Her father is part Columbian. On the video OP posted at 11:35. People can refer to their heritage in their own ways, like using Latino or Latinx to describe themselves. But to make a finer point, nowhere has she referred to herself as latinx... people were using that term for her. That's an important distinction.

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Latino or Latina. If you want to differentiate you can write latina/o. In Portuguese and Spanish the neutral form is with O in the end, a group of 3 men and 5 women from latin America is a latino group. It’s the ethnology of the language

Same. Every Latino person I know makes fun of the term.

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Don’t worry you are not being racist AT ALL

>I guess you could claim Latinx based on that...?

Yes. And you know the answer is yes. Stop carrying water for white supremacist groups.

Since you claim you're Jewish, I think we all should call into question the validity of your heritage, too. Just so it's fair.

This is woke run amok. Apparently folks just assumed she was Latino, including the NAACP, and they just ran with it. They profiled her based on looks and name.

Just the other day, noted Black Panther Angela Davis discovered her ancestors came over on the Mayflower. So looks and skin color means nothing.

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Additionally, in the video the OP linked...she explicitly says her father's Columbian at 11:35. Seems like that's relevant.

Not really. It's a problem. Sorry you're upset. Someone doesn't know what off topic means. WPI education?

Bro...is there a reason you also left out that in the video you linked she explicitly says her father's Columbian at 11:35? Seems like that's pretty relevant. Do you also realize that Latino people can also be white? Or are they just not "white" enough for you?

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Answer the question...is there a reason you also left out that in the video you linked, she explicitly says her father's Columbian at 11:35?

So is there a reason you also left out that in the video you linked she explicitly says her father's Columbian at 11:35? Seems like that's pretty relevant. Or maybe that doesn't jive well with your support of some white supremacist group's talking point du jour. I don't think you care about honesty.

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Yep.

Your post giving air to white supremacist groups doesn't exactly make you come up roses.

Oh and is there a reason you also left out that in the video you linked, she explicitly says her father's Columbian at 11:35? Seems like that's pretty relevant.

I don't police other people's identities. Not my place to tell anyone else that they're one ethnicity or another. Not my place to question their cultural and ethnic identity. Unless you're a latin person expressing concern about someone appropriating or benefiting from a false identity, it's not really your place either.

I personally do not know 1 single latina/o that uses this term

But when did she call herself Latinx? Articles calling her that isn’t the same as her doing it

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This. I spend more money outside Worcester than I do inside Worcester. Marlborough has retail, Shrewsbury has retail, but Worcester not so much.

The mercantile garage definitely isn’t empty during the week. When I’m in my office (right behind city hall) my lunch options are a giant ziggy bomb, $25 sandwich from 110 grill, or sub-rate falafel from Shwarma Palace. CVS is the only place to buy anything that’s not lunch - have you been in that CVS? It’s utterly depressing and not well stocked.

If there was more in the area I might spend more time in my office. And downtown is suffering, but Worcester in general is pretty sad when it comes to places to spend money.