Title: What is Latinx — Latinx Activists
Headings: Why Is the Term "Latinx" So Important?
Why Is the Term "Latinx" So Important?
Four Latinx activists talk about community, identity, pain, and unity.
What does Latinx mean to you?
I define Latinx, broadly, as anyone with a familial, cultural connection to Latin America.
What conversations are being had among the Latinx community?
What topics need to be addressed and dealt with among Latinxs?
The shooting at Pulse placed the Latinx community at the center of current affairs conversations. How did you feel about the shooting?
How do we strengthen solidarity between black people and Latinxs?
We also need to realize that black and Latinx aren't mutually exclusive categories.
Lighter-skinned Latinos get treated differently than dark-skinned Latinos, by non-Latinos and Latinos ourselves. We've seen this colorism affect Afro-Latinos the most. What are your views on colorism within the Latinx community?
How do we as Latin Americans continue to unify?

Content: These were people whose names and voices and faces reminded me of my friends and my family members, people I love and value and know. It hit close. JPB: It was interesting because when I was trying to explain to my mother, or other people what had happened, it felt like something wasn't connecting. It's hard because if you aren't standing in the trauma of an event like that, if you can't picture yourself being in a gay bar that night, it doesn't resonate the same way. If we aren't able to picture ourselves in such events, we're less likely to understand the psychic trauma that's occurring to people who can. How do we strengthen solidarity between black people and Latinxs? AA: Listening, for one. Taking a step back and just listening, getting to know other people's thoughts, where they're coming from, what they're trying to convey and express and fight for.