Kusho Ukuthini Ukufaka u "X" Emagameni Anjenge Womxn, Folx, ne Latinx

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• Kungani usebenzisa i-X
• Ngakho-ke Ithini I-Latinx, Womxn, ne-Folx?
• I-Latinx
• Womxn
• Umdabu
• Kufanele Ngiyisebenzise Kanjani Futhi Nini?
• Ingabe Le Ngingaba Umngane Okahle?
• Buyekeza kwe-

Uma ungaphandle kobunikazi bobungqingili, umhlophe, ne-cisgender, umqondo wokuchaza ubunikazi bakho ungabonakala ungafani. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi lobu bunikazi bubonwa njengokuzenzakalelayo; noma ngubani ongaphandle kwalezo zinkomba uthathwa ngokuthi "omunye." Njengomuntu ongaphandle kwalowo mbuso, kwangithatha cishe iminyaka engamashumi amabili ukuqonda ukuthi ngingubani - nokuthi kuzoqhubeka nokuvela.

Ngisakhula, ngangazi ukuthi angisiye omnyama noma omhlophe; Ngangingeyona "iSpanish" njengoba umama asibiza kanjalo, njengabantu basePuerto Rican naseCuba. Ngangingaqondile, futhi ubungqingili bami babekelwa inselele ngisakhula. Kepha lapho sengithole igama elithi Afro-Latina, umhlaba wabonakala uhambelana futhi wenza umqondo kimi.

Ngakuthola kulula kuleso sici. Akunjalo kuwo wonke umuntu. Ulimi lusetshenziswa njengethuluzi lokuxhumana nokuchaza; ikusiza ukuthi uzazi ukuthi ungubani, futhi ikunikeze nombono ngezwe elikuzungezile. Ngenkathi amalebula angakhishwa ngandlela thile, lapho ekugcineni uthola ilebula okhomba ngalo, lingakusiza ukuthi uthole umphakathi wakho, wandise umuzwa wokuba ngowakho, futhi uzizwe unamandla, uDella V. Mosley, Ph.D., uprofesa ongumsizi wesayensi yokusebenza kwengqondo iNyuvesi yaseFlorida itshele phambilini Umumo. Kimina, lapho ngithola ilebula efanele, ngazizwa ngibonwa. Ngithole indawo yami ku umhlaba omkhulu.

Lo mkhankaso wokuhlanganyela nokuba ngowokubandakanya - okwethu nokwabanye - yingakho ulimi lukhula. Yingakho sine- "x."

Impikiswano mayelana ne- "x" ngokwemigomo efana ne- "Latinx," "folx," ne- "womxn" miningi, futhi ingakushiya nemibuzo eminingi: "Ingabe i-" x "ifaka phakathi kakhulu? ukuphimisa la magama? Kungani sikhona lapho? Ngabe sonke kumele siqale ukusebenzisa la magama? " Adonse umoya kakhulu. Ake sixoxe ngakho.

Kungani usebenzisa i-X

Ukukubeka kalula, "kufaka phakathi uhlamvu 'x' ekupeleni kwamagama endabuko kuhlose ukuveza amabhokisi amakhemikhali wobunikazi bobulili futhi kukhombise ukufakwa kwawo wonke amaqembu, kufaka phakathi abantu abadlulayo nabantu bebala," kusho u-Erika De La Cruz , Umphathi we-TV kanye nombhali we Ama-Passionistas: Amathiphu, izinganekwane nama-Tweetable avela kwabesifazane abaphishekela amaphupho abo. I-Womxn, i-folx, ne-Latinx konke kusetshenziselwa ukwazisa ukushiyeka kolimi olunambambili lobulili (okusho, kukhawulelwe kowesilisa noma owesifazane).

Kepha ubulili buyinto eyodwa nje yephazili; ukubusa kwamakoloni nakho kudlala indima enkulu. Ubukoloni baseNtshonalanga sebuwacindezele ngokomlando amasiko ayehlukene. Manje, abanye abantu bafuna ukuchibiyela ulimi (isiNgisi, nokunye) ukubhekana nalelo qiniso nokuhlonipha la masiko.

Kukonke, ucwaningo ngokusetshenziswa kwe- "x" ngolimi lukhombisa ukuthi kunezizathu ezinhlanu ezisetshenzisiwe, kusho uNorma Mendoza-Denton, Ph.D., uchwepheshe wezolimi kanye noprofesa we-anthropology e-UCLA.

