• Xhieron@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My perspective has always been "if it's good enough for John Leguizamo to use on HBO, it's good enough for me." And he very frequently referred to his ethnicity as Latin in his comedy.

    And then a few weeks ago he was on CNN saying Latinx.

    Point being, the thing that matters is that the intent is to be respectful. Using the wrong word to offend makes you an asshole, and it doesn't matter if you're misgendering someone or denigrating an entire ethnicity. Using the wrong word because it's ambiguous, or it's traditional, or you're not sure is a different matter. Most words were wrong at some point, because language changes. The point is that you treat other humans as people, and not as political targets.