36PM (#34525120)
Not broken? La mano???

Seriously, I would be surprised if there is not a broken spoken language.

English is completely messed up. I don't know how anyone learns it.

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Re:Big Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Diversity and Inclusion Jobs... by stemlord on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @08:33PM (#34526685)
I was going to say. Americans should be focused on fixing English first. Lol.
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Re:Big Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Diversity and Inclusion Jobs... by readthenotes1 on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:44PM (#34583492)
Even if the English were to fix English, Americans would still reject the changes.
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Re:Big Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Diversity and Inclusion Jobs... by stemlord on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @05:19PM (#34618780)
Lol, probably.
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Re:Big Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Diversity and Inclusion Jobs... by nunez on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:11PM (#34527593)
the funny thing is that while Spanish is very gendered, Latina women will say that they are Latina just as easily as I can say I am Latino.
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Re:Big Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Diversity and Inclusion Jobs... by ashwagary on Thursday January 26, 2023 @07:25AM (#34530847)
After learning the term was unpopular I paid closer attention to its users and found many were white latin American public figures.

Why do you think they may have adopted it?

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Re:Big Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Diversity and Inclusion Jobs... by gowld on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:59AM (#34597733)
High School Spanish teaches gender quite clearly. It's a major aspect of education, since it's the biggest difference from English.

> The Spanish language is not broken and does not need to be fixed.

Latinx is an English word. English words are not necesarily gendered, and English linguistic culture has evolved away from gendered nouns.

"Latine" is better for English, though.

https://theconversation.com/stop-using-latinx-if-you-really-...

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