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Stop using 'Latinx' if you really want to be inclusive

  • Written by Melissa K. Ochoa, Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Saint Louis University
Stop using 'Latinx' if you really want to be inclusive'Latine' is much more adaptable to the Spanish language.Mario Garza, CC BY-SA

Most of the debates on the usage of “Latinx” – pronounced “la-teen-ex” – have taken place in the U.S. But the word has begun to spread into Spanish-speaking countries – where it hasn’t exactly been embraced.

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