The fact that the creole language has been lost. Both of my parents are creole born and raised in Louisiana. My grandparents spoke creole fluently but my parents never learned. I find it sad that I lost this part of my culture.
It may not be lost. Look at catalan-valencian and basque in Spain. Those are now thriving decades after the spanish dictatorship tried to extinguish them.
This is similar to my heritage. My grandparents were creole and my grandfather spoke the language fluently too. Of my parents, only my mom is creole born and raised in Louisiana. Unfortunately my mom and her siblings were discouraged from learning the language. So I feel I lost out on that part of the culture as well.
The so called Cajun French language was taught in Louisiana schools in the 1970s. It is not the original Creole tongue which is comparable to Patois in Jamaican and Haitian Creole in Hayti. Our ancestors were the original CREOLES who were classified as black folks. We still retain remnants of our language. Cajuns are a newly created culture.
@orangegummugger1871 That's good then, it's always good to learn about other cultures. And understandable, but not all black lady's are like that though.
This guy doesn't know history well Black natives Louisiana been living in the usa southern seaboards lands over 1000000 thousands years and wasn't speaking french natives tongues of the so call Indians in facts Blacksare,Not racist Blacks can produce any shades of colors and hair types this just facts its just times for the truth to be told out who been here before any others ethnic groups before euro and slavetrades arrive not Asians,no
I'm from Louisiana and I am fluent in French and Spanish. Louisiana schools taught us to speak the heritage of our ancestry. I am an Italian mixed Cajun Creole Indian. I love being from Louisiana❤
Just so you know most Acadians and Cajuns already have the first Nation ( Canadian native American) like the video said we were allies during the seven year war and beaver wars and regularly traded and interacted with the Mik maw and maliseet.
Bonjou, cousine! I'm from New Orleans. I speak a little French and Spanish, but not fluent as I would like to be. I learned both in school too, though. I'm also mixed Indigenous American, French, Spanish, and Indigenous Subsaharan African.
My Father's family is Creole and I was always amazed at the diversity within it. My Father and I are brown skinned and have slightly more prominent Native American features such as cheeks and nose. His father was very dark with more African features, but his mother could pass for white all day long and they were French Creole speakers. All this within 3 generations. Go figure. :)
Same as me my creole father was dark as chocolate his mom was ghost pale I remember being with her in this general store and this white man yells angrily at me saying I couldn't shop alone I said my grandmother is at the register he looked all over the store tryin to see where my black granny was lol once she called me to go,, the look on his face but I will say he was always so nice to me after..my mom parents (mom)native American and( dad)African..my mom has an soft peanut butter skintone with soft straight hair it's crazy my little sister has freckles and sandy reddish hair I'm my parents darkest child my little girl is pale light skin with straight hair it's really crazy cuz I'm an dark skin dread head black American woman lol
@@angelacooper8973 It was spoken to me by my father and his mother when I was very little and I'm told that I could speak it, but my parents got divorced when I was 5, so that was the end of my exposure, so no I can't speak it. Surprisingly, I used to go to Montreal quite a bit on business and I could understand half of what we said to me and I could actually read about 70% of the signs... Don't ask me how.😁
IM SO PUMPED THAT MY CULTURE IS INTERESTING TO OTHER PEOPLE!! Even here in Louisiana it's not recognized by other people and alot of our culture has been appropriated and invalidated! Thank you for being aware and respectful ❤
My family were always intrigued with French culture. We are from the UK and like a lot of Brits France is always a go to for our holidays abroad. My dad has a friend that now lives in France and he used to go with my older brother grape picking with friends who own a vineyard. Never went myself but always had a keen interest in the culture and language. I did live in Quebec for a while with my brother who actually married a Quebecois and lived there for some time. I find these surviving pockets of foreign culture very interesting, especially French culture. But like Quebec, New Brunswick etc Louisiana has its own unique culture which adds an extra twist to the French culture and history. My wife and I have both visited the US a couple of times but for some reason never made it to Louisiana but it's on both of our bucket lists.
My dad is from Lake Charles Louisiana and I love how my aunts and uncles talk.They come in all colors light to dark brown.They have brown eyes or gray eyes.Much love to my creole roots .
