Opinion: Have a conversation about Eskimos name but fight real racism

Depending on who you talk to, the word Eskimo means either “snowshoe-netter” in Montagnais — or “eats something raw” in Cree. It is a 200-year-old Indigenous word from the fur trade era, which eventually had its spelling Anglicized and meaning slightly altered to “eaters of raw meat.”
Today, however, some Inuit and Aboriginal people find this Indigenous word offensive —like the words “Indian” or “Half-Breed”– but many