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Pinned #introduction.

I'm a #hispanic (Puerto Rican 🇵🇷) freelance developer in C# and full stack web development (and other languages). I created and maintain #OpenDyslexic, a #typeface that helps with readability that is used by companies and people worldwide.

I had a TedX talk about it.

I have other software projects that you can find at abbiecod.es

I keep a blog on abbiegonzalez.com

Right now, I maintain OpenDyslexic and am working on a #Mastodon client.

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Just saw an excellent convo about affirmations for #masculine people. I got happy. Then I got sad when I remembered what's happening in the USA. We're being dragged backward at an alarming rate. We're back to struggling merely to affirm that #women, #LGBTQIA+ people, ethnic/racial #minorities, people with #disabilities, etc. deserve the same rights as everyone else, and to be free from harassment and violence. "Advanced" things like how stereotypes about #men (and similar topics) support and entrench #patriarchy seem like almost luxuries at this point. I feel like I'm going to spend all my day-to-day social justice time explaining to people that trans and queer and #Black and #Native and #Hispanic and #autistic and female people are human for the next few years. Ugh.

Annoyance: Someone on zucksite posted a meme saying that all Hispanic/Latino people in the Americas and elsewhere should stop using the terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" and use #Native or #NativeAmerican instead.

I'm 100% down with this if Hispanic/Latino people make it clear that's what they want (or even if one person does). People's identities are almost totally up to them, IMO; I'll almost certainly call you what you want to be called. It's a pretty complex issue, though -- e.g., Mexico I think had the highest rate of mestizaje in the century or so after the conquests began, and it varies widely among other regions/nations; there have been a large number of Native pride and Native identity movements in the past 500 years throughout the Americas, and many Mexicans, at least, identify more strongly with their "European soul" (referencing Octavio Paz, there). Racism in Mexico is often tied to Native identity, language, and appearance, as well. This is not an issue I have a stake in except in wanting to support anyone who does. I'll look to the people with those identities and respect them.

Separate issue about the meme itself: It starts out saying "Hispanic means From #Spain, so..."

I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean that. The usage and definition I've seen of Hispanic is more like "having significant heritage connected to the Spanish (and Portuguese) conquests in the Americas." I've met one or two Spanish people who did not identify as Hispanic, for example (and others who did).

If the descendants of the conquests in the Americas choose to stop identifying as #Hispanic or #Latino, great. I'll support that 100%. However, I get annoyed when people try to push a narrative using a false premise.

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The Congressional #Hispanic Caucus [#CHC] released a statement hitting back at the #Republicans attack on its chairperson.

“This #xenophobic rhetoric from #Trump Republicans proves that you can follow the #law, get your papers, become a #citizen, get elected to #Congress — swear multiple #oaths to protect & defend the #Constitution — & all you will ever be to Trump Republicans: an ‘illegal immigrant,’” the group wrote in a post.

The #Hispanic response by #NewYork Congressman Adriano Espaillat to the litany of lies in the #SOTU by #DonaldTheDeplorable was met with slander by #BananaRepublicans calling him an “illegal immigrant” because he overstayed a tourist visa as a child. Within the year, he had a #GreenCard. huffpost.com/entry/nrcc-racist

No mention of #FirstLady and former nude model #MelaniaKnauss who overstayed her tourist visa. Nor a word about #ElonMusk violating his student visa.

How long before they were legal? 🤔

HuffPost · 'Vile, Ignorant And Racist': GOP Account Ripped Over 'Disgusting' Attack On Dem LawmakerBy Ed Mazza

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[Representative] Al Green continued a long standing [US] tradition: Black People taking the brunt of the heat for standing up for what’s right, while everyone else benefits and forgets who brought [those benefits] to them.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · Congressman Al Green removed from Trump address after heckling presidentBy Joseph Gedeon