Why Chicanos Reject “Latinx”
Special interests want us to forget our history. They want us to believe we can all be summed up with one generic label.
It takes an impressive level of hubris for a journalist to call their own readers “Latinx” when knowing so many of them despise the label. At the very least, it demands a level of willful ignorance that can only be explained by an elitist political worldview or weirdly insular social circle.
Proponents, of course, love to boast that they are being “inclu…
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