Crossed out by LatinX: Gender neutrality and genderblind sexism

Trujillo-Pagán, Nicole

doi:10.1057/s41276-018-0138-7

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“…As Engel (2017) affirmed, the term Latinx can be pronounced phonetically in English as “Latin-X, La-teen-X, and La-tinks” and in Spanish as “Latin-equis or Latin-sh” (p. 198). Trujillo-Pagán (2018) discussed that the term Latinx is pronounced in Spanish as “La-ten-ex, La-teen-ex, La-tinks, or even Latin-equis” (p. 396). Guidotti-Hernández (2017) asserted that Latinx is pronounced in Spanish as “Lat-een-ecks” (p. 147), while Galvan (2017), asked “What does LatinKs mean?” (p. 187).…”

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The Complexity of the “x” in Latinx: How Latinx/a/o Students Relate to, Identify With, and Understand the Term Latinx

Salinas

2020

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

132

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The usage of term Latinx has gained popularity in higher education settings. This study documents how 34 Latinx/a/o students relate to, identify with, and understand the term Latinx. Participants perceive higher education as a privileged space where they use the term Latinx. Once they return to their communities, they do not use the term. Due to the variations in understandings of the term, the author contends that one should consider using the term Latin*.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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The Complexity of the “x” in Latinx: How Latinx/a/o Students Relate to, Identify With, and Understand the Term Latinx

Salinas

2020

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

132

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“…Rodríguez (2017) argued that it is critical that the “a” in Latina continue to be integrated and not overshadowed by the “x” in Latinx . We agree that the history of struggle that came to the incorporation of the “a” cannot be erased nor crossed out (see Trujillo-Pagán, 2018). Yet it is important to see the shift to “x” not as an erasure, nor as a way of eliminating gender in everything, nor as “mandating language” (see Horner & Vélez-Ortiz, 2018).…”

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Latinx: Inclusive language as liberation praxis.

Río

Aja

2020

Journal of Latinx Psychology

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The word "Latinx" is increasingly used as a gender-inclusive cultural identifier that aims to acknowledge the vast spectrum of gender identities, and to address the invisibility and oppression (i.e., discrimination, mental health and health disparities) that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people face within Latin American countries and their diasporas. Although some interdisciplinary scholars, activists, and people from the LGBTQ community have embraced Latinx across the United States and Latin America, others have positioned themselves against its use. Much of this debate has taken place over mainstream and social media, yet the psychology discipline has just started to consider the implications for the use of Latinx in research, practice, and advocacy (Santos, 2017). This article advocates for the use of Latinx as a gender-inclusive term and social-justice/ liberation praxis within the psychology profession, with intersecting disciplinary analysis. Following Martín-Baró's (1998) tenets for a psychology of liberation, this article engages in recovering historical memory regarding the term Latinx, problematization of the term's resistance, deideologization of our professional theory and praxis around the Latinx transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) population, and concientización [the raising of sociopolitical consciousness] around the term's importance. Finally, we discuss implications of Latinx as liberation praxis for an inclusive future for Latinx families and communities. Liberation praxis and solidarity begets a commitment to inclusiveness of what is marginalized, invisible, and/or erased-reflective of the mission of this journal and many Latinx mental health professionals. Public Significance Statement"Latinx" is a term used to identify people of Latin American descent in a way that includes people from all genders, including those who do not fit the gender binary (who do not identify as men or women). Inclusive language is important to communicate awareness, acceptance, and affirmation of difference, particularly toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and transgender/gender nonconforming (TGNC) community. This article supports the use of "Latinx" and invites psychologists and mental health professionals to examine their linguistic practices as part of their commitment to liberation.

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“…Both in the present study and in the real world, measuring Latinos , specifically, is rife with both epistemological and technical challenges (Burton, Nandi and Platt 2010; Hitlin, Brown and Elder 2007; Porter and Snipp 2018). As both a tool of racial stratification and a US‐centric geographic marker, Latinidad does not readily lend itself to ‘properly’ formatted social scientific inquiry or consensual categories of identity (Torres 2018; Trujillo‐Pagán 2018). In a criminal justice context, the practical consequences can be salient.…”

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Critical Criminology and Race: Re‐examining the Whiteness of US Criminological Thought

León

2021

Howard J Crime Justice

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Race and racism are defining features of criminal justice systems in the United States. Race is also a defining feature of criminological theory. There have been robust efforts to address racism within theories and institutional practices pertaining to crime, law, and institutions of formal social control, but whiteness remains at the core of criminological knowledge production. The current article provides empirical support for showing how whiteness conditions the academic discourses of criminology and criminal justice (CCJ) in the United States. CCJ research plays an important role in discussions of racial justice and public policy. By studying the racialised (that is, white) nature of the CCJ research industry, we can better understand where critical criminology ‘fits’ in the broader struggle for social, racial and epistemological justice.

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Crossed out by LatinX: Gender neutrality and genderblind sexism

Cited by 29 publications

References 13 publications

The Complexity of the “x” in Latinx: How Latinx/a/o Students Relate to, Identify With, and Understand the Term Latinx

The Complexity of the “x” in Latinx: How Latinx/a/o Students Relate to, Identify With, and Understand the Term Latinx

Latinx: Inclusive language as liberation praxis.

Critical Criminology and Race: Re‐examining the Whiteness of US Criminological Thought

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