I'm actually for D&I but latinx seems like textbook virtue signalling especially when most Latin-American people don't even like it. I believe they prefer just latino.
Are you saying that my comment isn't true? I read through the abstract and conclusion and the study just seems to claim that latinx is gaining broader recognition in college educated and younger people however there's still a gap between knowledge of the term and actual usage.
There were hypothesis about it gaining more usage however that's not reflected in the actual study and it even goes so far as to say that "the term will be... accepted or not, regardless of what the RAE(Real Academia Española) or academics say"
> Overall, 25.3% of all respondents have heard of the term Latinx. Among those who have heard of the term, 14.4% stated they have ever used the term to describe themselves
If 85% of people who've heard of the term have never referred to themselves as latinx, that doesn't sound good for its adoption.
Seems like the jury's still out on whether it's gaining acceptance or not but at the moment, latino is overwhelmingly favored.
Words aren't an application, just because it's not generally used doesn't mean it's "not good for adoption". Further, where it's used and who it's being used by matters a ton when it comes to linguistics. Finally, latino was originally coined in the 40's while latinx is only what, 15 years old in some cases?
But none of this matters because your claim was: "latinx seems like textbook virtue [sic]signalling especially when most Latin-American people don't even like it".
None of what you said matters because you haven't said anything to disprove my claim that "latinx seems like textbook virtue signaling especially when most Latin-American people don't even like it"
> where it's used and who it's being used by matters a ton when it comes to linguistics
I agree. And the study showed that even within the younger, university educated populations who would be most likely to know about and use the term latinx, very few people use it.
