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From: "CARL BROUSSARD" <>
Subject: Re: Cajun ethnic identification
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:22:11 -0500


"CAJUN" is heavenly, COONASS was the dirty word, enough said.
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Date: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Cajun ethnic identification


>In a message dated 8/7/01 11:57:26 AM Central Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
>> > fairly recently in Louisiana, Cajun was essentially a dirty word.
>>
>> BGC
>> Can you give us a reason why this was a dirty word?? Just curious.
>>
>> Jean Granger
>> A CAJUN
>>
>
>
>Probably to be more specific, years ago, when the French language was being
>discouraged in Louisiana, gave the children and the poor Illiterate (in
>English) Cajuns an inferiority complex, and they suffered from the stigma
not
>unlike the poor mountin folks (Hillybillys) who were made the brunt of
ethic
>slurs and jokes.
>
>This resulted in some people denying their heritage.
>
>Don
>
>
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