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It's interesting to watch languages evolve around this issue. I can't help but contrast this and other debates by native speakers with the obnoxious spread of "LatinX", a term which makes no sense if you speak Spanish (I prefer Latine as a gender-neutral term).

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"LatinX" doesn't seem to be spreading all that much among Latinos, at least in the US [1].

76% of Latino adults say they haven't even heard of it, 20% have heard of it but do not use it, and 3% use it.

The most usage is by women 18-29, with 7% using it.

The majority say that if you need a non-gendered term of such people use "Hispanic".

[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in...

Thanks for the data, that's exactly my point! this is a term constructed by those outside the group, and those within the group don't use it.

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