2007-02-23 16:46:31 · 7 answers · asked by Mandi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Everyone's offended by whatever you call them, that's why the names change so much. People need to just get over it! Call me what you will, white, cracker, honky, i don't care.
2007-02-23 16:51:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The term Eskimo can include the Alutiiq, Inupiat, Sug'piak, and Yup'ik Eskimo populations of Alaska, and the Yupik population of Eastern Russia. The speakers of the Yupik languages self-identify as Eskimo , but the majority of the Native population in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland prefer to be called "Inuit", or to a smaller extent Inuvialuit, and most find the term Eskimo highly offensive.
2007-02-24 00:49:20 · answer #2 · answered by Raising6Ducklings! 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
inuit is the politically correct term to use. But I did see a woman on Tv that said She doesnt mind being called and Eskimo, because that is what she and her family are. I am an American Indian but dont mind being called indian.
2007-02-24 00:50:19 · answer #3 · answered by pink9364 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eskimo: Means eater of raw meat
the correct term is Innuit.... okay? :)
2007-02-24 00:53:14 · answer #4 · answered by venom! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct term is Inuit.
2007-02-24 00:48:24 · answer #5 · answered by Ivyvine 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It varies, but it is offensive to most of that ancestry.
they prefer in general to be called "Inuit"
2007-02-24 00:49:37 · answer #6 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
iread a story like that today
2007-02-24 00:49:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