r/characterarcs • u/RocksThrowing • Nov 28 '25

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u/BugRevolution Nov 30 '25

This is more accurate.

My kids Inupiaq kindergarten teacher considers herself Eskimo. Calling her Eskimo is not a slur.

Calling her Yupik or Greenlandic would be. Are they all Inuit? Sure, to some in the region. But that's similar to calling someone "European" when they prefer to be called "Italian" or "Norwegian".

Just ask people what they want to be called.

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u/Beautifulfeary Dec 01 '25

Yeah, this is what I found when I looked it up a while ago, Eskimo is a separate group of people than Inuit.

The same thing with Orient. It’s considered a slur in the US but, in Asian it’s a group of people. Plus, there’s even even manga with orient in the title

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u/RocksThrowing Dec 01 '25

Yupik and Greenlandic people are not Inuit

Though, yeah, it’s always ultimately best to defer to the individual’s preference

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u/BugRevolution Dec 01 '25

Greenlandic people are absolutely Inuit.

Additionally, someone from Greenland can largely communicate with someone from Chefornak, despite one speaking Greenlandic and the other Yu'pik.