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Originally Posted by dino7c
side note I have a family friend that grew up in a far north Inuit community...they refer to themselves as "eskimo" often. My white as a mayonnaise sandwich millennial cousin tried to correct them with "aboriginal". Didn't go over well let me tell you.
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Although as we know, sometimes if they refer to themselves a certain way, that doesn't necessarily mean that we can.
There are also certain indigenous groups in Alaska who officially call themselves Eskimo, but there are some Inuit groups which find it extremely offensive.
The Eskimos basically said that they consulted a handful of different groups and some didn't mind it, some did so because there wasn't a "consensus" they kept it.
Here's a recent article on it:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...nge-their-name