I think you have identified is utility. Like many new things, I did not like it at first. Did not understand the why of it.

This:

It’s also not as inclusive as we’ve been led to believe. “In a nutshell,” one person wrote, “what bothers me is that the underlying identity for Latinx is European. I’m not white; my people are indigenous to this continent but there are things from other cultures I identify with because of mixed ancestry. There’s no word for that.” Another friend, a well-regarded novelist who frequently writes about Latin American culture, said, “I don’t use it but am resigned to its appearance. I didn’t like it at first because I see erasure with that X.”

I don’t feel Latinx is European, I don’t think many Europeans self identify as Latinx but maybe I am wrong.

It seems that north of the Rio Grande, you are native American if you have even as little as 1/16 native American ancestry. South of the Rio Grande it seems you are not native American unless you are 15/16 ths native American.

Saying there is no word for mixed race Americans is not really true. More accurately, there is no word for mixed race Americans that is not consider an insult by most mixed race Americans.

I think to a degree we should be able to self idenify and have that be accepted by others as long as for the most part we do so accurately.

I would like to self identify as Yankee. White just does not fit for me.

TEK