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robomatic	Pop songs I did not know were covers (49)	RE: Pop songs I did not know were covers	01 Feb 23
Sol: For now, the word "Eskimo" does not raise offense in Alaska, but this may change among the younger generation. Pity, because there is no historical offense to the word other than it being associated with pink people. On the other hand, "Inuit", "Yupik", "Inupiaq", all refer to Northern peoples with similar lifestyles, all literally mean 'the people' but are inherently divisive (Alaska has Yupiq and Inupiaq peoples, but no Inuit. So by giving up use of the word 'Eskimo' we may lose a useful term of union for northern people.

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