Kim Bojorquez,
The Sacramento Beeâ
âLast summer, Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, posed a question on Twitter: âDoes it seem like non-Latinos use Latinx far more than actual Latinos?â
A debate on Gonzalezâs Twitter thread followed.
Spanish-language loyalists criticized the gender-inclusive label for its attempt to change a language that consists of masculine and feminine nouns. Defenders called it a non-binary and inclusive label that acknowledges Latinas and LGBTQ Latinos.
Whatâs clear is that the label has risen in popularity on the internet in the last five years, reaching its peak on Google Trends in September 2020, a month before the presidential election.
‘Latinx’ term growing in popularity, but not among all Latinos By Kim Bojorquez, The Sacramento Bee
Published: February 5, 2021, 6:05am
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Last summer, Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, posed a question on Twitter: “Does it seem like non-Latinos use Latinx far more than actual Latinos?”
A debate on Gonzalez’s Twitter thread followed.
Spanish-language loyalists criticized the gender inclusive label for its attempt to change a language that consists of masculine and feminine nouns. Defenders called it a nonbinary and inclusive label that acknowledges Latinas and LGBTQ Latinos.
What’s clear is that the label has risen in popularity on the internet in the last five years, reaching its peak on Google Trends in September 2020, a month before the presidential election.
January 17, 2021
The era
of New York Police Department (NYPD) officers supervising, arresting, and fining street vendors in New York City is officially over.
On Friday, Jan. 15, the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) officially took over the responsibility of responding to food vending permits, health code violations, and vendor operations from the NYPD.
At-risk demographics
Street vendors are among some of America’s most vulnerable businesspeople, due to their impermanent locations, changing weather conditions, often low annual wages, and multitude of safety risks. Many of the operators in New York are immigrant Hispanic residents who commute from outer boroughs with incomes that have to support multiple people, according to a 2019 survey by the Street Vendor Project. There has also been a cap on the number of vending permits since the 1980s, according to New York Magazine’s Grub Street, resulting in inflated prices on the black market and multi