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Woke 'plot' to axe face of Founding Father from Washington state flag

They want the existing flag to be ditched for a more 'representative' design they feel would better reflect the Evergreen State's character and history.

Woke 'plot'

Rachel Maddow sparks fury with outrageous on-air 'lie'

AZ senior is boxed in and beaten up by callous man because she drives a Tesla

Portnoy unloads on ‘lazy, entitled’ Gen Z as they take over the workplace

Meloni’s controversial anti-protest bill becomes Italian law

‘That’s who they’re protesting for’

Two-thirds support policies prioritizing birth sex over gender identity

Centrist think tank suggests banishing these words in order to fight back against MAGA

Rylan Clark Responds To Backlash Over This Morning Immigration Comments

No, we don’t need illegal immigrants to do jobs Americans ‘won’t’

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31-Aug-2025

Please don’t call me Latinx: Why it’s not my preferred term

Ever since I emigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador, I’ve used the term Hispanic to describe my heritage. But lately, I’ve been corrected on multiple occasions about the term I use to describe myself — told that I should use the more accepted term, Latinx.

Okay, so I understand where Latinx comes from — the desire for a gender-inclusive term for people of Latin American heritage, avoiding the gendered ending of Latino or Latina. But it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. And besides, why Latinx and not Latin American?

At the heart of this debate lies the issue of labeling, where an outside group (or a small percentage from an inside group) decides on a term, or label, and then dictates which people fit under the larger umbrella of this label. This happens all the time, and the shadow this umbrella casts is hardly constant: its edges waver, growing and shrinking as categories shift.

I have friends who have lived in this country for decades but still refer to themselves as Mexican. I have other friends who call themselves Hispanic, or Chicana/o or just American. Should I correct all of these friends and tell them their descriptors are dated, that they are now Latinx and need to start referring to themselves as Latinx?

Please don’t call me Latinx: Why it’s not my preferred term

Executive order banning use of 'Latinx

What other terms need to go after ‘LatinX’

It's 'Dehumanizing' to Use 'the' in Descriptions — Such as 'the French'

Woke 'inclusive language' has 'gone overboard'

'Latinx' is 'cultural appropriation'

CARDI B IS TIRED OF BEING CALLED ‘MEXICAN’

‘Migrant influencer’ who encouraged squatting, whines

Tags: Activism, All Rights, Ban, Celebration, Celebrity, Change, Complaint, Cultural, Deletion, Etiquette, Exclusivity, Language, Misrepresentation, Opinion, Policy, Representation, Respect, Tradition, Treatment

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08-Apr-2024

This genius pianist was “openly, defiantly gay”, even in the 1800s

Here, more than 100 years after his death, Tony Jackson is still recognized as one of the all-time great ragtime musicians. He ran the musical circuit of the Storyville section of New Orleans way back in the late 19th/early 20th century, influenced everything musical legends to pianist fashion, and was out and proud while doing it.

This genius pianist...

Better buy the books you want now

Tags: Art, Ban, Books, Celebration, Change, Controversy, Deletion, Gay, History, LGBTQ, Music, Respect, Sad, Success, Support, Talent

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06-Mar-2023

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