It seems that Gerard Henderson, former culture warrior, has coined a new euphemism in relation to Australia’s indigenous history. Henderson has always disputed the term stolen generation, because the population of stolen aboriginal people hardly comprised an entire generation, so it’s odd that this new euphemism of his retains this word.
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January 15, 2008
Stolen, not Separated
Posted by Jangari under Euphemism, History, Indigenous, Land, Linguistics, Politics, Semantics, Stolen GenerationComments Off on Stolen, not Separated