I’m not going to pretend this is a huge deal, but there is something very strange about the widespread media adoption of a term for a group of people, which the vast majority of that group either does not recognize or actively dislikes. I thought we didn’t do that anymore? https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1303480569905344512

Like, how does that conversation work?

“Hey, polls say almost nobody from Latin America ever actually uses this term. 75% have never even heard of it, and 90% the ones who’ve heard it don’t particularly like it. Shouldn’t we use a term accepted by the people it describes?”

“Look, screw them, I polled the three academics from my book club and the woke intern, and they all said Latinx is where it’s at. Put it in the style guide.”