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I'm half Arab and that guy is definitely racist, not funny. And as far as I know only white people say Latinx, they still prefer Latino.
Well you'll be pleased to know that more and more young Latinos actually like LatinX every year. Especially when it comes to college populations where Latino people are an ever growing population.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/latine-vs-latinx-what-young-people-think
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/why-is-latinx-still-used-if-hispanics-hate-the-term/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/latinx-latino-hispanic-linguistics-expert-explains-confusion/story?id=82273936
Jeff Dunham did his standup in the UAE, and Israel to standing ovations
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jeff-dunhams-controversial-character-achmed-the-dead-terrorist-gets-standing-o-in-israel-and-united-arab-emirates-but-malaysia-demands-major-changes-to-act-261527181.html
https://tucson.com/entertainment/blogs/caliente-tuned-in/achmed-the-dead-terrorist-makes-friends-in-middle-east-with-one-exception/article_85dac438-e75d-11e3-9c0e-0019bb2963f4.html
https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fentertainment%2Farchive%2F2011%2F06%2Fwhat-makes-the-arab-world-laugh%2F240759%2F
I believe trans and non binary people prefer Latinx