@@bigharp0949 I'm from Lake Charles LA.. Calcasieu Parish... And I have family that are Griffin's also... Maybe we're related.. My dad's mom was a Griffin... I did my DNA on 23and Me.. Maybe who knows it's a small world Cup 😂😂🥰
l have for decades known about the differences between the Cajuns and Creoles of Louisiana; and this clip pretty much sums it up. Louisiana is one of my favorite States, and it never ceases to fascinate. And l find both the Cajuns and the Creoles intriguing peoples. Everybody should go to the Pelican State at least once!
I'm a Louisiana creole of color, and we have been in the state since the early 1700's. We had already been there some 40 or 50 years by the time the Cajuns arrived in the mid-1700's. We not only have French, African and Native ancestry, but many of us have Spanish and Italian, and even some German and British/Irish ancestry. Some slaves were brought from Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and Mexico, too, so we have more of a Caribbean or Latino culture and ancestry.
Rande Thorman a Spaniard would be spanish or of Latin descent. Not Latino! Modern day Puerto Ricans, Cubans, spanish Dominicans, et. al. are Latinos, as are Mexicans (although they don't want to be called so). But they are. This may not be true though, for all of Puerto Rico as there are those who still retain their native genes.
My gramma came from Quebec and spoke French. They settled in Alger, Michigan and were called "Cheesers" and Dairy Maids. French here in Michigan had their own language too. It was mixed with the Indians words from when they lived in Quebec. I loved when she would get upset and start speaking French, Indian and English! Hilarious when it came out.
Upset and in 3 languages... I know what you mean! My second wife was Panamanian (Spanish), Chinese (Mandarin), and spoke French and English fluently. I tried to grasp Spanish and be part of family conversation, but every one of them spoke in all 4 languages in just about every sentence... Shorted me out! LOL...
My mom is Louisiana Creole, raised in Natchez, MS. She used to teach me a lot of Creole words, but I kind of have forgotten the language over time. However I still remember the foods! Lol. This was a pretty good take on understanding the diversity of Cajun and Louisiana Creole peoples respectively. Not too bad.
Same. I am happy that people are trying to revive the languages and cultures. The we are on the last generation of people spoke Cajun and Louisiana Créole. My parent's parent did not teach them the languages. My generation has learned so that we can document stories and family history.
My ancestors are from there. The guanche people were incentivized to come to Louisiana as well as Puerto Rico. Fun fact lots of Creoles immigrated to Puerto Rico...
It's about time someone was smart enough to put this out there in a very comprehensive and sensible fashion. I've been telling people for years that skin pigmentation is not how one distinguishes one culture from another. People are way too focused on skin pigmentation and morphological traits rather than cultural or linguistic patterns and of coarse evolution to comprehend the various differences between one type of person and another. With that said I've always maintained that people, fundamentally, are the same everywhere. It doesn't matter what shade of skin, eye color, or hair color one imbues, we are the same. Having worked in New Orleans and befriending many individuals of Creole or Cajun ancestry, I learned much about their culture and historical progression. I find it fascinating and enlightening. thanks again for the info.
Thank you so much! This is fascinating. I am French and American (now living in France) and I lived for a short time in Lafayette, LA. I am currently teaching English and American culture and I always have a chapter on Louisiana. The French kids love it. I will happily use your video in my class! By the way, I found other viewers’ comments great too!
As a Canadian who also speaks Canadian French (which is different from the French spoken in France) I find this topic fascinating. Funny enough they still speak Acadian French in New Brunswick and those who understand Canadian French have trouble understanding the Acadian French in that province. In Montreal, Quebec there is a huge population of people from Haiti who all speak Haitian Creole and you hear it there all the time.
@@xavier6037 Stop being just another French with a cry baby victim mentality . That's why nobody likes us in Canada. Not because of our identity but because we are crybabies it's the same reason many other minority groups are not liked currently. And I didn't speak to you in French because well ta yeule ostie.
@@NotLeftarded1 The Chiac are the Acadians of the south-east coast of New Brunswick. In the rest of the state the Acadians don't speak Chiac. Chiac is a variety of Acadian French with borrowings from English but also from the local Amerindian language.
