Rep. Jayapal responds to James Carville's comments about language used to describe communities of color.
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Lmao by lecturing she’s proving James Carvil’s point.
He asked her a question. She answered it in 1 minute. That’s not a “lecture”, by any stretch. Those terms weren’t all originated by & were not widely adopted because of academics. They’re among the terms used BY many of the people they refer to, of who she is one & Carville is not. A white political strategist doesn’t get to decide what people of other backgrounds call themselves. That should be obvious, by now.
@H K S the problem is the moment you say to regular folks ‘Latinx’ or words invented by academics and so-called elites, you come across as a condescending nob who thinks he’s better than everybody else, thereby turning people off. And the act of keep telling why you’re intellectually right to the very people who’s somewhat offended, is colloquially called ‘lecturing’ in English. Rep. Jayapal just did that no matter how long she spoke.
Btw, it’s not mr Carvil who tell people how to call themselves.
Latinx is just another instance of Americans appropriating our language and culture. I’ve NEVER met a Latino or Latina that wants to be called Latinx. But I’ve met plenty of Americans that want to call us that.
I still use the term “Latino”, because that’s what I hear from all the people who refer to themselves that way. They are all Latino Americans, but around my age (50). “Latinx” seems like it’s mostly used by youth & activists, so far.
@H K S I’m 27 and I’ve been fairly politically active since I was 19 or so (Obama 2012! lol) and it’s only been white people trying to call us latinx. I don’t understand why we can’t just be referred to by our nations–Africans are from Africa, Indians are from India…and where are Latinx-ers from? Lord knows.
LATINX ==> a person of Latin American origin or descent (used as a gender-neutral or nonbinary alternative to Latino or Latina)
@FLASHBACKS INTO the people that you’re calling “Latin Americans” do not identify as Latin American. Thats like calling the black people of America Africans… I guess? But no one that’s actually part of the cultural identifies with being a Latin American. I’m Dominican. My stepmom is Mexican. My dad is Peruvian. None of them are Latin American.
We need a new party.
No, it isn’t. No one besides social science academics and Woke Twitter use the term!
BS.
By denigrating the word “Woke,” are you admitting to being comatose? Don’t you have to be one or the other?
@ruth depew Since I adhere to proper word usage, I certainly am not admitting to your wild claim. I’m awake, not woke.
Latinx is a divisive term. Most Hispanics or Latinos don’t use it. It’s an linguistic imposition from liberals and academics. In Latin America the term is foreign, an American word. If the Democrats want to attract Hispanics, like the ones that voted for Trump in 2020 after voting for Hillary in 2016, using identity politics and empty terms is not going to do it.
I doubt that a group of people will avoid voting for a political party if that party keeps their promises to them, the Hispanics and Latino communities can simply say they don’t want to be called Latinx, that’s an easy fix.
@aa22 ZZ Where do they send their request? I tell you, nowhere. Academics and White liberals are not listening. They think they know best, and that paternalistic attitude is no longer welcome, if it ever was, in most communities of color.
@Victor R People are discovering it now on YouTube, with social media, it’s easy to find this kind on information.
@aa22 ZZ What kind of information? You didn’t answer my question. Where does a group of people, that for the most part have been invisible and treated as outsiders even if their ancestors lived in the Southwest before the US Constitution was signed, let academics know their acting like the people they claim to oppose, cultural imperialism masked with wokeness? Most comments on this very same page show that the term is not welcomed.
I have no problem addressing people in the way they prefer.
imagine using latinx. this is just made by peole tryng to overcomplicate things.
Wait what?! Latinx does not even exist in the Spanish language.
No stop saying that LatinX is condescending AF. Jus called us Hispanic or Latinos like it used to be, stop making words.
I say indigenous, native, Latino or Latina to describe myself. Latinx is absurd. The whole language is masculine or feminine. It’s just what it is.
We need a new party that fights these elitist trash.
Or I could use your name
I thought Latinx was a misspelled word.
Well technically speaking it is
@Can2274 Nonverbal translation is difficult to convey to people like YOU WHO TRY TO SEND “GOT CHA TEXTS”
I MEANT WHEN I READ LATINX, AS A CATEGORY, LISTED AS A RACIAL CATEGORY, ON A WEBSITE LISTING WHAT SPECIFIC ETHNIC GROUP HAD COVID-19, I THOUGHT LATINX WAS A MISPELLING. I DID NOT KNOW LATINX WAS A CATEGORY AS THIS MEDIA REPORTS IS A KNOW CATEGORY.
I HAVE A MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND OWN MY OWN COMPANY. YOU DID NOT USURP MY INTELLIGENCE.
Just separate people into group’s based on race that is racism
Searched for the term latinx and the first thing that popped was a pew research study that showed that only a forth of latinos are aware of the term and only 3% of them use it. Mostly highly educated women. Which is exactly what James Carville points out.
I like sunkissed
Not a single Latina or Latino person uses the term latinx. Their language has gendered words and neutering their culture is just as bad as yelling at them for speaking their language.
It’s propaganda👍 That’s what the media does, try to make their views our way of life.
I’m a Latino. I can’t find one person who uses Latinx as an identity. Just a word created by the politically correct crowd. Won’t change anything. Just more confusion. Like Culture Clash says – MOCOS – Mexicans or Chicanos or Something.
They like “person of color” because it brings up imagery of rainbow flags, but so does the term “lily white”.
I’m latin and never even heard of “Latinx” this identity politics in getting ridiculous.
What’s next, ”Asianx?” Frankly, I’ve never heard an hispanic person refer to themself as “Latinx;” I wonder what the plural would be…”Latinexes?”
I don’t know a single Latino or Latina who likes the woke moniker.
I don’t think anyone who is Latino uses the term LatinX. It sounds like you are talking about some kind of mutant from the X-men.
I’m a person of color. I identify with people of color. I think we need to listen to people of color. As a brown woman, as an immigrant woman. Or that “WE” people of color.
WOW, I have never seen anyone try so hard to be a victim.
Nadie que es latino o latina usa latinx! so why don’t you practice what you preach and actually listen to us and stop trying to force it down our throats!