1. Ukugwema ukwabela ubulili ngaphakathi kwegama.
2. Ukumela abantu abangahambisani nobulili.
3. Njengoguquko (njengaku-algebra), ngakho-ke lisebenza njengetemu lokugcwalisa elingenalutho kumuntu ngamunye. Isibonelo, ekusetshenzisweni kwe- "xe" noma i- "xem" kuma-neopronoun, isigaba sezabizwana esisha esingasetshenziselwa noma ngubani, ngaphandle kobulili.
4. Emiphakathini eminingi eyakhiwe ngamakoloni - noma ngabe yiLatinx, Black, noma amanye amaqembu Omdabu - i- "x" nayo imele konke okuthathwe kubo ngabakholoni. Isibonelo, imiphakathi yase-Mexico izibiza nge-Chicano/Xicano/a/x ngokuphambene nokuthi "i-Mexican" ngoba ikhombisa ukuhlonza izimpande zoMdabu ngaphezu kwalokho abathe amakoloni ase-Spain bayiqambe ngakho. Lo muzwa udlulela nakubantu abamnyama baseMelika: UMalcolm X washintsha isibongo sakhe kusukela ku-"Little" (igama lomnikazi wezigqila zokhokho bakhe) kwaba "x" ngo-1952 ukuze abone umlando wobudlova obumelene nabaNsundu obushunyekwe esibongo sakhe, ngokusho kuka. i-African American Intellectual History Society.
5. I- "x" nayo iyaqala ukusebenza ikakhulukazi ezilimini zomdabu ezihlale zilahlekelwe ubulili bazo besithathu. Isibonelo, umphakathi waseJuchitan, eMexico, ubuyisa futhi ugubha ubulili babo besithathu "i-muxe"

Zonke lezi zizathu zikhomba isifiso sokubalekela ulimi olunambambili kanye nekoloni. Ekubuyiseni ulimi, kulula ukuvula indlela yohlelo olubandakanya wonke umuntu.

Ngakho-ke Ithini I-Latinx, Womxn, ne-Folx?

Nakuba lawa magama amathathu, ikakhulukazi, edonsa ukunakwa okukhulu futhi esetshenziswa kaningi, akuwona kuphela amagama akhona asebenzisa u-"x" - futhi amanye amaningi angase aguquke njengoba lokhu kuba umkhuba ovamile.

I-Latinx

Izilimi zaseSpain nezinye zaseRomance zinambambili ngokwemvelo; ngokwesibonelo, ngeSpanishi, i-masculine el / un / o ivame ukusetshenziswa njengezenzakalelayo kubo bonke ubulili, lapho i-ella / una / a yesifazane ikhona kuphela esetshenziswa ukukhuluma nabesifazane nabesifazane. Izichasiso eziningi zivame ukugcina ngo-o noma -a ukuze zibonise ubulili bomuntu ezimbhekise kuye.

Ngakho-ke, abantu abahlonza ngaphandle kobulili bangazithola bengqubuzana noma bengafaneleki ngamagama ansuku zonke, njengezichasiso, kulezi zilimi - noma, ikakhulukazi, kwilebula leLatino / a ukuchaza umuntu odabuka eLatin America noma ozalweni. Ezinye izilimi ezifana nesiJalimane nesiNgisi zinamagama angathathi hlangothi, yingakho sikwazi ukusebenzisa "bona" ​​esiNgisini njengendawo yokusebenzela izabizwana zobulili.

Womxn

Manje kungani ushintsha u- "a" egameni elithi owesifazane? Igama elithi "womxn" livame ukusetshenziselwa ukususa "indoda" kowesifazane. Lokhu kwehlisa umqondo wokuthi abesifazane baphuma emadodeni. Iphinde igcizelele inhloso yokufaka abesifazane / abesifazane besifazane / abesifazane abangashintshi kanambambili, bevuma ukuthi akubona bonke abesifazane abanabesifazane futhi hhayi bonke abantu abanezitho zangasese bangabesifazane.

Igama elithi womxn livame ukusetshenziselwa ukuphazamisa ukucabanga kwamakholoni nasebulilini. Isibonelo, imiphakathi yabomdabu neyase-Afrika imvamisa ayizange bona izindima zobulili kanye nobulili ngendlela efanayo nemiphakathi yaseYurophu enayo. Izizwe eziningi zase-Afrika kanye nezoMdabu zazingama-matrilineal kanye/noma ze-matrilocal, okusho ukuthi isakhiwo esizungeze imindeni yayisekelwe ohlwini lozalo lukamama oluphikisana nolukababa. Abantu abanemimoya emibili (ubulili obuhlukile, besithathu) babevame ukuqashelwa ezizweni zamaMelika Omdabu, yize isizwe ngasinye singahle sibe namagama aso noma igama laso. Ngenkathi amakoloni aseYurophu ethatha amazwe aboMdabu ngenkani futhi egqilaza abantu base-Afrika, baphinde bacindezela futhi benza ubugebengu izindlela eziningi zokuphila zamasiko. Umphakathi wezinzalamizi, omhlophe ophakeme esihlala kuwo namuhla wawugxilwe kubantu abaningi, yingakho ukuguqula ulimi esilusebenzisa manje kuyindlela yokubuyisa.