I’m from Shreveport so kinda from from the main culture areas however my great grandmother was full blown Cajun and my grandma is quite fluent in French as a second language. Most Louisianans (like myself) take a lot of pride in the culture of the state and it’s always nice being able to share it with others. My grandmother has taught me how to cook jambalaya, 10:24 , gumbo and all that
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In 1990 I joined the navy and met my future first wife who was from Arkansas. When she went home and told her family she was engaged to a Cajun her family tried to kick her out the house and family because they believed Cajun meant half white and half black. When my dad joined the Navy in 64 they made him take off his shoes and socks so they could see his webbed feet because they believed cajuns live in the swamps so long we all have webbed feet. In my boot camp in 1990 they honestly thought this was my first time on dry land and wearing shoes. My accent was so thick they believed me to be a very ignorant hick with little to no education. Imagine their surprise when they found out I passed the test to enter into the Navy’s Nuclear Power program. While stationed in Europe what little Cajun French I knew came in handy as some words were similar to words used in Italy and Spain. What you didn’t mention was the efforts to wipe out the French language from existence in Louisiana. My grandparents and parents told us of the physical abuse they endured in school if they spoke French at school. By my parents’ time it was taboo to speak French in school anywhere near a teacher or principal. The language they tried to wipe out was suddenly needed in WW2 in France. Many local men, including my grandfather, went to France to act as translators for the American troops. Those returning veterans were the ones who began the push to save the language. My parents and grandparents only spoke French when they had something to say that they didn’t want the children to know about. This caused us to not know most French other than select words and phrases.
Very sad and interesting my father family had the same experience but with Spanish language in Texas.When he joined the Navy in Vietnam they asked him where he parked his Burro. My father when he was a boy was forced to stand in a trash can every time he spoke spanish.He developed a stutter for many years.He was terrified of us speaking spanish.Thankfully my Italian,Irish mother believed we should be able to speak Spanish.
@@azuldreamerforever3453 in my grandparents era it was against the rules to speak French in school. After the US Civil War the French language was even made illegal in the state of Louisiana. If caught speaking French at school the punishment could be severe. My grandparents told us of students being slapped across the face, punched in the face or gut, or whipped with belts or paddles for speaking French in school. Then came WW2 and all those Cajuns who spoke French were now needed by the US Army in France.
Thanks for sharing your story. I'm originally from Arkansas and there are a LOT of closed-minded people there. Many of them have never been outside of the state. I moved to Lafayette Louisiana with my wife who is from Gulf coast MS. I love it here. The people are very unique and friendly. Also, tbe food is amazing once you get used to the spice 😄. Thanks again
@Rasheed Gazzi and then the US Army needed these French speaking Cajuns and Creoles in France in WW2. The schools “literally” tried to beat the French language out of them and then the US government turns around and says we need you to speak your language for us.
Thank for making that distinction between Cajun & Creole. You are right that they are very different. My family is Creole and we have a multitude of racial mixtures Consequentially we all look very different from each other. Even in siblings one can have more European features and color while another can look Hispanic or Black. And yes, we still have African or Haitian blood. I can’t wait for everyone to just check “mixed race” on the census. I am proud to be a little bit of everyone…. We are all just Human!
I'm french and a little Danish with some Spanish ancestry and I'm creole because I was born in Louisiana from settlers. This dude is making the same uninformed assumptions as many others. There's the Louisiana creole language, Kouri-vini, spoken by both whites & blacks alike and there's the creole people which is not so much a race thing as it is a cultural thing. That's why in Louisiana, we have creoles and creoles of color. I'm part acadian (cajun) too but I'm mostly creole from my European French and Spanish ancestry. Technically the french in Canada are creoles too but most of the world only thinks black or mixed which is not true. I love all the people in our gumbo pot culture down in South Louisiana. Now them german protestants in North Louisiana are a different issue. Lol joking. Mostly.
