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Xicanx (/ˈtʃiːkæŋks, ˈʃiː-/ CHEE-kanks, SHEE-,[1] /ʃɪˈkænʃ/ shih-KANSH[2]) is an English-language gender-neutral neologism and identity referring to people of Mexican descent in the United States. The ⟨-x⟩ suffix replaces the ⟨-o/-a⟩ ending of Chicano and Chicana that are typical of grammatical gender in Spanish. The term references a connection to Indigeneity, decolonial consciousness, inclusion of genders outside the Western gender binary imposed through colonialism, and transnationality.[1][2][3][4][5] In contrast, most Latinos tend to define themselves in nationalist terms, such as by a Latin American country of origin (i.e. "Mexican-American").[6]
Xicanx started to emerge in the 2010s and media outlets started using the term in 2016.[7][8][6] Its emergence has been described as reflecting a shift within the Chicano Movement.[2][9] The term has sometimes been used to encompass all related identifiers of Latino/a, Latin@, Latinx, Chicano/a, Chican@, Latin American, or Hispanic,[3] and to replace what have been called colonizing and assimilationist terms, like Latino/a, Mexican American, Mestizo, and Hispanic.[10] Xicanx has also sometimes been used to include colonized people outside of just Mexican descent, such as people from Central and South America.[1]
- ^ a b c Borunda, Rose; Magdalena Martinez, Lorena (August 4, 2020). "Strategies for Defusing Contemporary Weapons in the Ongoing War Against Xicanx Children and Youth". Contemporary Social Psychology. 24 (3): 266–278. doi:10.1007/s40688-020-00312-x. S2CID 225409343 – via Springer.
- ^ a b c Luna, Jennie; Estrada, Gabriel S. (2020). "Trans*lating the Genderqueer -X through Caxcan, Nahua, and Xicanx Indígena Knowledge". In Aldama, Arturo J.; Luis Aldama, Frederick (eds.). Decolonizing Latinx Masculinities. University of Arizona Press. pp. 251–268. ISBN 9780816541836.
- ^ a b Gutierrez, David (Spring 2020). Pocos Pero Locos: Xicanx Principals and Administrators, Torchbearers on the Quest for Self-Preservation (Thesis). California State University, Sacramento. p. 2 – via Sacramento State Scholarworks.
- ^ "Xicanx Futurity". Feminist Research Institute UC Davis, YouTube. October 11, 2019.
- ^ Medina, Lara; Gonzales, Martha (2019). Voices from the Ancestors: Xicanx and Latinx Spiritual Expressions and Healing Practices. University of Arizona Press. pp. 3–4. ISBN 9780816539567.
- ^ a b "From Chicano to Xicanx: A brief history of a political and cultural identity". The Daily Dot. October 23, 2017.
- ^ Dkelsen (March 24, 2016). "Is the Term 'Chicano' Endangered?". OC Weekly.
- ^ Avila, Joseph (April 11, 2016). "R'Perspective: Why Chicanx is anything, but outdated". The Highlander.
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:28was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Zepeda, Susy (Spring 2020). "Decolonizing Xicana/x Studies: Healing the Susto of De-indigenization" (PDF). Atzlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. 45: 227–29.[dead link]