so there’s a slur in #StrangerThings4 and apparently no one even knows it a slur so here’s a little thread on why “eskimo” is a slur and why it shouldn’t be used in ANY context
first off this slur is directed ONLY at northernmost canadian and alaskan natives
there’s many different said meanings, one of them being “raw meat eater” which is seemed to show inuit people as barbarians for eating raw meat. the true or most reasonable meaning is that it stems from the latin word “excommunicati” which means excommunicated. this was because —
the inuit people were not christian, unsurprisingly because they had never been exposed to it before colonization.
the colonizers hated us inuit and other canadian natives not being christian so much that they built residential schools to convert children from an early age —
the colonizers hated us inuit and other canadian natives not being christian so much that they built residential schools to convert children from an early age —
to christianity. different schools taught different denominations like roman catholic (the one my mother and grandfather went to), baptist, methodist, etc.
aside from teaching their religion to these kids, they also beat them, cut their hair, didn’t let them speak their —
aside from teaching their religion to these kids, they also beat them, cut their hair, didn’t let them speak their —
native language, changed their names, and sexually abused them.
there’s also a myth that it comes from “eskimo dog tags” but that’s untrue, as the e on most of those come from which part of canada the person is living in so the e on a tag would mean “east.”
there’s also a myth that it comes from “eskimo dog tags” but that’s untrue, as the e on most of those come from which part of canada the person is living in so the e on a tag would mean “east.”
i don’t care if it was a place that was mentioned in the show and if one (1) character said it, it was still said and shouldn’t have been. it is still a slur. don’t ask if it carries the same weight as another slur, it’s a slur. of course it’s just as bad as the others.
anyways FUCK netflix and recast sokka in the atla live action
hi here’s a mmiw please boost
https://twitter.com/crimeagainpod/status/1531100511277047808
i’m gonna keep on adding posts of mmiw because this is doing numbers
https://twitter.com/hart7405/status/1529959931432034315
typing all this from scratch because there’s no post on it, but:
nearly a year ago emerald “baboo” macdonald visited a cabin using a snowmobile and never returned home. she was murdered outside the cabin. the body was found on may 3rd, 2021. no arrests were made until —
nearly a year ago emerald “baboo” macdonald visited a cabin using a snowmobile and never returned home. she was murdered outside the cabin. the body was found on may 3rd, 2021. no arrests were made until —
october of that year. this was after multiple marches and strikes of work in the community of which the crime took place. she was a beloved actress in the well known inuit lacrosse movie “the grizzlies.” it took months to get her justice while some indigenous women may never —
even get that. indigenous women are 14x more likely to face murder and sexual abuse.
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