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We had a patrol last year that made a patrol flag that was a triangle on top of a square mounted to a stick.  It was all white and when we first say it, all of the adults immediately thought it looked like a kkk cape?  We had the quickly work with the patrol leader to change the color and shape some before going to camporee the next week.  They were completely oblivious to what it looked like.    Sometimes, adult leadership is needed to coach them a little 🙂

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  On 7/31/2018 at 6:08 PM, Eagle94-A1 said:

One thing I heard about was solid colored shirts. each prinicpal ceremonialist would have a corresponding colored shirt that symbolizes something.

 

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There is an excellent unofficial ceremonies guide that assigns each of the principles a color, a wind, an element, a season, a time, a realm, a challenge, a  tradition, and a few more I can't bring to mind. Other that one reference, I dont see how colored shirts have any symbolic meaning. 

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  On 8/1/2018 at 12:41 AM, Jameson76 said:

As long as we are rooting out cultural appropriation in the BSA, will National and the Woodbadge Junta do away with kilts?  As someone who has Scottish background, maybe I'm offended....

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Let’s get a petition going to ban coffee at all BSA functions! It has a long and sordid history of cultural appropriation. 

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  On 8/1/2018 at 12:41 AM, Jameson76 said:

As long as we are rooting out cultural appropriation in the BSA, will National and the Woodbadge Junta do away with kilts?  As someone who has Scottish background, maybe I'm offended....

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As one who also has some Scottish in my hereditary line, may I say it's the knobby knees that I find most offensive 😁

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  On 8/1/2018 at 12:41 AM, Jameson76 said:

As long as we are rooting out cultural appropriation in the BSA, will National and the Woodbadge Junta do away with kilts?  As someone who has Scottish background, maybe I'm offended....

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National is already cracking down on kilts at Wood Badge, as they are not official uniform. I was able to wear my kilt on "Diversity Day" and a Santa hat on "Christmas in July". But staff really should be setting the example, so the kilt gets less use. 

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