@@CleverNameTBD Same here. I'm third generation American with one paternal great grandmother from Spain and the other paternal great grandmother from Germany yet my parents first language was French. Thanks for sharing your comment. Greetings from New Iberia Louisiana USA 💚 ✔️
As a Nigerian, I'm fascinated by New Orleans and the culture there. The food, music, festivals, architecture and the various religions practised there. ♥️
I wouldn't go near that hellhole unless you're into murders and gunfire. It's extremely dangerous and getting worse every day. I live about an hour and a half away between Morgan City and New Iberia. I know what its going on there, and I no longer go there. You will be taking your life into your own hands.
THANK YOU for getting this right! My great grandmother and grandmother spoke French creole. They did it when they did not want the kids (us) knowing what they were talking about lol! I love this video. ❤
I appreciate your distinction between race and ethnicity and mention how people identity themselves on the census, and how this self identification is ultimately subjective.
It's a shame the Louisiana French were denied their languages, and culture. I sincerely hope you bring it all back, Louisiana is by far the most culturally rich area of the US.
My parent were not allowed to speak the Cajun French in school and were punished if they were caught. My grandma who is 101 and some of my Aunts still speak French, I only know a few words of French. We still have our culture and that we will never lose. I am from Terrebonne parish and have researched my family back to the 16 hundreds. My mom's family is related to Daniel LeBlanc (the c is silent).
RedWings01 I know...my grandma never taught me her first language French. Her school teachers traumatized her and other kids when they were caught speaking French in class.
Very well done! I appreciate how well you explained the myth that everyone from Africa are a singular ethnicity, when they are in fact a diverse people of many cultures/ethnicities. However, Louisiana will always be somewhat mysterious as a result of the remarkable diversity of its people and the beautiful culture that has resulted. So difficult to explain in mere words, you have to experience it for yourself.
Born and raised in Texas, but my dad's family was Cajun as well as my grandmother's family on my mother's side. So I consider myself Texan-Cajun. I love learning about this culture. Apparently my grandparents spoke French, but I've never been able to pick it up.
If your heritage is Cajun you are Cajun too you just live in Texas. Lol I’m Creole but I live in Florida. It’s how I was raised and I spend a lot of time in Louisiana because it’s in proximity, we didn’t leave the gulf coast there’s actually a lot of Creoles and Cajuns in the panhandle we kind of cliqué’d up naturally, to see my family. It’s never too late I learned Louisiana Creole in a years time with dedication. I just took 30 minutes to an hour a day to learn. There’s plenty of learning material out there for Louisiana French specifically though you can learn it there’s so many online enclaves of us preserving our languages and our shared Louisiana culture where you can speak Louisiana French with folks I speak Louisiana Creole just about everyday with people I’ve met online keeping our LC alive.
yosh Sea this explains my DNA results. Mom's side is from Louisiana and I had 14 percent from the iberian region and less than 1 percent southeast asian. 80 percent African (obviously)
Im filipino american and i still cant believe this. I mention this and people dont believe me. Why if u look this up on google it doesnt mention this. I think if its true thats super coo
@@mrcochino281 look up Dan inosanto demonstration at the Smithsonian video....he gives the history of Filipinos in the new world ..he shows evidence of pinoys being navigator's and employed soldiers for those venturing to the Americas ..he also puts on a fantastic Filipino martial arts demo as well as the history behind it.
If you haven't seen it ...check out the Dan inosanto demo at the Smithsonian...he talks about Filipinos who were brought over to the new world and Mexico by the Spaniards either as political prisoners or navigator's...he also gives a fantastic demo on the Filipino martial arts
@@mrcochino281 look up California morro bay, honestly i think it has too do with two things, the standards in history education and the difference from college education to compare... i didn't know thus til i was 19
@xbleedingx it never too late .. they got that whole island of Ireland speaking that Celtic language they aint spoke in a long time(I was really being facetious when I typed this out months ago) just saying
Imagine my surprise when I saw the photo of my Dad and I in this video! It made me feel a a since of pride that finally; in honor of My father maybe one day soon my children and their children can finally be able to say they are Creole and people will know exactly what it is! Thank you so much🙏👍🏽
Mason love all of your work and dedication to The Truth! MASON FOR PRESIDENT! You should do a video on all of the different musical genres,Birth of Jazz,Delta Blues,Gospel .....and good old Rock n Roll down forget Zydeco,Funk.....Iam sure theres more...I know you will find it!
