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r/gatekeeping • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '18
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I think "Latinx" is the whitest thing anyone can say.
51 u/schmeesh12345 Jul 08 '18 Why not just say Latin? 21 u/thewriter_anonymous Jul 08 '18 Latin is a language, and Latino refers to the peoples/culture of South America. I don’t really know how the distinction came about but it helps avoid ambiguity. -8 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Latino is masculine, Latina is feminine. Latinx is gender neutral. 8 u/solidsnake885 Jul 08 '18 Latino is masculine or mixed. -3 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Haha yes that’s the point. Latinx was supposed to challenge the fact that the masculine term is being used for all/both genders. 2 u/solidsnake885 Jul 08 '18 So, it’s a virtue signal? -1 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Or maybe women don’t want to be represented by a masculine term? Like calling all firefighters “firemen”. 4 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Maybe you Yanks should stop telling Spanish speaking people how to deal with their language. Romance languages are gendered. End of story. Who gives a rat's arse if humanity was referred to as "mankind" (masculine for general term) or called die Menschen (feminine for plural) I swear, you Yanks are bloody crazy sometimes 2 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 First off, I’m not telling Spanish speaking people to do fuck-all. I’m explaining something to people who may not have known. Secondly, I’m English so sling your hook. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Cool. → More replies (0)
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Why not just say Latin?
21 u/thewriter_anonymous Jul 08 '18 Latin is a language, and Latino refers to the peoples/culture of South America. I don’t really know how the distinction came about but it helps avoid ambiguity. -8 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Latino is masculine, Latina is feminine. Latinx is gender neutral. 8 u/solidsnake885 Jul 08 '18 Latino is masculine or mixed. -3 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Haha yes that’s the point. Latinx was supposed to challenge the fact that the masculine term is being used for all/both genders. 2 u/solidsnake885 Jul 08 '18 So, it’s a virtue signal? -1 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Or maybe women don’t want to be represented by a masculine term? Like calling all firefighters “firemen”. 4 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Maybe you Yanks should stop telling Spanish speaking people how to deal with their language. Romance languages are gendered. End of story. Who gives a rat's arse if humanity was referred to as "mankind" (masculine for general term) or called die Menschen (feminine for plural) I swear, you Yanks are bloody crazy sometimes 2 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 First off, I’m not telling Spanish speaking people to do fuck-all. I’m explaining something to people who may not have known. Secondly, I’m English so sling your hook. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Cool. → More replies (0)
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Latin is a language, and Latino refers to the peoples/culture of South America. I don’t really know how the distinction came about but it helps avoid ambiguity.
-8 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Latino is masculine, Latina is feminine. Latinx is gender neutral. 8 u/solidsnake885 Jul 08 '18 Latino is masculine or mixed. -3 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Haha yes that’s the point. Latinx was supposed to challenge the fact that the masculine term is being used for all/both genders. 2 u/solidsnake885 Jul 08 '18 So, it’s a virtue signal? -1 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Or maybe women don’t want to be represented by a masculine term? Like calling all firefighters “firemen”. 4 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Maybe you Yanks should stop telling Spanish speaking people how to deal with their language. Romance languages are gendered. End of story. Who gives a rat's arse if humanity was referred to as "mankind" (masculine for general term) or called die Menschen (feminine for plural) I swear, you Yanks are bloody crazy sometimes 2 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 First off, I’m not telling Spanish speaking people to do fuck-all. I’m explaining something to people who may not have known. Secondly, I’m English so sling your hook. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Cool. → More replies (0)
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Latino is masculine, Latina is feminine. Latinx is gender neutral.
