Current Events > Are we still allowed to use the E-word for Inuit people?

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It's apparently a slur. Does that mean we can't use it here anymore?
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As far as I know, it's only derogatory in Canada (?)

fyi it's Eskimo
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Eskimo is a slur? Since when?

Only if it has an a on the end
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Cal12 posted...

Eskimo is a slur? Since when?

There was an incident. I can't remember what it was exactly, but someone or something used the word, people got really upset and apparently a lot of Inuit people view it as an offensive slur.
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eston posted...

Only if it has an a on the end

Lol
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Eskimo is not viewed as a slur in Alaska btw

Also, I think Inuit is Canada, and in Alaska it's Inupiaq
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eston posted...

Only if it has an a on the end

Whatup my eskima
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Why would you call them eskimo if you know they call themselves 'Inuit?'

Why not refer to them by the name they use to talk about themselves?
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I remember hearing about this but I don't know anything about why it's supposed to be bad.

I just switched over to "Inuit" and my life didn't really change any.
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Eskimo is only derogatory because it's actually a specific tribe. Calling any native an Eskimo is like calling a random African a Zulu.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Natives

At least that's what I recall from Alaska studies back in high school.
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Inuit has been the preferred vernacular for well over a decade. If this is coming as news to you, perhaps you should be more engaged.

The term Eskimo is certainly considered offensive by aboriginal people of the north, not just in Canada. Though I think to most the term wouldn't be taken as offensively as say the N word, among others.
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Eskimo is only derogatory because it's actually a specific tribe. Calling any native an Eskimo is like calling a random African a Zulu.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Natives

At least that's what I recall from Alaska studies back in high school.

Please note, Canadian Inuit is listed in that article.

It says Inupiat also, but the true spelling is Inupiaq
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9I posted...

Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Eskimo is only derogatory because it's actually a specific tribe. Calling any native an Eskimo is like calling a random African a Zulu.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Natives

At least that's what I recall from Alaska studies back in high school.

Please note, Canadian Inuit is listed in that article

You know what, you may be entirely correct. I'm hearing that Inuit may also be a slightly dated term. In day to day conversations, I would typically use First Nations, Indigenous or in some specific cases, Aboriginal.

The distinction between first nations people in northern regions vs southern regions is likely antiquated.
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I often think of ice cream when I hear the word "Eskimo."
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I don't know what I have been told. But I heard eskimo pussy is mighty cold.
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Thompson posted...

I often think of ice cream when I hear the word "Eskimo."

I think of how Mario looks when he has that powerup in SMB3.

Or Eskimo Pie.
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yeah I was gonna say, the way I understood it is less that it's racist and more that it only refers to one tribe when there are many
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prince_leo posted...

yeah I was gonna say, the way I understood it is less that it's racist and more that it only refers to one tribe when there are many

I could be misremembering Alaska history but this. If they're an Eskimo and you call then an Eskimo it's no issue.
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I wonder what this sites policy on the words gypsy and midget are.
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I always thought Eskimo was a lifestyle

Like rednecks. Frigid ass rednecks
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