on one hand, i think it'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's another conversation about how folks won't *get it* unless an academic steps in at all. https://twitter.com/jp_aves/status/1303173940836102144

it's a conversation about classism, that regular ppl's voices re: their own identity are taken less seriously if they don't have immediately recognized ~credentials~. and it's no swipe at prof. tuting, i like what they had to say.

but if you can'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't just an ethnic or cultural or diaspora thing, and i think that'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't just a name. it has *meaning*, and we're figuring that out as we go along. we're figuring out how it fits into the rest of the world, what it means for the people we're in community with, and what it means for ourselves individually.

but i'm about to ramble, so that's all. ingat, mahal ko kayo, at call your grandparents if y'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's a good place to start!: https://twitter.com/kaninrice/status/1267219775148773377?s=19