Talk:Eskimo
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The word Eskimo is not an Eskimo word. It means "eaters of raw meat" and was used by the Algonquin Indians of eastern Canada for these hardy neighbors who wore animal-skin clothing and were adept hunters. The name became commonly employed by European explorers and now is generally used, even by Eskimo. Their own term for themselves is Inuit (the Yupik variant is Yuit), which means the "real people."
From: http://www.alaskan.com/docs/eskimo.html
Why was this removed from the article? The lack of any discussion of this term as racist in this article is problematic. --Bdrbogart (talk) 22:40, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
- If it "now is generally used, even by Eskimo" then what's so "problematic"? We seem to make the point in the existing usage notes anyway. Equinox ◑ 18:47, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
Further reading[edit]
I don't know if Wiktionary entries generally include sources not used in the construction of the article, but I came across this, written by someone with appropriate qualifications and including a bit more detail, and thought that it might be useful: The Canadian Encyclopedia: Eskimo. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 17:14, 18 September 2019 (UTC)