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To: massmike

Parody...right?


3 posted on 04/26/2016 8:16:01 AM PDT by yoe (Carefully vet those for whom you plan to vote into office........)
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To: yoe

No not a parody. I’ve heard this elsewhere, that Eskimo is at the least, an outdated archaic term, and at the worst, racist and bigoted.

I’ve also heard we aren’t supposed to talk about American Indians anymore. We are supposed to say “native American” or refer to the specific tribe involved, such as Navajo or Cherokee, rather than calling members of the tribes “Indians”.

It’s hard to keep up with all the politically correct terminology.

The term “homosexual” is supposedly verboten now too. You are supposed to say “gay” or “lesbian” but not “homosexual”.

So now we can expect people to get tripped up in referring to Eskimo people.

And look for campaigns against the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. Look for pressures to change that name.


11 posted on 04/26/2016 8:25:13 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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