in the poll now:
2 of 6 say: only Eskimo
and also 2 of 6 say: Eskimo, but sometimes Inuit also
Keep in mind that USMB is an Americano Forum - and they are the inventors of "political correctness" - thus once again screwing up the world
Eskimo it was long time propagated is from the Algonquian language - e.g. Cree, Cheyenne and Blackfoot Indians - and it means; eaters of raw meat. And European settlers simply took over that term.
So political correctness nuts come up with the example: Such as if Eskimo settlers would have come across English speakers, and would refer to Irish people as Potato eaters.
Which is ridiculous since the people living in Ireland are referred to as Irish people or Gaelic-Celtic people - whilst calling them potato eaters would indeed be derogatory.
Fact however is, Eskimo is indeed from the Algonquian language but means - Snow-shoe-makers.
Due to the negative results of colonialism Inuits reject the term Eskimo - trying to find an own identity, whilst those living in Alaska don't want to be termed Inuit but Eskimo
Interesting read:
Is ‘Eskimo’ really a derogatory term? - Article by Louise Gibson - The Vegan Eskimo
theveganeskimo.com
Interesting read in German:
Leser fragen – Warum! antwortet: Warum wir uns entschieden haben, in unserem Magazin den Begriff "Eskimo" zu benutzen.
www.warum-magazin.de
The same issue applies to the Term Kaffer/Kafir - Zimbabwe and South-Africa termed it to be derogatory - since it was used by Europeans and Arabs to term the Southern-Africa Bantu tribes - who's main tribe called themselves Kaffern and those of the Zulu nation also referred to them as Kaffer.
Whereby Kaffer is actually the name of a conglomeration of Bantu tribes - whilst Kafir is Arab - and a term simply used/applied in general towards non African Muslims.
