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The Term 'Eskimo' Has A Controversial Past : Goats and Soda : NPR

14.11.17

The Term 'Eskimo' Has A Controversial Past : Goats and Soda : NPR: People in many parts of the Arctic consider Eskimo a derogatory term because it was widely used by racist, non-native colonizers. Many people also thought it meant eater of raw meat, which connoted barbarism and violence. Although the word's exact etymology is unclear, mid-century anthropologists suggested that the word came from the Latin word excommunicati, meaning the excommunicated ones, because the native people of the Canadian Arctic were not Christian.


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