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Ah yes. The "I know a black guy who isn't offended by a white guy saying the N word so it's ok to say it" argument.
They are not all the same. I know for a fact that there are indeed large groups who are offended by it. Just because you know a group / groups who are not offended, doesn't mean all the others spread out all over half a continent feel the same way about it.
Using these slurs enables systematic racism.
Try, 'I walked on eggshells about it around dozens of them scattered about Juneau, Anchorage, and Fairbanks, and it outed me as a clueless white dude 100% of the time.
I went in with the understanding that it was a slur. I treated it as a slur. I was corrected.
I'm guessing you're a US American? Canada and Greenland do not exist right? No one lives there right? I mean, you've seen 3 places in Alaska, that's enough to know them all isn't it? Even the ones living 4000km away (that's 22471910.112360 bananas in "freedom" units) in a different country.
Its such an ignorant and dumb American thing to assume everyone is the same and the world outside the US doesn't exist.
Clearly you have no clue to what the Canadian government, and the Danish government, have done to natives and why it's such a sensitive word to many.
Why do you desperately want to support systematic racism? Was it that hard not to use a word that might be considered offensive?
FFS, Idiocracy was far too optimistic.
Here are some sources. Maybe educate yourself before defending racism.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/24/475129558/why-you-probably-shouldnt-say-eskimo
https://sinchi-foundation.com/dont-use-the-word-eskimo-anymore/
https://www.calendar-canada.ca/frequently-asked-questions/why-is-the-word-eskimo-offensive-in-canada
https://indianreservation.info/eskimo-definition-controversial/?amp=1
Am American. Canada and Greenland infact do not exist. Still sticking with what I learned directly from the culture in question over an internet stranger and a handful of articles.
Speaking also as an internet stranger to all of our readers, I know my own posts carry the same amount of weight as yours - that is, none at all.
Didn't intend to stir up any drama in sharing my experience. I'll be sure to learn the regional etiquette if and when I visit other areas.