An Eskimo Boy And Injustice In Old New York

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Ken H. says:
>It is interesting that this article still uses the term Eskimo even though it
>makes note of the fact that most of the groups refer to themselves as
>Inuit

I thought of that, too.  Th NYT did the same with the term homosexuals
until very recently, even though for most purposes gay men and lesbians
don't use it to identify themselves (unless doing so ironically).


>The term "Eskimo" is Algonkian. It was originally thought to refer to
>"eaters of
>raw flesh" but it may refer to snowshoes.

I didn't know that -- interesting.  Perhaps we had better not mention it in
view of recent threads on "animal rights."  : )

Yoshie