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This 3 page paper reviews Shane K. Bernard's book "The Cajuns" and answers specific questions about the work. Bibliography lists one source.
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Discussion As seems to be distressingly common in America, the Cajun people have found it difficult to find acceptance because theyre "different." For a land that claims to love
liberty and value diversity, America remains bigoted and narrow-minded, always suspicious of those who arent lily white or whose English is accented. Bernard takes as his main thesis
the idea that although the Cajuns have become assimilated into mainstream America, they have managed to retain a vibrant culture that sets them distinctly apart from others. I believe
he has successfully proven this contention by describing the awakening of the Cajuns to the awareness that they had a culture worth preserving. He then goes on to detail
the way in which the Cajuns, in part through organizations such as the Council for the Development of the French Language (CODOFIL), were able to contribute to the Louisiana culture
and yet retain their identity. In order to prove his thesis, the author, a Cajun himself, relies largely on census data (which shows an alarming drop in the
number of French speakers) as well as first-person accounts, such as the stories of the Cajun sailors who survived the Pearl Harbor attack. The book is arranged chronologically,
starting with a dramatic chapter discussing the Cajun sailors who were caught in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, then moving to the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s and
finally detailing the latest efforts of Cajuns to make their own place in American society. Bernard starts his book with the Pearl Harbor attack because he sees it as
the seminal event that began the transformation of the Cajun culture. Its hard to pick out a chapter of the book and say that its more significant than any of
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