Post #3877455
2026-07-09 22:21 UTC
Spent some time in Alaska - the natives I had a chance to speak to referred to themselves as Eskimos. And it wasn’t one of those ‘we can say it, but it’s derogatory coming from anyone else’ words… it’s just a word they use for their people. They were kind of amused at the whole controversy.
It’s anecdote, and the number of them actually offended by the term Eskimo is probably higher than zero, but by and large this is white people being offended on their behalf at something that is a non-issue.
So, call em Eskimos. Or Inuit. Or Natives. From the source, they’re cool with it.
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@cheat700000007@lemmy.world 2026-07-09 22:31
Latinx is still the dumbest thing I’ve heard
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@TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-10 07:02
Ah yes. The “I know a black guy who isn’t offended by a white guy saying the N word so it’s ok to say it” argument. They are not all the same. I know for a fact that there are indeed large groups who are offended by it. Just because you know a group / groups who are not offended, doesn’t mean all the others spread out all over half a continent feel the same way about it.