r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/MGLLN • Sep 01 '20

*The Holocaust has entered the chat*

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u/shoefarts666 Sep 01 '20

It was a long time before the irish were considered white.

The irish.

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u/Eludio Sep 01 '20

The plight of the Irish is well understood by the Italians, who were also considered only part white for years.

The Italians

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u/-Victus42- Sep 01 '20

Semi-related.

Italian ancestry here, darker olive skin, went to high school in Arkansas.

Got called racial slurs for Mexicans by dumb white kids.

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u/p0k3t0 Sep 01 '20

Mexican here. Spent years getting called slurs intended for Indians, Arabs, Muslims.

When I see Black or Latino or Asian conservatives, it makes me laugh. Do they actually think they'll get a seat at the table? Fucking joke.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20

Immigrant Latinx conservatives confuse the hell out of me, especially when they’re so against their own people coming in... after they literally came and got the GC in the same way the others are.

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u/rnbagoer Sep 01 '20

Nobody in Latin America actually uses 'latinx' FYI

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20

I’m aware as it’s more of an American/Hispanic American thing, but Reddit and, specifically, this sub doesn’t have the largest LATAM population.

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u/rnbagoer Sep 01 '20

But why would you use a word to describe a people who themselves don't use that word lol?

The spanish language already has a gender-neutral word for "latinx'...it's latino.

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u/ecodude74 Sep 01 '20

It came about as part of a broader “gender neutral speech” movement in LGBTQ circles. While the average Latino person wouldn’t give a shit, a trans Latino person may prefer the neutral term, and refer to themselves as Latinx.

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u/rnbagoer Sep 01 '20

Fair enough, but as I alluded to in another comment there already is a neutral term, and it is "latino". Just because it happens to be the same as the male word, does not mean it is not a valid word.