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Which part do you think it misrepresents specifically? Also some other HN comments here mentioned regurgitating of opinions on social media and how that influe
by spoiler 4y ago
Which part do you think it misrepresents specifically?
Also some other HN comments here mentioned regurgitating of opinions on social media and how that influences this issue; so in the spirit of that, I recommend reading the article and forming your own! Not trying to be snide btw.
- Kye 4y agoThe function of a sensitivity reader. A sensitivity reader would, for example, remind a writer that "Eskimo" isn't actually a tribe, and suggest a much improved story by representing an actual northern tribe like Inuit or Yupik. They're there to help writers see past stereotypes, and that makes for better writing.
- bloak 4y agoI don't disagree with your main point but your example is perhaps not so good. There are people who describe themselves as "Eskimo" and "Eskimo" is a reasonable name for the category that includes Inuit and Yupik. Of course there are also different kinds of Inuit and different kinds of Yupik. There's a tree diagram here (referring to languages rather than directly to people and this particular diagram uses the term "Eskimoan" rather than "Eskimo"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskaleut_languages#Internal_classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskaleut_languages#Internal_cl...
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- baud147258 4y agoso Eskimo is an offensive word and has to replaced by one that's appropriate. So I don't see the difference with the description offered in the article