Five Hispanic Democratic lawmakers in Connecticut proposed a bill that would eliminate the term 'Latinx' from all official government documentation.
, who was sworn in as the first female governor of Arkansas last month, banned the word"Latinx" in government documents after citing a Pew Research poll that found only 3% of American Latinos and Hispanics used the term to describe themselves.
"Ethnically insensitive and pejorative language has no place in official government documents or government employee titles," Sanders' executive order stated."The government has a responsibility to respect its citizens and use ethnically appropriate language, particularly when referring to ethnic minorities."Along with Arkansas banning the term, the League of United Latin American Citizens also announced in 2021 that it would no longer use the term.
"The word Latino is incredibly exclusionary, both for women and for non-gender conforming people," she said."And the term Latinx is really useful because of the way it challenges those conceptions."
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