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She was right in 1992, the Catholic Church is still filled with pedophiles. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm half Arab and that guy is definitely racist, not funny. And as far as I know only white people say Latinx, they still prefer Latino.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Well you'll be pleased to know that more and more young Latinos actually like LatinX every year. Especially when it comes to college populations where Latino people are an ever growing population.

However, a majority of those surveyed in a Gallup poll -- 57% -- said it didn't matter how they labeled.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/latine-vs-latinx-what-young-people-think

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/why-is-latinx-still-used-if-hispanics-hate-the-term/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/latinx-latino-hispanic-linguistics-expert-explains-confusion/story?id=82273936

Jeff Dunham did his standup in the UAE, and Israel to standing ovations

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jeff-dunhams-controversial-character-achmed-the-dead-terrorist-gets-standing-o-in-israel-and-united-arab-emirates-but-malaysia-demands-major-changes-to-act-261527181.html

https://tucson.com/entertainment/blogs/caliente-tuned-in/achmed-the-dead-terrorist-makes-friends-in-middle-east-with-one-exception/article_85dac438-e75d-11e3-9c0e-0019bb2963f4.html

https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fentertainment%2Farchive%2F2011%2F06%2Fwhat-makes-the-arab-world-laugh%2F240759%2F

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I believe trans and non binary people prefer Latinx