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Community Colleges’ Use of the Term “Latinx”
Author(s) -
Salinas Cristobal,
Doran Erin E.,
Swingle Ethan C.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20383
Subject(s) - terminology , term (time) , community college , population , political science , sociology , higher education , public administration , demography , law , medical education , linguistics , medicine , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
This chapter provides a primer on the evolution of terminology used to classify the Latinx/a/o population in the United States, the origins of the term “Latinx,” and an analysis of how community colleges currently use the term.