in article ix10d.13645$QJ3.7661@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com, necoandjeff at
spam@schrepfer.com wrote on 9/9/04 11:45 AM:

> "Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp> wrote in message
> news:%610d.14217$FV3.7873@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
>> 
>> "Marc Adler" <marc.adler@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:WK00d.181$XW.36@twister.socal.rr.com...
>>> Musashi wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You know, I don't think people in Japan are aware that the word
> "eskimo"
>>>> (which is the same in Japanese) is derogatory.
>>>> At least I didn't.
>>> 
>>> What?! How can it be derogatory? That's where we get our word for
>>> 'skiing,' for chrissake.
>>> 
>> 
>> As I said, I had no idea but the site given (
>> http://www.freespiritgallery.ca/ )
>> states;
>> 
>> "Just for your information, the term Eskimo is now considered derogatory
> and
>> has been
>> replaced by the more acceptable term Inuit. Eskimo is used in this website
>> only as a reference
>> term for our international customers who may not be aware of the term
>> Inuit."
> 
> On the scale of racially derogatory terms, where the "N" word is at the high
> end (i.e. the most widely understood to be derogatory), I think the word
> Eskimo would be at the low end, below even the words Oriental and Black
> (both of which are still widely used) but probably a little bit higher than
> the word White.
> 
> Jeff
> 
 It depends on where you are. I've heard that in Alaska the aboriginal folks
don't much mind the term "eskimo," but just try calling someone that in
Tuktoyaktuk. You could end up on the wrong end of a killuutiviniq.

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