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A Profoundly Unserious Culture

And the inability to prioritize

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Mathew Preston
Jul 24, 2020
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“To those of us who spent our formative years bundling up and sitting in the stands to cheer on our team in below-zero temperatures, the name Eskimos meant, tough, resilient and never give up. It also meant community and respect. We identified with this name.

“In recent years, however, we’ve come to understand the concerns with the name. We know that tho…

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