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RailRoad_Candy t1_je6keq3 wrote

Reply to comment by thejosharms in Newton North High's student mentorship program latest target of national group by TouchDownBurrito

"Latin" would have worked. Latinx was likely used because words are now viewed through what? A lense of gender...while at the same time demeaning/ignoring/condemning languages that are gender specific? So the author picks Latinx instead of Latin because the author is afraid of not recognizing the new acceptable white people terms?

So again, it's a word white people created to impart on other races and cultures because white people know better. You make my point for me.

>The push for us to adopt Latinx came from that community, not us white teachers.

Really?! It wasn't because people wanted to keep their jobs? Sure thing. It all comes back to White People know better for everyone. It's fucking gross.

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Elbesp t1_je7jtke wrote

Latinx was created by Latino academics idk why people spout this idea that it’s a “white” creation (which opposes whiteness and Latin-ness in a way that exposes a lack of understanding of Latin America). It’s true that it has been largely replaced by alternatives like “Latine”, but the fact that Latinos who might not have particularly favorable views towards trans or non binary people oppose a gender neutral term is not the “own” people think it is.

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thejosharms t1_je6m17l wrote

All of the higher ranking members of our DEI committee are Latinx or Black.

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RailRoad_Candy t1_je6nmad wrote

Ah yes, no one in Public Education has never lost their position for not embracing the white know it all new-speak. Sure thing.

Dear lord, take a vacation to any Spanish speaking nation and come hard with the Latinx, when they look at you with disgust or confusion, remember you're white, and you know better.

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