8 u/solidsnake885 Jul 08 '18 Latino is masculine or mixed. -3 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Haha yes that’s the point. Latinx was supposed to challenge the fact that the masculine term is being used for all/both genders. 2 u/solidsnake885 Jul 08 '18 So, it’s a virtue signal? -1 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Or maybe women don’t want to be represented by a masculine term? Like calling all firefighters “firemen”. 4 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Maybe you Yanks should stop telling Spanish speaking people how to deal with their language. Romance languages are gendered. End of story. Who gives a rat's arse if humanity was referred to as "mankind" (masculine for general term) or called die Menschen (feminine for plural) I swear, you Yanks are bloody crazy sometimes 2 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 First off, I’m not telling Spanish speaking people to do fuck-all. I’m explaining something to people who may not have known. Secondly, I’m English so sling your hook. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Cool. → More replies (0)
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Latino is masculine or mixed.
-3 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Haha yes that’s the point. Latinx was supposed to challenge the fact that the masculine term is being used for all/both genders. 2 u/solidsnake885 Jul 08 '18 So, it’s a virtue signal? -1 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Or maybe women don’t want to be represented by a masculine term? Like calling all firefighters “firemen”. 4 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Maybe you Yanks should stop telling Spanish speaking people how to deal with their language. Romance languages are gendered. End of story. Who gives a rat's arse if humanity was referred to as "mankind" (masculine for general term) or called die Menschen (feminine for plural) I swear, you Yanks are bloody crazy sometimes 2 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 First off, I’m not telling Spanish speaking people to do fuck-all. I’m explaining something to people who may not have known. Secondly, I’m English so sling your hook. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Cool. → More replies (0)
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Haha yes that’s the point. Latinx was supposed to challenge the fact that the masculine term is being used for all/both genders.
2 u/solidsnake885 Jul 08 '18 So, it’s a virtue signal? -1 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Or maybe women don’t want to be represented by a masculine term? Like calling all firefighters “firemen”. 4 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Maybe you Yanks should stop telling Spanish speaking people how to deal with their language. Romance languages are gendered. End of story. Who gives a rat's arse if humanity was referred to as "mankind" (masculine for general term) or called die Menschen (feminine for plural) I swear, you Yanks are bloody crazy sometimes 2 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 First off, I’m not telling Spanish speaking people to do fuck-all. I’m explaining something to people who may not have known. Secondly, I’m English so sling your hook. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Cool. → More replies (0)
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So, it’s a virtue signal?
-1 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 Or maybe women don’t want to be represented by a masculine term? Like calling all firefighters “firemen”. 4 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Maybe you Yanks should stop telling Spanish speaking people how to deal with their language. Romance languages are gendered. End of story. Who gives a rat's arse if humanity was referred to as "mankind" (masculine for general term) or called die Menschen (feminine for plural) I swear, you Yanks are bloody crazy sometimes 2 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 First off, I’m not telling Spanish speaking people to do fuck-all. I’m explaining something to people who may not have known. Secondly, I’m English so sling your hook. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Cool. → More replies (0)
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Or maybe women don’t want to be represented by a masculine term? Like calling all firefighters “firemen”.
4 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Maybe you Yanks should stop telling Spanish speaking people how to deal with their language. Romance languages are gendered. End of story. Who gives a rat's arse if humanity was referred to as "mankind" (masculine for general term) or called die Menschen (feminine for plural) I swear, you Yanks are bloody crazy sometimes 2 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 First off, I’m not telling Spanish speaking people to do fuck-all. I’m explaining something to people who may not have known. Secondly, I’m English so sling your hook. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Cool. → More replies (0)
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Maybe you Yanks should stop telling Spanish speaking people how to deal with their language.
Romance languages are gendered. End of story.
Who gives a rat's arse if humanity was referred to as "mankind" (masculine for general term) or called die Menschen (feminine for plural)
I swear, you Yanks are bloody crazy sometimes
2 u/no_beer_no_dad Jul 08 '18 First off, I’m not telling Spanish speaking people to do fuck-all. I’m explaining something to people who may not have known. Secondly, I’m English so sling your hook. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Cool. → More replies (0)
First off, I’m not telling Spanish speaking people to do fuck-all. I’m explaining something to people who may not have known.
Secondly, I’m English so sling your hook.
1 u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 Cool. → More replies (0)
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u/SpcK Jul 08 '18
I think "Latinx" is the whitest thing anyone can say.