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From: render@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: Sex is Funny to Eskimos
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Date: Sat, 1-Feb-86 16:51:00 EST
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> Some citizens of the United States (particularly those from the South)
> are offended at being called Yankees. People of British ancestry are
> sometimes annoyed at being being called Limeys or Pommies. Poles don't
> like being called Polacks, nor do Italians like being called WOPs.
> 
> 'Eskimo' is a derogatory term meaning 'eater of raw meat'.
> Their name for themselves is 'Inuit'.

     Having learned about Inuit culture as a child (progressive schooling)
and having a great deal of respect for them as a people,  let me also state
that I did not know that 'Eskimo' was a derogatory term to them.  I think it
is possible to inform people of this fact without being condescending and
pedantic.
                                     Hal Render
                                     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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