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Putting Latinx into Context

By Daniel Caruth
Published February 1, 2023 at 2:22 PM CST
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.
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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.

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 activist in the state who say the word is misunderstood.

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