+Masaman there is a disc Jockey oldies king Bob Walker use to work for WTIX and is on FB, a real nice dude! Also has an oldie radio shrine on The internet! Hope you can use that ! Iam also a musician always have been since....forever-and if I can help in. Any way I will good luck Friend!,
Gangsta Money Yeah because Hispanic isn't a race. Latinos are a mixture of Black, White and Native and Hispanics are people whose native language is Spanish.
This was great! Just in case no one's mentioned it, Creoles were initially (before LA was part of the USA) defined as anyone of French origin vs people like "Kaintucks", for example. I highly recommend the Free Man of Color series as well as Lyle Saxon's (born 1891) Fabulous New Orleans & Old Louisiana if you really want to understand Louisiana history from a juicy perspective 💜⚜💚
@@pimpiniseasy2778 actually being Creole just meant that your family was in Louisana before 1803 or other states of the Louisana purchase (lower Mississippi) and Alabama too! You don't have to be mix to be Creole! Louisana have Itialian Creoles, French Creole (me) Spanish Creole, Irish Creoles, German Creoles, Native American Creoles (Natchez-Choctaw me) Afro/mulatto-Creoles, English Creoles, and Cajun Creoles! Again anyone born into the colony was CREOLE! I hope this helps
I know you said this a year ago. I’m happy you did. I heard this too. I’m Cajun. I heard Cajuns are mainly French. Creole is made up of many more races.
Cest Bon! I am Blackfoot Amer Indian,And french creole i love my state and culture.Impressed that you included the differences in the cultures.Also the fact that you acknowledged the Indians of the creole culture ,showed that you have done some research..There is alot more of the Indigenous Indian aspect in louisiana ,That is rarely talked about ..The cooper colored people of the americas..
@@mamuwaldevoudoupractitione3518 Intolerance never solved anything as history shows. Ignorance ran rife and rampant in the past and still does today and is only exacerbated by people who try to fight ignorance with ignorance. Make the world a better place by speaking reasonably with intelligence and tolerance. Show the world that you're not a fool and they will be in the wrong if they mistreat or misjudge you but act a fool and they will only feel justified in acting a fool back and the cycle of hate will only be strengthened.
Darnell Ghoram I was a Merchant Mariner,,,, one of our Captains was from Honduras, he was a grandson of Captain Morgan,,,,well, he said there was an enclave of Native Americans of Cherokee descent there that went there to get away rather than go to reservations.
I'm from LA and what you reported sounds about right. I had to move to DFW after hurricane Katrina along with many of my friends. A lot of Creole people are in the Los Angeles area because of Katrina as well.
And Prior to Katrina, Lalia..In fact, there is a very large and ingrained Creole population there, many settling there to escape the harsh conditions of Jim crow and before..The actor Roger Guenveur Smith and Danny Bakewell, the South Central L.A.business tycoon are louisiana transplants. I have family members that have been there for decades. In fact, there is a spot out there called La Louisianne if you want some good creole food.
Masaman Here's an article by the respected local media outlet "New Orleans online" about Creoles (please read): www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/multicultural/multiculturalhistory/creole.html
Its the same as Caribbeans. Caribbean are a mixture of spaniards portuguese french brittish and africans and other european people who had territories there. The french had haiti, spain most of latin america portugal had brasil Brittain had some virgin islands etc. And the native american. And they all spoke a mixture of these languages.
Thank you very much for this. I am a Canadian of Irish/English/Scottish background who has long been in love with the music, culture and food of Southern Louisiana and this video puts the history of those beautiful people in great perspective. Kinda teary for some reason....god, I'm getting old.
