Igloo description includes racial slur

The description includes the word “eskimo”, which is commonly seen as an offensive term to the Inuit and Yupik people. It’s currently believed the word came from term “askimew” (one who nets snowshoes), but the previous definition as “eater of raw meat” has long been used as an insult to frame native Alaskans as uncivilized.

On the Alaska Native Language Center, Lawrence Kaplan shares some of the names preferred by people living in Arctic regions such as Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.

Considering the description is quoting the classic 1930’s song Winter Wonderland, it’s clear that the intent wasn’t to offend anyone, but I’d imagine Roblox would prefer to update it anyway based on the removal of the word from the Arctic Climber bundle.

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bump, no admin reviewed this yet

this feels like a non-issue

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Roblox has in the past responded to previously established conventions by changing them for more progressive ones, such as this:

In the kindest way possible, it’s almost like singing a Christmas song and saying the word “gay.” (Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry.)

This was obviously not the intent, we’re making mountains out of molehills.

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