As a Latin American, even the label latino/a peeves me off. I'm Latino/a when I'm speaking in Spanish. Accuse me of prescriptivism, but there is no "Latino/a" in English, it was always a term used by Northeaster WASPs to ingratiate themselves to us by flaunting their (typically terrible) Spanish.
It is offensive as when politicians "speak" to us in "Spanish": it's syncophany
Latinx was always stupid; English has a perfectly good gender neutral adjective: Latin.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 17.7 ms ] threadIt is offensive as when politicians "speak" to us in "Spanish": it's syncophany
Latinx was always stupid; English has a perfectly good gender neutral adjective: Latin.