All I know is that every time I go to Louisiana they are all marching to their own drum. It's like being in another country. People are just different there. And I'm from Florida, so I know different when I see it! 😂
@Kelly Buck Yeah, you'd probably be more comfortable in any of the metro areas in central or south Florida. The more rural you get, the more Old South and racial attitudes you'll get. I'm from Tampa where everybody's a mix of something. Miami seems to have more first generation immigrants from all over the world, South America to Europe to Asia. Tampa has a lot of people who are more 2nd, 3rd, etc generation immigrants. Even Orlando is pretty diverse as people all over the world are drawn there to work in the tourism industry. I'd highly recommend looking into the City Data website. They've got a lot of info on any city you choose such as racial make-up, how many people are biracial, average age, etc. Just be prepared for the heat! You're in a nice spot up there weather-wise, and it's hot as heck down here!
@Kelly Buck Um... no... I moved from Louisiana to right outside Miami like 3 years ago and this is the most racist place I've ever been and I've traveled alot!
I am French Creole born and raised in Los Angeles. The most vitriol and hatred in my life has come from backwoods Creoles, whom I have never met, claiming that I’m “passing for white.” ????? These people are inbred, sick, and twisted stuck in 1952. I have never denied my heritage but I will never wave the Creole flag because of this experience. Good luck to all of you dwelling on if you’re black or white and just not embracing humanity.
Well, it is like being in another country, because it was another country of its own. Louisiane was part of the French colonization of the Americas, part of New France. It developed for 150 years outside of anglo-saxon reign. We are very different output, lifestyle. Than of the anglo world. So yes, welcome in Louisiane, a country colonized by force, by the anglo-saxons. The actual Louisiane being only a portion of the original Louisiane. And "Acadiana" being the left-over, surviving French speaking communities of the forced assimilation and segregation made in anglo-saxon. Welcome in Louisiane !
My family are mostly of Cajun origins. The family spoke both French and English. My maternal grandfather’s paternal side came directly from France but when his ancestor first came to Louisiana, he married a German woman. Grandfather would tell me differences in words of Cajun and Parisian French. He wrote fluent French. I lived in New Orleans for awhile and the Creole dishes are somewhat different than Cajun. Creoles cook with more tomatoes in their recipe. Shrimp Creole is my favorite Creole dish and Stews and brown Jambalaya with fresh vegetables are my favorite Cajun dishes. The Creole Cane River are known for the best meat pies. Louisiana has some of the best food in the world.
We are very scattered now ... it’s sad thing . My mother is creole ... my family’s skin color goes from white to dark . Thanks for this video it’s hard to explain to people .
We had a huge influx of Cajuns and Creoles in OKC, Tulsa, and throughout Oklahoma as well after Katrina. OKC even hosted the New Orleans hornets for a couple seasons during rebuild. A lot of the New Orleans folk who moved to OKC were happy to get to see their hornets play in OKC. It definitely helped them adjust having their team in their new city for a bit. That’s what lead to OKC getting the Thunder.
My mom is Louisiana creole. My mother did not speak English until she went to school. My grandmother could not speak English. She only spoke Creole until the day she died.
Zecto Mask True but an easy broken French. As a native French-speaker I easily understood what Louisiana Créoles were saying in a RUclips video where they were asked to translate sentences from English.
I'm from New Orleans but lived in Lafayette and Houma. Your grandmother would be highly exceptional if she did not know english. I find that difficult to believe. What town, parish was she from?
@greatwhiteprivilege Cajun French is much more understandable than Louisiana Créole. In fact, Cajun French is French, but with a lot of archaic words and expressions that are no longer used in France.
@greatwhiteprivilege French is my 1st language. My mother us French and my father is a native French-speaker from New Brunswick, Canada. So I'm related to the Cajuns. The Cajun accent is very similar to the Acadian accent from New Brunswick and you can hear the same archaic words and expressions that are no longer used in France and even in Québec.
halifaxx55 our roads are garbage and most homes are bordered up but yes it's nice better then Detroit don't go to the beaches there just redments of sunken land filled with tree leaves
Very well done, sir. Thank you for the research and objective assessment. It gives me a much better perspective on the Cajun and Creole backgrounds. When I was growing up in the '70s, part of my history instruction pertained to how races mixed and the names assigned to the "results" (for lack of a better, less divisive word). I'll not go in to the details, but Creole was one of them. We also learned where the Cajuns originated. So far, my almost 50-year-old textbooks were right lol Thanks again for your efforts. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for your comment. Happy to see our culture down here get acknowledge in this video. There are also other groups down here that the video didn't mention. Sorta sub groups of Creoles. In Nachitoches parish there is a group of creole that possess the albino gene and has created a group of Creoles with African American/native American features but with very light skin. They all seem to have green eyes and are a very beautiful people. They are from the cane river area.