Umdabu

Ngenkathi igama elithi folks selivele lingathathi hlangothi ngokobulili, igama elithi "folx" lisetshenziselwa ukubonisa ngokukhethekile ukufakwa kobungqingili bobulili, abantu be-transgender kanye ne-agender. Nakuba "abantu" bangempela bengabandakanyi muntu ngokwemvelo, ukusebenzisa u-"x" kungabonisa ukuthi uyabazi abantu abangase bakhombe ngaphandle kokubona kanambambili.

Kufanele Ngiyisebenzise Kanjani Futhi Nini?

Kuya ngesimo. Ukuze uphephe, kuwukuhlakanipha ukusebenzisa i- "x" lapho ubhekisa kwimiphakathi emikhulu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ufaka phakathiwonke umuntu. Uma usezikhaleni ezinamandla, zesifazane, noma ze-queer (noma ngabe uku-inthanethi noma i-IRL), kuwumqondo omuhle ukusebenzisa igama elithi "womxn" noma "folx" ukukhombisa ukuthi uyasihlonipha isikhala. "Ukuphakamisa" ulimi lwakho, ukuze ukhulume, kuyindlela enhle yokuhlanganisa.

Uma ukhomba njengoLatina noma owesifazane, kufanele ushintshe indlela ozikhomba ngayo? "Lona umbuzo ojwayelekile futhi, ngokungananazi, ukukhathazeka ngalabo abathanda ukuthi bangobani 'njengoba kunjalo," kusho uDe La Cruz. "Ngikholwa wukuthi kudingeka sazi ukuthi umuntu ngamunye ngokwesiko lethu wenze uhambo lwakhe lokuzemukela."

Okusho ukuthi, kulungile ngamaphesenti ayi-100 ukuba neqiniso kulokho oyikho, noma ngabe lelo ilebula ngaphakathi kwebhanari. Isibonelo, ngisazibheka njenge-Afro-Latina ngoba yindlela engibona ngayo. Nokho, uma ngikhuluma nawo wonke umphakathi we-Latinx, ngizothi "Latinx" esikhundleni salokho.

Uwabiza kanjani amagama ane "x"? I-Womxn iphinyiselwa njengokuthi "owesifazane" noma "abesifazane" kuye ngomongo; i-folx ubuningi, ibizwa ngokuthi "abantu"; I-Latinx ibizwa ngokuthi "La-teen-x" noma "Lah-tin-x," ngokusho kukaMedeza-Denton.

Ingabe Le Ngingaba Umngane Okahle?

Kunezinto ezilula ongazenza ukuze ube umngane ongcono, kodwa ukwenza lezi zinto ngeke kukwenze umngane wakho ngokuzenzekelayo. Ukuba ngumlingani kumayelana nokwenza imizamo ngokungaguquguquki yokusiza ukuhamba kokuqeda ukubekelwa eceleni. (Okuhlobene: I-LGBTQ+ Glossary of Gender and Sexuality Definitions Allies Okufanele Bazi)

Faka izabizwana zakho kumakhasi wakho wezokuxhumana kanye namasiginesha wakho we-imeyili - noma ngabe awukhombi njenge-transgender noma ubulili abuhambisani. Lokhu kusiza ukujwayela ukucelwa kwezabizwana ekusebenzisaneni kwansuku zonke. Faka "bona" ​​esilulumagama sakho ukuze ubhekise kubantu abangakaqinisekisi izabizwana zabo. (Noma, uma ungabaza, vele ubuze abantu ukuthi bathandani! Khumbula ukuthi ayikho indlela eyodwa yokuthi "ubukeke" kuthengiselana, okungahambisani nobulili, noma okungekhona okwambambili. Wonke umuntu wehlukile.) Uma ukhathazekile ngokuthi uhlelo lolimi lulungile kanjani ukusetshenziswa kwe- "they", ake ngikunikeze umhlahlandlela wesitayela se-APA.

Futhi, uma sikhuluma iqiniso, ulimi "oluyilo" luyinkohliso. Uma amaqembu ahlukene abantu ezindaweni ezahlukene ekhuluma ulimi oluhlukile, ungabheka kanjani inguqulo eyodwa ngokuthi "ilungile" noma "ilungile"? Ukugcizelela lo mbono kunomkhawulo kulabo abahlala ngaphandle kwemikhawulo ye- "English efanele," njengezikhulumi ze-African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) noma ezinye izilimi zomdabu. UMendoza-Denton uthi kungcono: "Ulimi luhlala luqhubeka njalo futhi luzoqhubeka nokuguquka! Ungakhathazeki, iGeneration C, eminyakeni engama-30 ezayo izobe isebenzisa amagama amasha angakasungulwa futhi azobe eshaya izingqondo zethu! "

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