Title: What does ‘Latinx’ mean and why would you use it? | KXAN Austin
Headings: What does ‘Latinx’ mean and why would you use it?
What does ‘Latinx’ mean and why would you use it?
Hispanic Heritage Month
How do you pronounce it?
Who is “Latinx”?
X-ceptance by Hispanic communities

Content: María R. Scharrón-del Río, associate professor at Brooklyn College, told NBC News that while “Latinx” is an appreciated small act of politeness and recognition, it also reveals privilege in the community. People who are often excluded, Scharrón-del Río, may not understand why it’s important to be. According to Pew Research, 38% of U.S. Hispanics are aware of term, while only 13% of those with a high school diploma or less are. Additionally, U.S.-born and and predominantly English speakers were more likely to have heard and use the term. But José Moreno, Associate Professor in the Chicano & Latino Studies Department at California State University Long Beach, says that changing identities is inherently Latin. Moreno claims the older generation of Mexican-Americans in the 1960s and 70s resisted the term “Chicano.” Mark Hugo Lopez, echoes these thoughts, saying, Hispanic research director at the Pew Research Center, says Latinx is “a very unique take on identity…Latinx fits within our broader history in the U.S. of using various terms to describe our identity.” A 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey by the Trans Equality Center found that of 27,715 respondents, 35% identified as non-binary. Fourteen percent of Hispanics in the survey reported immediate family members ending relationships because of their identity and 13% reported they’d experienced violence by a family member as a result of coming out. While “Latinx” continues to appear in publications, news outlets and in common speech, the Associated Press currently indicates that “Latino” and “Latino” should be used and that “Latinx” should be used in quotations, by-request only and accompanied by an explanation.