Nicole Acevedo is a reporter for NBC Latino.
Even though Latinos in the U.S. have become more aware of the word 'Latinx,' about half of the Hispanic population still has never heard of the gender-neutral alternative, the Pew Research Center found in a study published Thursday. The number of Latinos who have heard of 'Latinx' has nearly doubled since 2019, when only 23% of the Hispanic population reported being aware of it. Now, almost half of the U.S.
From 'Hispanic' and 'Latino' to 'Latinx' and 'Latine,' the different pan-ethnic terms used to describe people who can trace their roots to Latin American countries and Spain have long been a source of debate as communities grapple with identifying which terms best represent their experiences. But defying racial and ethnic categorizations, often defined in narrow terms, is an indication of how big and diverse the Latino population is becoming.
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