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Originally Posted by Sandman
I've been told my whole my whole life that the term "Eskimo"was offensive to them, and that they preferrred the term "Inuit". Not sure who they are asking about it...
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Preferring Inuit doesn't mean they are offended by Eskimo. I've met very few Inuit people offended by the term Eskimo. In fact some bands actually prefer use the term Eskimo and still us it in their name.
It's like how white folks decided it wasn't okay to call us black, and replaced it with "African American", despite not all black people being African. Most of these changes in terms are virtue signalling due to white guilt and don't actually come from people of color.
As long as the Eskimos aren't using a caricature as a mascot, which they don't (I believe it's a polar bear?), I think they are in pretty good shape and in the same category as the Seminoles.