The Times podcast: Let's settle the 'Latinx' debate once and for all - Los Angeles Times
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The Times podcast: Let’s settle the ‘Latinx’ debate once and for all

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Andi Xoch, creator of @LatinxWithPlants, outside her home in Boyle Heights.
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Today, we delve into the term “Latinx.” Whom does it refer to? Who uses it? And why do people on both the left and the right, Latino and not, get so worked up about it?

Fidel Martinez, who writes the Latinx Files newsletter for the L.A. Times, breaks it down. We’ll also hear from folks who identify as Latinx, and from L.A. Times columnist Jean Guerrero. She used “Latinx” in a tweet recently and has been weathering a backlash ever since.

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Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times Latinx Files newsletter author Fidel Martinez and L.A. Times columnist Jean Guerrero

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“The Times” is made by columnist Gustavo Arellano, senior producer Denise Guerra and producers Shannon Lin, Marina Peña and Melissa Kaplan. Our engineer is Mario Diaz. Our editors are Lauren Raab and Shani O. Hilton. Our theme song was composed by Andrew Eapen.
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