Talk:Kuupik Kleist

He has a Danish father
He has himself told journalists that he has a Danish father and a deaf mother from Greenland, and that he grew up with foster parents: "'I'm a genuine product of Danish Greenland and was actually programmed to fail,' Greenland's new Premier Kuupik Kleist remarked. Born in 1958, the embodiment of a 'lapse' by a craftsman from Denmark, he was first forced into a foster family and then packed off to his Arctic homeland's former colonial master, where drug addiction nearly ruined him." (DPA) Jægermester (talk) 03:17, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * "Eskimo" is an ethnic slur, the correct word is "Greenlandic" or "Inuit" - his mothers handicap is irrelevant. If you can source his foster parentage to a reliable source it might be admissible. You reference must be a lot better than just (DPA) such as a direct link and or page number to a reliable source. The non-consensus version of the title which does not include "Local government" is also not admissible.·Maunus· ƛ · 03:21, 23 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Eskimo ethnic slur? Don't be ridiculous, read the article Eskimo for starters. It's not for you to decide what is the "correct" word. Eskimo refers to a people, Greenlandic to a continent (even the word Greenland/ic is of Scandinavian origin, the Scandinavians were the original settlers of Greenland. so Scandinavian inhabitants of Greenland are Greenlandic as well). Jægermester (talk) 03:23, 23 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Btw, the article includes the full reference, it doesn't say just DPA. Jægermester (talk) 03:26, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I noticed that now. I am unsure whether this website constitutes a reliable source but that may rest for now. As for the pejorativeness of "Eskimo" I direct you to the very same article you apparently read Eskimo read the first line.·Maunus· ƛ · 03:28, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This is however a question of English language usage. In standard English, Eskimo is not ethnic slur, but the name of an indigenous people of the Arctic. As such, it is a widely used term in English. Jægermester (talk) 03:31, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Untrue. Standard english is also spoken in Canada where the word is clearly pejorative, and it is falling out of use in England and the US (except for Alaska) as the Eskimo article mentions.·Maunus· ƛ · 03:34, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Either way, the edit war must stop now. Toddst1 (talk) 06:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It had already stopped when you wrote this.·Maunus· ƛ · 12:25, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I cannot see how the mentioning of his descent, his mother's handicap and his upbringing should be "ethnic slur". Basically, what I gather from this is that Kuupik must have gone through very tough times, still, he made it, and seems to have a great sense of humour. Re Eskimo vs. Inuit: I share the view that the correct term for an indigenous Greenlander is "Inuk", there is no reason not to use it, it is well-established. However, there indigenous people in the Arctic, who do not identify themselves with the term "Inuit", such as the Siberian Yupik. However, they do identify themselves as "Eskimo" and to my experience are not offended by this term, regardless of its ethymology. --Johannes Rohr (talk) 19:26, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Greenlandic for Greenlander is kalaaleq, inuk means "person". In Greenland and Canada inuit are offended when referred to as eskimo.I agree that when correctly sourced the mentioning of his difficult upbringing is not problematic. When it was not sourced however I had no way to see that it was not merely information invented to reflect poorly on his roots. I can accept the article as it stands now and have no further quarrels here. ·Maunus· ƛ · 19:35, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Chronology discrepancy
The article states: "He attended primary school in Quillissat from 1966–1972 and lower secondary school in Sisimiut until 1975. When he was 11, he was sent to Denmark, alone and with no prior knowledge of Danish[1]."

However, if Kleist was born in 1958, he would have been 11 in 1969, so he couldn't have attended school in Greenland until 1975. --89.27.18.196 (talk) 14:33, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Good catch. Logically he must have been 17 when he was sent to Denmark to attend Birkerød gymnasium. Otherwise he would have had most of his primary schooling in Denmark. ·Maunus· ƛ · 14:56, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

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