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: it holds the possibility of uniting a very large, diverse group of people for social and political gain, and can help establish connection and camaraderie among this group. I define Latinx, broadly, as anyone with a familial, cultural connection to Latin America. I use "Latinx" to describe all of us as a group because it feels like the most inclusive option we currently have, and reflects how language and identity can shift and transform. For myself, since I identify as female, I'm comfortable using "Latina" in a broad sense and "Cuban" when I'm honing in more closely on my specific experience. Juan Paul Brammer: I think of it as a coalition of different groups. We use the word "Latinx" to describe a community that includes queer people and people of color. But the concept of what we think is a Latina or Latino is nebulous and based on where we come from, where our parents are from, what our culture is: It's not always the same thing. We all have a different mixture of what makes us Latinx.