Friends,
In my own case I always use the term 'Aboriginal Peoples' when referring to
them. So far I have not needed to refer to Torres Strait Islanders except on
very few occasions and on those occasions have used the full title. I only
use acronyms such as ATSIC but only when referring to those organizations.
Neither do I use the word 'Aboriginality' as it sounds YUK to me.
Essentially, when referring to individual groups I try to use the language
group name.
These are conventions I made for myself, and are enunciated in the
Introduction of my Ph.D. thesis.
_________________________________________________________
Ian Henderson Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Murdoch University Tel: 61-8-9418-3972
Murdoch
Western Australia 6150.
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no
proverb till your life has illustrated it. -- John Keats
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Subject: [recoznet2] Re: John Bond response
On 14 Oct 2000, at 16:20, Lynn Pollack wrote:
> Thanks, Lynn. I am glad to read Jim's comment, but I don't know how to
> explain past policy without using terms which denote people whose ancestry
> includes non-Aboriginals. Because that was the basis on which the
> Government policy was determined. That is one of the issues at the heart
of
> the stolen generations struggle for justice. In the court case, the
> Government's lawyers argued that they were removed not because of their
race
> but for their welfare.
>
> I would never use the term 'half-caste'. In our media release, we used it
> as a direct quote from the Northern Territory's Director of Native Welfare
> in 1950. It was needed, to make a powerful point about the attitudes of
the
> authorities of the time.
>
> If Jim (or you) have any suggestions on how we can explain past policy
> using different terminology, I would be glad to hear. Feel free to pass
> this on.
>
> Gratefully,
>
> John
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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