Skins getting heat again over name issue

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Originally Posted by rocnrik

The latest is Eskimo pie ice cream is being renamed .. so is now the word Eskimo bad? .. is it okay to say Chinese food ? Italian sausage ? Is the word southern bad ? Is it bad to say yankee ?? I say the Yankees is a slur .. should the dictionary be re written ? It’s not okay to call your Boss boss .. The word Indian is bad so how about a Indian restaurant? What the hell has happened to this world .. it’s like a George Carlin comedy show ! Facebook is a damn joke , on most forums people show no respect .. people type out STFU but would never step up and say it to your face .. most of the discussion here end up being pissing contest .. What has happened to common decency? This world is in real trouble .. the Redskin name is the least of anybody’s problem ..

I would say the difference is that Indian and Eskimo where names given to describe people and not the names the people use themselves. These were the names given by European colonizers at the time to describe them. (Blame FrenchSkins people for the term Eskimo)