Sometimes it’s impossible to avoid offending someone
A provincial government in Australia wants to re-name a mountain that has an allegedly offensive name. Some aboriginals, however, find the proposed new name equally as offensive.
AN Aboriginal group plans to sue the Victorian Government for ignoring its heritage in the renaming of Mount Niggerhead, a mountain in the Alpine National Park.
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State Environment Minister Gavin Jennings pledged last week to rename the rocky outcrop Jaithmathangs, after one of the traditional languages of the Bogong High Plains.But another Aboriginal nation, the Dhudhuroas, says the peak is part of their country and the proposed new name is just as offensive to them as Mt Niggerhead.
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“This is offensive to our people. The Jaithmathangs are from the other side of Omeo, which is miles away. The name is linguistically and culturally inappropriate.”
The government is planning to go ahead regardless. Dhudhuroa members are considering legal action.
h/t: Andrew Bolt, whose readers have lots of good suggestions for an appropriate name.
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