[pvaldes]

The correct name is latinos (or latinoamericanos), not latinx. Easier to remember, easier to write, more precise (you can talk about latinos or latinas, with latinx the difference is lost) and everybody was happy with it.

Latinx is clearly derogatory. Is like choosing to call 'japos' to japanese in 2022. Or like choosing to use 'blacky' to refer to blacks in 2022. Is ideological and insulting and speaks volumes of the people using it.

[vmception]

While your first observation is good your conclusion is jumping the gun as people arent using it in a derogatory way.

Its more like “African American” which is just as contrived of a term made around 40 years ago simply as an attempt to make amorphous representation for an unrelated group of people that have been in the United States for a long time, in the absence of another distinguishing term specifically for slave descendants that have no relation to Africa or any other country. A couple influencers chose that term and everyone can tell it does not make sense as a grouping mechanism for other people or all black people in the US or anywhere.

Latinx is an… attempt… at similar amorphous representation as US English is becoming ungendered while simultaneously trying to use shorthand for a greater population than just latinos.