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2 years ago

Twitter Respawn post “Latinx” tournament

The Spanish speaking community has inclusive language they’ve developed, Respawn not taking that into consideration and using a term coined by English speakers feels slightly racist. For inclus...

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KelRiever

2 years ago

I, as a hispanic, latino and latinx technically, would argue the community is not universally aligned behind the phrase latinx

Having said that, I think the term Spanish Heritage month is quite fine. People are too much caught up in phrasing and take it way too seriously. The point is to recognize a group or culture and all the fighting over the right phrasing is just, to me, missing the point.

This isn't about you, OP, but in general. You know, because eventually, someone will come along and have a problem with the phrase LatinX eventually and not for any of the right reasons.

KelRiever

2 years ago

Oh, yeah, and one more thing...gamer community having an unchecked racist aspect, that registers.

Game companies want all the money from 'recognizing' certain groups, but also don't want to check racist people because it's really all about the money. The inclusion of certain characters from Respawn absolutely reeks of marketing first.