Comments on: Australia moves a fraction up the shame table of indigenous health http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/australia-moves-a-fraction-up-the-shame-table-of-indigenous-health/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gavin Moodie http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/australia-moves-a-fraction-up-the-shame-table-of-indigenous-health/#comment-27261 Gavin Moodie Mon, 25 May 2009 08:19:41 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60917#comment-27261 I suggest 'Indigenous' should be spelt with a capital I, despite the grammatical rule, out of respect for the same reason that 'Aboriginal' is now spelt with a capital A. Similarly, terms that use 'black' pejoratively should also be eschewed. An example earlier in this Crikey is ‘blackmail’, for which ‘extortion’ or some other cognate should be preferred. I suggest ‘Indigenous’ should be spelt with a capital I, despite the grammatical rule, out of respect for the same reason that ‘Aboriginal’ is now spelt with a capital A.

Similarly, terms that use ‘black’ pejoratively should also be eschewed. An example earlier in this Crikey is ‘blackmail’, for which ‘extortion’ or some other cognate should be preferred.

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