on one hand, i think it& #39;s nice that a linguistics professor stepped in in good faith, broke down his position clearly, was sympathetic etc. on the other hand, i think there& #39;s another conversation about how folks won& #39;t *get it* unless an academic steps in at all. https://twitter.com/jp_aves/status/1303173940836102144">https://twitter.com/jp_aves/s...

it& #39;s a conversation about classism, that regular ppl& #39;s voices re: their own identity are taken less seriously if they don& #39;t have immediately recognized ~credentials~. and it& #39;s no swipe at prof. tuting, i like what they had to say.

but if you can& #39;t recognize that a group is also, in some sense, an "expert" of their own identity as they *create* it, i dunno what to tell you.

and yknow what, to add more, the x isn& #39;t just an ethnic or cultural or diaspora thing, and i think that& #39;s important to remember. filipinx is an emerging political identity, at the intersection of ethnicity/diaspora/trans/gnc issues. what is the identity for *US* in the u.s.?

it isn& #39;t just a name. it has *meaning*, and we& #39;re figuring that out as we go along. we& #39;re figuring out how it fits into the rest of the world, what it means for the people we& #39;re in community with, and what it means for ourselves individually.

but i& #39;m about to ramble, so that& #39;s all. ingat, mahal ko kayo, at call your grandparents if y& #39;all cool like that, they miss you :))

also if you read this thread, consider checking out resources and ph based orgs to support below! not too up to date, but it& #39;s a good place to start!: https://twitter.com/kaninrice/status/1267219775148773377?s=19">https://twitter.com/kaninrice...