February 18, 20224 yr Paid competition for black and Latinx composers, 9 winners will premiered by Julliard students and the NY Philharmonic. Deadline March 15th. https://composersforum.org/pr...uB9k0x4QX5e0wkcscJjr_Pa99AYk
February 19, 20224 yr 6 minutes ago, pateceramics said: I'm sorry? What's the issue? Nothing related to you, it's the word there that makes me want to punch a puppy. "Latincks" sounds pretty stupid, imo. What's wrong with "Latino," or "Latino/a." English doesn't even have gendered nouns, why the hell tack a goddamn X there.
February 19, 20224 yr Author 4 minutes ago, SSC said: English doesn't even have gendered nouns, why the hell tack a goddamn X there. Presumably because Spanish DOES have gendered nouns, and the -x is an attempt to get everyone included under the umbrella. When I was in school certain teachers forbid us from using gender neutral terms in writing assignments and would mark points off if you put a "he or she" or something similar in a paper. All people were male in their days and women hadn't been invented yet. But you are right. Latinx is a pretty new term, and for the most part the only people who use it are white, and the people they are referring to prefer to call themselves Hispanic. I used Latinx because that's what the call for scores used. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/11/901398248/hispanic-latino-or-latinx-survey-says
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