“The reality is that there’s virtually the use of it, and it’s considered to be a thing that is used in the Beltway or Ivy League towers,” League of United Latin American Citizens President Domingo Garcia reportedly said.
The Miami Herald similarly argued the phrase “failed to win the trust of the people it’s supposed to inspire,” raising questions about the reason it’s become increasingly commonplace in the realms of journalism, politics, and other elite institutions.
Elite universities, for example, are currently using the term to describe an array of activities, including classes of study or events, as well as campus groups and. Latina Teen.
HISPANIC figures reported pushing back on the use of the term ‘LATINX’ “WHITE RICH PROGRESSIVES.”
For instance, Harvard University offers a “Latinx Studies” degree that is part of their Department of Romance Languages & Literatures. One of the required courses is “Latinx Theory of Knowing and Knowing.” The Spring 2022 seminar has the same title, “Law and the Law System Through the lens of the Latinx/O Communities.”
Yale University, meanwhile, has the “Latinx research” collection in its library. It also hosts a “Latino Cultural Center” at its undergraduate college. Dartmouth College appears to describe its Hispanic populace as Latinx.
The text of “Latinx student Advising” says: “There are multiple terms commonly used interchangeably to refer to diverse Latinx student populations on campuses at colleges. These include but aren’t restricted toLatina/o, Latin American, Caribbean, Hispanic, and Chicana/o. The word Latinx is an ethnically diverse sociopolitical term intended to encompass any person who can self-identify as being a part of the culture of Latin America or the Caribbean and those of Latin American or Caribbean descent. Latinx is a gender-neutral word where the -x substitutes for the traditional -a/o end and is pronounced as ‘lah-teen-ex.'”
Some people are not against the word, and some activists have said it’s meant to encourage inclusion rather than prohibit specific terms. It’s also hard to know the reasoning behind why Ivy League institutions decided to employ the word in the way they do.
Students walk near the Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)
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It is believed that the University of California, Berkeley has the “Latinx Research Center,” which states that “Latinxs is the state’s fastest-growing and largest minority group whose existence dates back to the time of the founding in America. The United States.”
However, polls show that “Latinx” isn’t gaining much attention in the general populace. Pew Research Center showed that only 3% of those who identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino utilize “Latinx” to describe themselves.
“Latinx” often pops at various events of universities. For instance, at Brown University, for example, there’s an event called “Latinx Heritage Series” resulting from “the amalgamation of the LatinxHistory Month Semana Chicana and Puerto Rican Identity Week.”
The engineering college at Columbia University has the “Latinx Heritage Month” student group along with a “Latinx as well as a Latin American Faculty Working Group.” It is also home to a “Latinx and Latin American Faculty Working Group.” The University of Chicago also has a “Latinx Law Students ‘ Association” that is featured on their website and has the “Latinx Heritage Month Committee.”
Although Cornell University offers a “Latino Studies Program,” it also has advertised the possibility of a “Latinx Town Hall” to determine the level of interest in the program. At Stanford also, the school uses Latinx as a synonym for other terms. In its description of its “Latinx Theme House,” its website states that the theme “creates the foundation for a shared bond between all residents, Latino and non-Latino alike. It promotes cross-cultural understanding and provides exceptional educational opportunities.”
The campus of Harvard University in Cambridge of Massachusetts. (Fan Lin/Xinhua via Getty)
