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Who Identifies as “Latinx”? The Generational Politics of Ethnoracial Labels
Social Forces ( IF 5.866 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-16 , DOI: 10.1093/sf/soab011
G Cristina Mora 1 , Reuben Perez 1 , Nicholas Vargas 2
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Over the past 5 years, the “Latinx” label has become increasingly popular within academia, politics, and social media. Yet, little is known about who has adopted the term at this relatively early stage and how it might be interpreted. Drawing on a unique data set of US-born Californians, as well as Latina/o/x Studies insight, this paper provides the first academic survey results on “Latinx” identification. We find that close to 25 percent of respondents identify with the term regularly, and that its early adoption varies across groups. Specifically, political ideology, especially progressive politics, is strongly correlated with use of the label. We also find that both immigrant generation and birth cohort matter considerably, with second generation immigrants and people born in Generation Z (since 1995) most likely to identify with the term. Finally, our findings show that “Latinx” is largely understood as complementary to, not mutually exclusive of, other panethnic labels like “Hispanic” and “Latino.” Taken together, our results suggest that generational politics matter for understanding early label diffusion and that Latinos adopt a variety of panethnic labels that they likely use in different contexts. We discuss these findings in terms of our broader understanding of Latinidad, racialization, and the symbolic power of ethnoracial labels.

中文翻译:

谁认定为“拉丁裔”?种族标签的代际政治

在过去的 5 年中,“Latinx”标签在学术界、政界和社交媒体中变得越来越流行。然而,关于谁在这个相对较早的阶段采用了这个术语以及如何解释它,我们知之甚少。本文利用美国出生的加利福尼亚人的独特数据集以及拉丁/o/x 研究洞察力,提供了有关“拉丁裔”识别的第一个学术调查结果。我们发现,接近 25% 的受访者经常认同这个词,而且它的早期采用因群体而异。具体来说,政治意识形态,尤其是进步政治,与标签的使用密切相关。我们还发现移民一代和出生队列都很重要,第二代移民和 Z 一代(自 1995 年以来)出生的人最有可能认同这个词。最后,我们的研究结果表明,“拉丁裔”在很大程度上被理解为与“西班牙裔”和“拉丁裔”等其他泛民族标签互补而非相互排斥。综上所述,我们的研究结果表明,代际政治对于理解早期标签传播很重要,并且拉丁美洲人采用了他们可能在不同情况下使用的各种泛民族标签。我们根据我们对拉丁裔、种族化和民族标签的象征力量的更广泛理解来讨论这些发现。我们的研究结果表明,代际政治对于理解早期标签传播很重要,并且拉丁美洲人采用了他们可能在不同情况下使用的各种泛民族标签。我们根据我们对拉丁裔、种族化和民族标签的象征力量的更广泛理解来讨论这些发现。我们的研究结果表明,代际政治对于理解早期标签传播很重要,并且拉丁美洲人采用了他们可能在不同情况下使用的各种泛民族标签。我们根据我们对拉丁裔、种族化和民族标签的象征力量的更广泛理解来讨论这些发现。
更新日期:2021-02-16
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