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"Latinx" or "Latine"?

(IGNORE the image, for some reason I couldn’t post without one)

Non-Latinx/Latine people DNI

What is your personal preference?

As someone outside of the community, I personally find “Latine” to make more sense. It fits with the vocalization of “Latino” or “Latina”, and the -e suffix is an established neutral term

Personally, I find “Latinx” to feel very artificially added. Its pronunciation as “lah-tin-ex” or “lah-tinks” seems very anglicized imo, and doesn’t feel like it really fits within the Spanish language

But I thought I’d seek the opinion of people within the community

So please, share your thoughts down below 💜

yuuunikki ,

I’m a white guy and I think both are pretty retarded

BluJay320 OP ,
@BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Literally did not ask for your opinion.

yuuunikki ,

You don’t dictate what I can and can’t comment on sir

BluJay320 OP ,
@BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Not a sir.

Also: “non-Latinx/Latine DNI”. Specifically asked for you not to interact.

yuuunikki ,

That’s cool, I’m still allowed to comment on whatever I want clown.

Slippery_Snake874 ,

Yeah, the masculine ending is the grammatically correct form for when the gender of someone is unknown or the group has a mix of genders.

pezhore ,
@pezhore@lemmy.ml avatar

As someone who used Latinx in a Lemmy post and then was down voted to oblivion, just go Latino or Latina. But good on you for asking people how they’d like to be called.

necrobius ,

I had the exact same experience. Didn’t even know it was so disliked at the time

Vendetta9076 ,
@Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works avatar

So I’m white but my wife is Latina and considering Latinx was tacked onto the language by a bunch of random white kids I’d say it’s pretty well disliked given where we live. Never heard Latine but I’d imagine that also isn’t going over very well.

xmunk ,

E isn’t a confirmed gender neutral suffix - it’s a male/undescribed suffix. Latinx is the preferred group noun for people who don’t like Latino/Latinos (which are the old technically correct terms for gender unconfirmed or mixed groups).

queermunist , (edited )
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

Latinx is an Anglicization

But also has radical roots among the Latin American community within the US

idk i have passing complexion and little connection to the community so probably not my business 🤷‍♀️

folkrav ,

Funnily enough, in French, “latine” is the feminine form of the adjective “latin” lol

BluJay320 OP ,
@BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

“Non-Latinx/Latine DNI”

Apparently y’all can’t read.

friend_of_satan ,

What is DNI? Do not insinuate? Do not improvise?

Chozo ,

It stands for "Do Not Interact". Usually used on social profiles to say something like "Minors DNI" or "Adults DNI", for people who are uncomfortable with having minors or adults following them on social media.

Generally, it's done to protect users on a platform, not to filter out opinions, so OP's usage is a little weird.

Dirk ,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

Usually used

I am online since ca. 1996. I never ever heard the phrase “xyz DNI”.

BluJay320 OP ,
@BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I assumed it would be understood by most people. Apparently I was wrong. Live and learn, I guess

yuunikki ,

Quite the little temper you have

yuunikki ,

You need to learn some manners

BluJay320 OP ,
@BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

You need to learn some manners.

If someone specifies that a post is directed toward a specific group that you are not a part of, then you should keep scrolling instead of whining in the comments.

BearOfaTime ,

I didn’t know what that even meant.

Funy, you want to dictate who can respond? Pretty racist if you ask me.

pelletbucket ,

my neighbors all refer to themselves as Hispanic

tiefling , (edited )

Latine

Latinx is a bastardization of the Spanish language . Majority of Latinos hate it.

sunzu ,

That whole push in late 2010s was artificial.

Nobody asked for it and the target group thought it was weird since they got their own language that covers gender neutral situations very well.

First time hearing this term brought in years tho

Didn't realize people are still pushing its usage.

Griseowulfin ,

I use hispanic and can’t say i have much care for the whole latinx/e debate, but if latino or latina just doesn’t float your boat, I think latine at least sounds better and looks better.

Chozo ,

Just FYI, "Hispanic" isn't synonymous with "Latino". One's region-specific, and the other is language-specific. "Hispanic" refers to coming from a Spanish-speaking country, whereas "Latino" refers to somebody from Latin America. For instance, Spaniards are considered Hispanic, but not Latino; and Brazilians would be Latino, but not Hispanic.

Dirk ,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

Did you just explain to a hispanic person how to use the word hispanic?

CrimeDad ,

Latinx doesn’t work and it’s embarrassing to force it. Latine at least kind of sounds right, but what are we doing here? If you’re speaking English and don’t want to say Latino or Latina, you can just say Latin American. In Spanish if an individual says they want to be referred to as latine then you should respect that. Otherwise, latinos is fine for a mixed gender group.

Mothra ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

OP you’ve made the mistake of presuming the world at large knows what DNI stands for.

I’m also in the “stop butchering my language” camp, however I see you don’t mean using Latine or Latinx as a replacement for Latino and Latina in general. You are asking whether non-binary people prefer Latinx or Latine in their personal ID documents. Which is one of the few cases I think using the term is justified.

But since I’m not part of your demographic in question I don’t know if my answer is valid. I guess Latine is at least easier to pronounce than Latinx so there ya go.

southsamurai ,
@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works avatar

Well, you’ve now caught on to the fact that any C/ that shows up in any given feed is open territory, and only mods/admins can decide if a “don’t interact” request has to be honored.

And, you seem to have discovered that the subject isn’t as limited as the question you asked, because the question was flawed to begin with. You didn’t include the actual, current, formal word in your list. You’re assuming that it’s a done deal. It isn’t, and if you knew any Latino people well enough for this to matter, you’d know it isn’t and wouldn’t be asking.

You also seem to have found out that your opinion about it being presented after asking anyone that isn’t latino to butt out is tone deaf as hell. Oh, nobody had mentioned that yet?

Here’s a hard truth. In Spanish, there is a distinction between hombres latino and Latinos (and gods, I hope I got the grammar right on that, if not y’all Spanish speakers that didn’t fail multiple classes please make fun of it while you correct me). For the most part, there is an already present way in formal Spanish to deal with gender neutrality. White folk just don’t like it because they never bother to ask a native speaker how the language works.

Now, obviously, personal preferences are going to form now that these new versions have come up. But I gotta warn you that if you try and pull the latinx/e shit without knowing the person’s take on it ahead of time, you’re going to look like an idiot.

Seriously, pack it in homie. You tried, you even likely tried for the right reasons. But you don’t get it.

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