Article 4SKJN Here's How the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is Erasing Black Latinxs

Here's How the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is Erasing Black Latinxs

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Ashley Velez
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When Dominican-American poet Melania-Luisa Marte began writing a poem about what it means to be Afro-Latinx, a simple Google search led her to realize that Afro-Latinx/a/o was not in some of the most commonly used dictionaries. For her, the blatant disregard for the term itself reaffirmed the feelings of erasure that"

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