Latino civil rights organization drops 'Latinx' from official communication

[brooklynite]

NBC News

Domingo García, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, the nation's oldest Latino civil rights organization, has instructed staff and board members to drop the word "Latinx" from the group's official communications.

García sent the directive out in an email Wednesday night, addressed to Sindy Benavides, the league's CEO; David Cruz, its communications director; and the LULAC board.

"Let's stop using Latinx in all official communications," García said, adding that it's "very unliked" by almost all Latinos.

The email included a link to a Miami Herald editorial with the headline: "The 'Latinx community' doesn't want to be called 'Latinx'. Just drop it, progressives."

[jimfields33]

1. I'm so glad. Now we should follow their desires as they should dictate.

[3Hotdogs]

3. It's like when some radio show I was listening to, read a blurb, "Jennifer Lopez no longer wants to

be called, JLo."

Radio guy: "Does anyone care?"

[Chuuku Davis]

6. I am missing your point

I live in an area w lots of Latino chicken and beef workers. They hate the term.
Am I supposed to not care what they think??

[LeftInTX]

2. LULAC is non-partisan and is not progressive. However, many Democrats belong to it, especially

conservative Democrats.

[Paladin]

4. Good.

Clunky-assed term, disliked by most of a voting base desperately needed by Democrats.

[Wingus Dingus]

5. I only yesterday learned that it was "Latin-ex", not "Latinks".

And now it's going away.

[BannonsLiver]

7. Glad to see that very important, life and death issue resolved.