A majority of Latinos do not like the term "Latinx," with half of the population unaware of it, according to a poll.
Only 4% of respondents identified as 'Latinx'.
A Pew Research Center survey found that while more Latinos are recognizing the gender-neutral term "Latinx," acceptance of using it remains low.
The term "Latin-X" has been promoted as an alternative to "Latino" and "Latina" by academics, activists, and entertainers, but it has not gained widespread acceptance.
According to the Pew Research Center, only 43% of Latino survey participants are familiar with the term.
In 2019, only 23% of Latino and Hispanic poll participants recognized the term, but now that number has more than doubled.
According to Pew, only 4% of those surveyed use the term "Latinx" to describe themselves.
In 2019, 3% of Latinos identified as Latinx, but 75% of them said that the term should not be used at all, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center.
The term "Latinx" was created by LGBT members of the Hispanic community to avoid gender-specific references. "Latine" is another suggestion for a gender-neutral word.
The use of "Latinx" and "Latine" in the U.S. has always been met with widespread dislike, particularly in politics.
The use of "Latinx" has prompted several states to contemplate prohibiting its employment in official state government communications.
On her first day in office, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order making Arkansas the first state in the country to ban "Latinx" from government documents.
A nationally representative sample of 5,078 Hispanics was surveyed between Nov. 6 and Nov. 19, 2023, as part of the National Survey of Latinos.
Planet Chronicle Digital's Nikolas Lanum contributed to this report.
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