Using ‘Latinx’ Makes Us More Inclusive, but It’s Just the Beginning

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Lucero Cantu
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3 min readMar 12, 2019

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IfIf you aren’t already aware, “Latinx” is a term used to foster inclusivity among Latin Americans. The goal is to eliminate the sole use of the identifiers “Latino” and “Latina” to acknowledge all gender expressions. While the word isn’t new — its usage dates

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Lucero Cantu
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