Meaning of Latinx | Babel Free

Definitions

A Latin person (of any gender); a Latino or Latina.

US

Equivalents

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.”

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