@RedPowerLady Are you saying that they would all prefer to be called Inuit (and that Inuit is their tribal name) or that I should first find out their tribal name, like Apache or Navaho for Native Americans?
I think that tone is just as, if not more important when talking about other cultures. In this case, I wasn’t talking to or about someone, so there wasn’t really anyone to take offense. As I said, I think political correctness is important, and I do not want to offend anyone.
Is it black, coloured, or African American? I’ve heard that some people take offense at any and all of those, as the latter implies that the person is from Africa, and perhaps the person is 3rd generation American.
Perhaps if you knew something about me, anything, you’d know that nothing bad was implied.
Even if you “whisper it”, you contradicted yourself when you wrote: not trying to be authoritative or push political correctness. I think you were. Just with the wrong person, and the wrong situation.
But I digress from the question. @Kelly27 My answer is yes, sadly.