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Ice cream company will drop ‘derogatory’ name
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2021 Dec 30, 11:10am 1,167 views 9 comments
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Patrick
2021 Dec 30, 12:09pm
Patrick
2021 Dec 30, 12:09pm
Why is Eskimo considered derogatory? It's a fine old term from an American Indian language:
Sounds like, once again, some person is seeking virtue signaling status points by telling the rest of us what we can and cannot say.
Attested since 1584,[1][2] ultimately from an Old Montagnais term. Ives Goddard's theory, accepted by most linguists today, is that it derives from Montagnais ayaškimew (“snowshoe-netter”). An older theory, defended by John Steckley due to its greater acceptance in Native oral traditions, but discredited[3] by linguists, is that it derives from a term meaning "eater(s) of raw meat".
Sounds like, once again, some person is seeking virtue signaling status points by telling the rest of us what we can and cannot say.
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Hircus
2021 Dec 30, 1:02pm
I wonder how many Eskimos actually consider it derogatory? I doubt any, at least until a leftist was installed into their village to sow division and resentment.
Hircus
2021 Dec 30, 1:02pm
The name “Eskimo” is commonly used in Alaska to refer to Inuit and Yupik people, according to the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska. “This name is considered derogatory in many other places because it was given by non-Inuit people and was said to mean ‘eater of raw meat.'”
I wonder how many Eskimos actually consider it derogatory? I doubt any, at least until a leftist was installed into their village to sow division and resentment.
Eskimo Pie will go the way of Aunt Jemima’s and Uncle Ben’s