I'm not saying people shouldn't use Latinx, and I'm not trying to dismiss this as "kek it was created by white Americans." But I personally find it problematic that so much of the push for using Latinx as a catch-all for people who generally prefer to be addressed differently comes from white Americans.
Obviously anyone who wants to be called Latinx should be respected. And I recognize that many who promote the word aren't white Americans. But I can't ignore this nasty feeling that a lot of self-identified white progressive Americans think that, by virtue of being progressive, they're immune to behaving in a colonial manner. Spoiler alert: They're not.
Obviously anyone who wants to be called Latinx should be respected. And I recognize that many who promote the word aren't white Americans. But I can't ignore this nasty feeling that a lot of self-identified white progressive Americans think that, by virtue of being progressive, they're immune to behaving in a colonial manner. Spoiler alert: They're not.