Governments have overestimated the economic returns of higher education

Re:Governments have overestimated the economic returns of hi... by jcranmer on Friday March 02, 2018 @06:35PM (#16506732)

English grammar generally follows the rule that proper nouns and derivations thereof are capitalized. So the proper way to write it would be white, black, Asian, Hispanic (also Latino/Latina), Native American (or Indian or Amerindian), Pacific Islander, etc. Note the difference between native American and Native American.

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Re:Governments have overestimated the economic returns of hi... by DrScump on Saturday March 03, 2018 @02:04AM (#16508281)

  proper nouns and derivations thereof are capitalized

Not when used as adjectives, as in the given example. Had it been hyphenated, creating a lone noun, "Asian-American" would work.

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Re:Governments have overestimated the economic returns of hi... by dragonwriter on Saturday March 03, 2018 @02:19AM (#16508315)

Proper adjectives (adjectives derived from proper nouns) are generally capitalized in English.

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