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Edmonton’s Canadian Football League franchise is the latest sports team to drop its racist name. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

July 22, 2020

Edmonton finally drops the Eskimos — and may my grandchildren never hear the E-word again

Norma Dunning, University of Alberta

First the Washington Redskins. And now the Edmonton Eskimos. It’s about time professional sports franchises recognized the harm that comes from racist team names.

Lizzo’s hit songs include a lot of profanity. Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP)

November 8, 2019

WTF? Slurs offend young adults more than swearing

Benjamin Bergen, University of California, San Diego

A cognitive scientist observes that the words that bother college-age Americans today can cause harm.

South African court rules that racism is a criminal offence. Shutterstock

March 29, 2018

Jail time for South African woman using racist slur sets new precedent

Penelope Andrews, University of Cape Town; Chantelle Feldhaus, North-West University, and René Koraan, North-West University

Past cases indicate that verbal crimen injuria is not that serious. But a landmark sentence in South Africa has changed that.

Cory Watson of the Edmonton Eskimos reacts to losing to the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL West Final on Sunday. The word Eskimo signals negative and archaic stereotypes and is considered by most Inuit to be a racial slur. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

November 20, 2017

Edmonton Eskimos is a racial slur and it’s time to stop using it

Norma Dunning, University of Alberta

The use of the word Eskimos for a Canadian football team needs to end. It signals negative stereotypes and is considered by most Inuit to be a racial slur.

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