Photo: ITK slams “talking Eskimo” video

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami has slammed a satirical wheat board video which was posted on the website of Saskatchewan MP David Anderson. The YouTube video shows a wheat board official telling a man, called “Franklin future farmer,” to “slow down, young man — you are talking Eskimo,” when the aspiring Saskatchewan farmer says he wants to plans to sell his wheat privately and not through the Canadian wheat board. The advice, not to talk “Eskimo,” is repeated three times during the course of the nine-minute video. “The comment is offensive to Inuit, has no place in public discussion, and certainly no place on the website of an elected Member of Parliament,” said ITK president in an Oct. 24 statement. The video is no longer on the MP’s website, but can still be viewed at — http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSaskFarmer#p/a/u/1/1YLMFbYe7MU. (IMAGE FROM YOUTUBE)