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SALAZAR’S ‘REJECT LATINX ACT’ PASSES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed Rep.  María Elvira Salazar  (R-FL)’s amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill that bans the Biden Administration from using the term “Latinx” on public-facing, government documents. The amendment was inspired by her similarly-named legislation, the  Reject Latinx Act . Although more than 90% of Latinos reject this term, the Biden White House has made it a point to continue referring to Latinos as Latinx. “ The reality is that the Spanish language has two genders: masculine and feminine. Male and female. Period. But a new generation wants to destroy a universal Hispanic reality. It wants to erase a grammatical rule that’s been in place for centuries because of an obsession with wokeness ,”  said Rep. Salazar. The Biden Administration has used the term in  multiple instance . However, that does not take away from the reality that only 2% of Latinos use the term

UNTITLED ART PROGRAM AND LINE UP DECEMBER 6 - 10TH

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  Image: GeoVanna Gonzalez,  PLAY, LAY, AYE: ACT 6  (2023). Performance. Featured on 12/8 at 5pm. Presented by Commissioner, in partnership with Chief. Image courtesy of the artist and captured by Juan Matos. We are pleased to be in touch this week with the 12th edition's special focus on  performance art . Live performances are scheduled throughout the run of the fair, continuing Untitled Art’s support of non-commercial genres and multi-disciplinary art practices. General Admission Wednesday, December 6 through Saturday, December 9, 11am-7pm Sunday, December 10, 11am-5pm Wednesday, December 6th 11:30am Awilda Sterling-Duprey,  Blindfolded  (2020 and ongoing) Presented by Nest Exhibitor El Kilómetro (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Fusing Afro-Caribbean dance, music, drawing, and performance, Sterling-Duprey translates music through her body into dance movements on the paper´s surface with sharp actions and a sense of playfulness. 3pm Trueson Daugherty,  Absolute Obedience  (2023) Curated b