JoesFrackinJack [he/him] to news • 4 years ago"Disparities for Detroit and Miami could not be calculated since every person killed by these departments was Black or Brown."imagemessage-square27 fedilinkarrow-up188file-text
arrow-up188image"Disparities for Detroit and Miami could not be calculated since every person killed by these departments was Black or Brown."JoesFrackinJack [he/him] to news • 4 years agomessage-square27 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretheother2020 [comrade/them, she/her]hexbear3·edit-24 years agoAs I commented in that struggle sesh, It should be Latin-EKEES - pronounced like X in Spanish Or Latines. (It’s not perfect because we’re not pluralizing “Latin” but it’s better than latinx) “Latinx” is a form of linguistic imperialism, imposing English phonetics onto another language. Fwiw, I’m part of a big Mexican family and I’ve never heard anyone use it. link
As I commented in that struggle sesh,
It should be Latin-EKEES - pronounced like X in Spanish
Or Latines. (It’s not perfect because we’re not pluralizing “Latin” but it’s better than latinx)
“Latinx” is a form of linguistic imperialism, imposing English phonetics onto another language.
Fwiw, I’m part of a big Mexican family and I’ve never heard anyone use it.