re: ULL Prof proposes change to Acadiana Flag to include more ethnic cultures.

When they start referring to themselves correctly as the University of Louisiana AT LAFAYETTE maybe I'll take this seriously..then again, maybe not.

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I'm telling you that Acadiana is named Acadiana because of the large population of Acadians who moved there after they were exiled from Canada.

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Maybe. What might surprise most observers here is how recent all of this official "Acadian pride" really is:

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The word Acadiana reputedly has two origins. Its first recorded appearance dates to the mid-1950s, when a Crowley, Louisiana, newspaper, the Crowley Daily Signal, coined the term in reference to Acadia Parish, Louisiana.[4] However, KATC television in Lafayette independently coined "Acadiana" in the early 1960s, giving it a new, broader meaning, and popularized it throughout south Louisiana.

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In 1971, the Louisiana State Legislature officially recognized twenty-two Louisiana parishes and "other parishes of similar cultural environment" for their "strong French Acadian cultural aspects" (House Concurrent Resolution No. 496, June 6, 1971, authored by Carl W. Bauer of St. Mary Parish), and made The Heart of Acadiana the official name of the region. The public, however, prefers the one-word place name Acadiana to refer to the region.[6] The official term appears on regional maps and highway markers.

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And about the flag:

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In 1965, Thomas J. Arceneaux designed a flag for Acadiana.[7] Arceneaux was a professor at University of Southwestern Louisiana, now University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He derived the flag from the university seal. In 1974, the Louisiana legislature officially adopted Arceneaux's design as the official Acadiana flag (House Concurrent Resolution 143, passed 5 July 1974).[8]

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Those meddling USL professors!

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So, it was literally 200 years after the Acadians arrived in South Louisiana that we finally got up the nerve to create a flag and some made up region...and now we're SUPER BUTT HURT that another academic has suggested a modest change to those very recent political tokens. This is the OT, so I guess it checks out.

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shouldnt the creole flagged be changed to be more inclusive of the anglos?

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It already includes them.

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some made up region..

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What?

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It already includes them.

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Do you know what anglo is?

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What?

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Can you read? It was designated (likely by cynical) political fiat in 1971. It's not like there's some proud history of a border of this "region" over the past 250 years.

And of course, there's this:

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Three of the parishes, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist, are considered the River Parishes and made up the area formerly known as the German Coast or les côtes des Allemands, because of settlement by German immigrants in the 18th century. Ascension Parish is sometimes included with the River Parishes.

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The area's name was derived from the large population of German pioneers who were settled along the Mississippi River in 1721 by John Law and the Company of the Indies. When the company folded in 1731, the Germans became independent land owners.[4]

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So, the Germans were in the River Parishes FIRST...and yet the River Parishes are "officially" part of "Acadiana".

Like I said (and is obvious) - it's a made-up "region" as a result of recent local politics. And that's fine...but just don't act like it's blasphemy if someone wants to now have a POLITICAL discussion to consider making the tokens of the made-up region more accurately reflect actual history.

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No it doesn't.

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I’m actually 100% sure it does, unless of course the fleur de Lis and castle refer to someplace other than France or Spain.

Maybe they should just create a whole new flag that represents the region and not specific people. That way no one feels left out. Besides the flag gets too crowded trying to represent different groups.

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I'm really just trying to start a conversation

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Conversation, eh? Beware of this word particularly when used by liberals. What liberals call a “conversation” is usually nothing more than a LECTURE covering their idiotic and misguided beliefs.

GTFO with that shite