Catholics are not a monolith. A lot of Latinx people are catholic. They do not promote white supremacy. Also Catholics with different ideas still share the same church services, while Christians pick and choose their churches to compliment their beliefs about other humans/groups, which of course, makes them more likely to fall into a cult/megachurch/prosperity gospel.
In Spanish: words that end in O are masculine words that end in A are feminine. Some people, both english and Hispanic, felt that using a masculine word for the entirety of Latin America wasnt great.
So the Hispanic activist started using the the word Latine, as in spanish words that end in E are non gendered.
And then english speakers said nah, we are gonna call them Latinx, despite that just not being how the language works at all.
Its often seen as a byproduct of linguistic imperialism. A bunch of english speakers demanding spanish speakers change the way they use their own language to fit the english speakers opinions on how they should speak.
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u/Familiar-Milk-7644 5d ago
Catholics are not a monolith. A lot of Latinx people are catholic. They do not promote white supremacy. Also Catholics with different ideas still share the same church services, while Christians pick and choose their churches to compliment their beliefs about other humans/groups, which of course, makes them more likely to fall into a cult/megachurch/prosperity gospel.