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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
image'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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