2023年经济学人 美国各州为何更换旗帜（1）

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美国各州为何更换旗帜（1）

    The lobster¹ is ubiquitous in Maine.

    龙虾在缅因州随处可见。

    Its image is on everything from licence plates to home decor.

    从车牌到家居装饰，它的形象无处不在。

    Now another emblem² is growing in popularity: a green pine tree with a blue North Star, designed by Bethany Field and Chris Korzen, founders³ of Maine Flag Company and Original Maine.

    现在，另一种标志越来越受欢迎:一棵绿色的松树，上面有一颗蓝色的北极星，由缅因州旗帜公司和原始缅因州的创始人贝瑟尼·菲尔德和克里斯·科尔岑设计。

    Their hand-stitched flags are inspired by the original 1901 official flag of Maine and also nod to the state’s maritime⁴ burgee.

    他们手工缝制的旗帜的灵感来自于1901年缅因州的官方旗帜，同时也向该州的航海燕尾旗致敬。

    It can be found on sweatshirts, car bumpers⁵, Adirondack-chair cushions and front porches.

    在运动衫、汽车保险杠、阿迪朗达克椅靠垫和前廊上都可以找到它。

    Its grassroots popularity has given momentum⁶ to a legislative⁷ proposal to switch from the current official state flag, which features the state seal, to a version of the simpler 1901 banner.

    它在基层的受欢迎程度为一项立法提案提供了动力，该提案要求将目前带有州徽的官方州旗改为更简单的1901年州旗版本。

    Other states are changing their flags.

    其他州也在更换国旗。

    In March Utah swapped⁸ its busy seal for a big beehive, a symbol of industriousness⁹.

    3月，犹他州用勤劳的象征——大蜂巢取代了忙碌的图标。

    As simple and lovely as this is, it is not without controversy¹⁰.

    尽管这图案简单可爱，但也并非没有异议。

    Some say the flag, which also has Native American symbolism, is “woke” (despite being proposed by a conservative Republican) and want the old one back.

    一些人说，这面同样具有印第安人象征意义的国旗是“觉醒的”(尽管是由一位保守的共和党人提出的)，他们想要恢复旧的国旗。

    Mississippi scrapped¹¹ its flag in 2020, because of its Confederate imagery.

    密西西比州在2020年废除了它的国旗，因为它有南部邦联的形象。

    Massachusetts and Minnesota want to redesign their banners, each based on a seal with troubling depictions of Native Americans.

    马萨诸塞州和明尼苏达州希望重新设计他们的旗帜，因为这些旗帜都是基于印第安人的印章，其描绘的形象令人不安。

    Many municipal flags are terrible, too.

    许多市政旗帜也很糟糕。

    “Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you’ve never noticed”, a ted¹² talk by Roman Mars, a podcaster, in 2015, shone a light on how awful many official flags are.

    “为什么城市旗帜可能是你从未注意到的最糟糕的设计”，播客主持人罗曼·马尔斯在2015年的一次TED演讲中揭示了许多官方旗帜的糟糕形象。

    Since his talk, which has had 7m views, the North American Vexillological Association has documented more than 300 cities redesigning flags.

    自他演讲结束以来，该视频已经有700万的浏览量，北美旗帜协会记录了300多个城市重新设计旗帜的情况。