{"id":1832141,"date":"2023-02-01T21:34:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T02:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1832141"},"modified":"2023-02-01T21:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T02:36:15","slug":"hispanic-democrats-in-connecticut-introduce-bill-to-ban-woke-term-latinx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hispanic-democrats-in-connecticut-introduce-bill-to-ban-woke-term-latinx\/","title":{"rendered":"Hispanic Democrats In Connecticut Introduce Bill To Ban Woke Term \u2018Latinx\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhispanic-democrats-in-connecticut-introduce-bill-to-ban-woke-term-latinx%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1832141&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>A group of Hispanic Democrats living in the state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/connecticut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connecticut<\/a> A bill was introduced to ban the woke expression \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/latinx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latinx<\/a>\u201d From state communications.<\/p>\n<p>Five Democratic members of the state House of Representatives wrote the bill. All five are Hispanic. The bill was at least partly inspired by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders\u2019 move to ban the term \u201cLatinx\u201d From the state government. This move was also met with widespread disapproval among Latinos.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cga.ct.gov\/2023\/TOB\/H\/PDF\/2023HB-06384-R00-HB.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Text of the bill<\/a> reads:<\/p>\n<p><em>[T]These are the general statutes [shall] be amended to prohibit any state agency or employee working for a state agency from using the term \u201cLatinx\u201d on official communications and forms of the state agency.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was introduced in the state House by five members: Geraldo C. Reyes and Christopher Rosario; Juan R. Candelaria; Robert Sanchez and Minnie Gonz.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes attacked the word \u201cLatinx\u201d itself as a woke term that is offensive to the Constitution State\u2019s sizeable Hispanic population; some 17.7% of the residents are Hispanic, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/CT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Census Bureau<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m of Puerto Rican descent and I find it offensive,\u201d Reyes said the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-connecticut-state-government-waterbury-arkansas-77817868efdbd4ee7651575acc665c6f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cThe Spanish language, which is centuries old, defaults to Latino for everybody. It\u2019s all-inclusive. They didn\u2019t need to create a word, it already exists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/arkansas-governor-sarah-huckabee-sanders-bans-word-from-state-government-documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It was declared illegal to use the word<\/a> These documents were taken from January&#8217;s state records. \u201cAll state offices, departments, and agencies, unless granted an exemption by the Governor, shall review official documents of their respective entities regarding the use of the term \u2018Latinx,\u2019 \u2018latinx,\u2019 \u2018Latinxs,\u2019 or \u2018latinxs\u2019 in official state documents,\u201d Her order stated. The order directed agencies to identify any instances of the term in state documents and replace them all within 60 days. \u201cHispanic,\u201d \u201cLatino,\u201d Oder \u201cLatina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been offensive and derogatory to all Puerto Ricans, and it\u2019s something that hasn\u2019t sat well with a lot of people here for a while.\u201d Reyes, added to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/politics\/article\/hispanic-lawmakers-ct-ban-latinx-arkansas-17742243.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CT Insider<\/a>. \u201cWhen I found out that Arkansas Gov. [Sanders] banned it on her first day in the office, I saw that as an opportunity for me to do the same thing.\u201d Reyes, however, criticized Sanders\u2019 move, saying she had \u201cother motivations\u201d Arkansas government documents ban the use of the word.<\/p>\n<p>A search for the <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/search-results\/?q=Latinx#gsc.tab=0&#038;gsc.q=Latinx&#038;gsc.page=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State website<\/a> It was found that at least 920 state documents include the word \u201cLatinx.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/only-1-of-hispanics-prefer-the-so-called-gender-neutral-term-latinx-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National poll<\/a> In October, only 1% of Hispanics identified themselves as Hispanics. \u201cLatinx,\u201d Hispanics were subjected to the gender-neutrality of this term by left-wing culture. WPA Intelligence was a conservative polling company that worked with Visto Media for the Latino advocacy organization Bienvenido. They conducted a poll among 1,288 Hispanic voters who were registered as Republican, Democrat, or Independent.<\/p>\n<p>The poll revealed that Hispanics prefer to be identified with the community, while Latinos and Americans are preferred.<\/p>\n<p>Respondents to the poll were asked to choose from a list of options as to why many Hispanics have not embraced the term \u2014 a combined 35% of Democrats blamed Hispanics rejecting the made-up term on \u201cmachismo culture\u201d Oder \u201ctoo much homophobia and transphobia among Hispanics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another reason Democrats think the term has not caught on in Hispanic culture is that it&#8217;s too limiting. \u201cright-wing disinformation\u201d Hispanics pride themselves on their culture as it is. About 14%, however, don&#8217;t know what it means.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, most Republicans said it\u2019s because Hispanics like their culture.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brandon Drey contributed to the report.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Hispanic Democrats in the state of Connecticut introduced a bill to ban the woke term \u201cLatinx\u201d from state communications. The bill was authored by five Democratic members of the state House of Representatives, all of whom are of Hispanic descent. 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