Latinx
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o. Reinforced by United States Spanish latinx.
Inflected forms:
form: Latinxs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Latinx
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Latinxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of Latin American descent or origin.
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
examples: (which see for more)
"Black and/or Latinx transgender people often find ourselves the target of increased police hostility,..."
There is also the fact that, from an early age, people of color— especially young black people and to some extent Hispanic and Latinx/Latino/Latina people—are automatically sexualized to a higher degree by white observers [...]
[…] anti-black racism, anti-Latinx racism, […]
Police found no weapon on 93% of the people stopped, and it is unclear what was found on the remaining 7%. Actually, among people that the police frisked, black and Latinx people were less likely than white people to have a weapon on them.
gloss: A Latin person (of any gender); a Latino or Latina.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: (which see for more)
@nmoon Looks can be deceiving, but I "see" no Latinx, several multi-racials, 3 whites 90% AfrAm. I don't see anyone who looks solely AsAmer
@metalmujer @soylamar there's also a variant with an x (Latinxs, maestrxs, etc.) but not quite as popular as @
@kararikue @metalmujer I would love to read more abt the variations of Latin@ Latinx send me links, working on a presentation on diversity
Asian Latinxs … Chicanxs/Latinxs …
Exclusion mainly occurs because Latinxs are conceived by the dominant Euroamerican culture as not belonging, as perpetual “illegals.”
[And] there is no reason Latinxs shouldn't be the ones to fill them.
Do stars with “hyphenated identities” have a responsibility to their constituencies (for example, a Latinx star to young Latinxes)?
Her [Lucila D. Ek’s] research focuses on the bilingualism, biliteracy, and identities of Latinxes.
Similarly, White Latinx people, who can pass in the United States as part of the dominant culture, sometimes experience pressure to not identify as Latinx or are told they are not as Latinx as brown-hued Latinxes.
Dr Pigozzi’s book is essential reading for professionals who want to deliver effective and equitable care for Latinx.
Seventy percent of Latinxes’ ages 5 and older speak English proficiently, yet English proficiency varies across bilingual communities in the U.S. South Americans have the largest percentage (66.8%) of children who speak English very well, while 43.1% of Mexicans and 41.0% of Central American children (ages 5 – 18 years) speak English less than well.
With the 2000 and 2016 presidential elections being decided by the electoral college rather than the popular vote, the distribution of Latinx is of prime political importance. Latinx are learning that the best defenses against xenophobic laws are U.S. citizenship and the right to vote.
The following section seeks to deepen our understanding of the heterogeneity of Latinxes.
Recent national elections launched millions of young people, women, working people, LGBTQIA+ people; those concerned about the environment; Blacks, Latinxes, and immigrants fighting voter suppression; and others into electoral politics, movement building, and community organizing.
GARCÍA I think that's such a great way of thinking about some of the critical issues that we're facing today as Latino/Latina/Latinxes, however you identify yourself, in the United States.
While Farrakhan’s body gains its meaning through relationship to the Wheel, his true “mother,” Farrakhan is connected to the meaning of black women’s bodies and to all “black” people’s bodies—black in all the colors and “races” of blackness—historically, Native Americans, Asians, Latinxes, and the people of African descent, among whom African Americans are most significant.
Latinxes often view their achievements as being dependent on the outcome of others.
The handbook authors draw on their methodological expertise and demonstrate in their individual chapters how Latinx are crafting lived theologies of liberation through their words, actions, and embodied faith. […] Reimagining Christianity and its theological constructs, and proclaiming what it can be for US Latinx, as well as demonstrating what this looks like, is at the heart of all of the chapters.
Translations: