Cajuns And Creoles

[Biscayne]

Originally they called all Blacks born in Louisiana creoles, Blacks not brought over from Africa or the islands, but born in Louisiana. Now Creole means having a mix of African, Native American and French Blood.

I'm from central Louisiana were there's a ton Creole and Cajun heritage. My girl is "Creole" with a the African, French and Native American lineage they can trace back to Old Louisiana. Most Louisianian have African, Indian and French blood and heritage, but our family didn't keep record or don't have the French Last name to trace the family roots. For some reason the last name is important, even thought you can have the bloodline and not the last name.


Cajun was always a culture to me. The way we talk, cook, our music, the lifestyle.

I was waiting for some Louisiana input. Do you or your girl or friends speak a little bit of French or Creole?

 

[Biscayne]

My pops is creole. Nawlins born.

Yeah. Los Angeles has some of the highest concentrations of Creoles due to the great migration of blacks out of Louisiana and Texas and into California.

 

[Biscayne]

The Gullah/Geechie on the SE coast are actually way more intriguing imo but they get nowhere near the attention...I met a few when my cousin went to coastal carolina, very humble and enlightening group of people....

Yeah, Gullah folks are intriguing for sure. Even though we all know that SC is the de facto capital of Gullah/Geechie culture, their "territory" stretches from Coastal NC to Jacksonville Florida.

 

[intruder]

My mom comes from Down South tho, around Les Cayes

My mom is from LesCayes too

 

[Biscayne]

My mom is from LesCayes too

We could be family.

 

[get these nets]

4 parts of a doc. about louisiana creoles.......it's an incomplete version(40 minutes) of a one hour documentary

 

[intruder]

We could be family.

Possibly. You tell her sometimes last name and she'd tell you exactly where they lived. Lol

 

[SirReginald]

Are they counted in with AA's or are they a separate branch off?

 

[Objection]

I have a french last name and my family on my dad's side claim it. I think a lot of people out here claiming Creole because it sounds cool.

 

[Whogivesafuck]

I have a french last name and my family on my dad's side claim it. I think a lot of people out here claiming Creole because it sounds cool.

Does your family participate in any aspect of the culture? Like trail rides or black rodeos.

 

[Objection]

Does your family participate in any aspect of the culture? Like trail rides or black rodeos.

They used to do that when I was younger. Everyone is spread out now so it' been a while.

Sidenote: There was a boucherie a few months ago. I was pissed because my dad didn' tell me and I always wanted to go to one.

 

[GreenGhxst]

My mothers side of the family has creoles, it's always weird to me to see these country mufukkas speaking in french dialects

Whenever I see those distant cousins it's always feels weird, like I'll look at somebody that looks white but he ain't white but some of his features are black

Like how are you related to me

Fontenot's

 

[Knowledge]

As a Louisiana Creole i think it's hilarious being analyzed like this lol

 

[Whogivesafuck]

They used to do that when I was younger. Everyone is spread out now so it' been a while.

Sidenote: There was a boucherie a few months ago. I was pissed because my dad didn' tell me and I always wanted to go to one.

Anytime I meet people claiming they creole i always ask them how involved are they in the community. I meet a lot of false claimers

 

[OfTheCross]

The differences between Cajuns and Creoles:

Interesting