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: Still, we shouldn't ask others, "What about our lives?" It's up to us to continue to take on the work—many of us already are—and inspire more Latinx to stand up, and to understand that when black protesters and activists are fighting against issues like police brutality, it doesn't take away from our efforts to do the same, and it doesn't mean we can't stand alongside them and fight for a common cause. We also need to realize that black and Latinx aren't mutually exclusive categories. There are plenty of black Latinx whose safety and well-being we need to fight for, too. We also need to realize that black and Latinx aren't mutually exclusive categories. BL: It's going to be a challenge because everyone's already hyperaware of being "other" in a world where it's not okay to be "other." Everyone's on the defense. Rifts between two communities that are experiencing police brutality and abuse by law enforcement are deeply rooted and are being held on to, instead of us realizing that if we collaborate then we can have more bodies protesting and speaking out against injustice. Lighte