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L.A. Times Letters to the Editor regarding ‘Latinx’: sounds inauthentic, what’s wrong with being Mexican?
Los Angeles Times Op-Ed – Dec. 3, 2020 To the editor: Thank you for Benjamin Francis-Fallon’s op-ed article on the emergence of the word “Latinx” to identify those of us ... -
The political fight between Latinos over ‘Latinx’
BY: BENJAMIN FRANCIS-FALLON, LOS ANGELES TIMES – NOV. 29, 2020 When asked how Democrats might translate their success among Arizona’s Latinx community in the latest presidential election, U.S. Rep. Ruben ... -
‘Latinos’ and the elections
The term 'Latino' often obscures rather than clarifies the politics of specific ethnic or racial communities with growing class divisions. by Armando Ibarra, The Progressive – November 25, 2020 Mainstream ... -
Misinformation About 2020 Election Spread Via WhatsApp, Targeted Spanish-Speaking Voters
By Jerry Clayton, Texas Public Radio – November 22, 2020 Lee esta historia en español. The 2020 election will live in history — and misinformation will be part of it. ... -
Poll finds few Latinos use gender-neutral Latinx
By Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times – AUG. 11, 2020 The term “Latinx” has been embraced by 3% of Latinos in the United States, according to the first major poll ... -
Progressives, Hispanics are not 'Latinx.' Stop trying to Anglicize our Spanish language
Hispanic Americans face plenty of challenges as it is. The last thing we need are English-speaking progressives 'wokesplaining' how to speak Spanish... Giancarlo Sopo, Opinion Contributor, USA Today ~ Oct. 25, ... -
‘It Feels Like Being Hunted’: Latinos Across U.S. in Fear After El Paso Massacre
By: Simon Romero, Caitlin Dickerson, Miriam Jordan, and Patricia Mazzai ~ The New York Times ~ August 6, 2019 EL PASO — After 22 people were shot to death at ... -
Latinos faring worse on most state problems
By: John Myers ~ LA Times Five years ago this month, the demographic face of California changed for the first time in its modern history. Latinos became the state’s largest ethnic group ... -
The Way of Leo: 5 Lessons on Academic Mentorship
By Alvaro Huerta, Inside Higher Education ~ June 14, 2019 I have been practicing academic mentorship since I was a 17-year-old freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles (many ... -
The case against 'Latinx'
By Daniel Hernandez, L.A. Times Op-Ed ~ December 17, 2017 “Latinx,” is has been argued, is a less determinist and more inclusive term than “Latino” for males and “Latina” for ...
