What does 'Latinx' mean and should it be used?
Posted on AllSides September 14th, 2020
From The Center
To be, or not to be Latinx? The term, which has slowly increased in popularity, has been championed as a gender-neutral, inclusive identifier, but U.S. Hispanics are split over whether to embrace the word as a part of their identity.
A recent Pew Research Center study found that only 3 percent of the U.S. Hispanics use “Latinx” (pronounced La-teen-ex), even though 1 in 4 have heard of the term. It’s most commonly used by young people, especially young women. The term has also been used by some news outlets,...
