After Arkansas' governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, moved to ban 'Latinx' from official government documents last month, we look closer at the term 'Latinx' and hear from a scholar and activistin the state who say the word is misunderstood.
Putting Latinx into Context
![What's in a name? For many trans and non-binary people the term 'Latinx' better fits their identity, but the history and use of the word is still misunderstood.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dff8daa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/960x539+0+0/resize/880x494!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2Fcf%2Fc9053b4d4e988ecca25f63b79762%2Flatinx.jpg)
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Nathaniel Levine, McClatchy Media