What is the term 'Latinx' and why is it polarizing?
about how she has been told in her life she's alternately"not Latin enough" or not white enough. Morales is half Brazilian and half Puerto Rican.
A group of Spanish-speaking federal employees on the Ad Hoc Committee on Racial and Ethnic Definitions chose the word"Hispanic" in 1975 to represent people with mixed Spanish heritage, according toThe word first appeared on census forms in 1980 after a debate over using Hispanic or Latino as the designated term.
"Up to 40% are saying that this term either bothers or offends them, which in my mind suggests the potential costs outweigh the benefits," he told NBC News.while Democrats aim to take back the gains made among Hispanic voters by Republicans in the 2020 election in battleground states like Texas and Florida.