Plus, about one-in-four U.S. Hispanics have heard of the term Latinx, but just 3% use it themselves
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August 15, 2020
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** About one-in-four U.S. Hispanics have heard of Latinx, but just 3% use it ([link removed])
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The term Latinx has emerged in recent years ([link removed]) as a gender-neutral alternative to the terms Latino, Latina and Hispanic. However, awareness of Latinx is relatively low among the population it is meant to describe – and very few Hispanics use it to describe themselves. Overall, few Hispanics prefer “Latinx” over “Hispanic” or “Latino” as a pan-ethnic term.
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The pandemic has caused massive economic disruption, and the government's response has pushed the federal budget further out of balance ([link removed]) than it's been in nearly eight decades. But Americans appear to be slightly less concerned about the deficit than they have been in recent years.
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