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NASA to stop using names like 'Eskimo Nebula' and 're-examine' what it calls cosmic objects

HorseflySteve

Re: So the new name...

There are some northern native american people who object to being called Inuits because they are not of the Inuit tribes. Eskimo is less offensive to them as it is at least a generic term. I've also heard that some native americans prefer to be called indians so it seems to me that you can't avoid offending somebody no matter what you do. Perhaps we should just call them all people from wherever they chose to live.

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