So, I am a (non-native, but with ancestral heritage) Louisiana(Cajun) French speaking Louisianian, and you nailed this on the head! So, I would like to post an update on the situation of the culture and its peoples here in 2022, and what I would highlight as some things that may have been missed as this is a pretty difficult subject to research especially from out of the state, although speaking with native speakers was exactly the right thing to do there. So, the state of the Louisiana French language in 2022. A correction to make on why the language was stopped in the 20th century, would be that on top of programs to get the louisiana francophones to learn English, which by itself would not have been enough to cause the language to die off as we are a very proud people of our heritage and would have very likely kept it up as a cultural language, rather, what killed the language was an active attack on Louisiana French and Kouri-Vini(Louisiana Creole) in the early to mid 20th centuries through the outlawing of French in the schools and cajuns and creoles alike being told they spoke "bad French" or "backwater French", which are both considered extremely offensive to say today fortunately. In my family's case, my paternal grandfather just outright denied his French heritage even though he could speak the language, and only a sparse few words such as Elan(Moose, my dad's nickname), sac-au-lait(local term for the White Crappie), and pirogue(local term for canoe) have prevailed in my family and the English speaking general population. This rough history has resulted in many parts of the state, particularly the Bâton Rouge area where I live, to be almost entirely devoid of Louisiana French which once thrived here. Today, there has been a recent resurgence in interest of the language through immersion programs in K-12 and higher education(I learned Louisiana French at LSU, for example), and there are filmmakers, podcasters, and other content creators who speak the language creating Louisiana French and Kouri-Vini media to help spread interest in learning these dialects and languages, which is having some small effect. I am actually currently working on some Louisiana French content about astronomy to help create a more dynamic and rich media environment here in the state. Suffice it to say, there is a lot of hope for the languages in the future, but progress will be slow and uphill. Hope I added something interesting to the conversation.
I’m from New York and visiting Louisiana is on my bucket list. The culture is one of the most unique in the US and it’s one of my favorite accents. The way people say “baby” just melts my heart. Can’t wait to visit one day
The Yat accent is an interesting one. You will probably find it familiar if you're from NY as it has a similar type of sound to it as certain Nea York accents. Yat is somewhat similar as a dialect to Brooklynese.
You'd better visit fast. Our culture is fading and mixing in with everything else. New Orleans is NOT cajun. If you want cajun, visit New Iberia, Mamou, Lafayette, Basile. Go to a Catholic church in a small town in south central louisiana and listen to the people who hang around and talk after mass. If you find such a small church, go to a Knights of Columbus cookout/fundraiser, or a Bingo night, if that church parish has a bingo night. As you leave the church, take a church bulletin handed to you at the door, because that's where the bingo night and fundraiser cookouts are listed. Don't talk much. Just listen. If you do talk, ask questions about hunting or fishing or gardening, or crawfish farming. Ask them how the season went. You're bound to get stories. Oh, and hang around and listen more to the older folks. The younger ones are less likely to be deep in the culture anymore.
I’m Louisiana Creole. My grandma spoke a mix of French & Spanish creole. If she had to translate anything and even older creole than her she would call them a Frenchman. But I love how my family spoke very serious joking all at the same time bc we were Irish French creole Spanish creole Indian(black) mix. Zydeco is our thing!!
Maybe write down stories from your older folks. We're losing our culture. Now that my mawmaw is gone, I wish I could go back and ask her questions and then write things down when she's not looking. (she would think it unsocial if i wrote while speaking to her) But she's been gone 20 years, so I can't ask her anymore. I remember they were hog and turkey farmers who were contracted to grow meat animals for a oil and gas company, to feed their workers. They also grew other small cash crops on their alotted land, like beans and cotton and melons, anything they could sell to buy shoes and coats. Mawmaw made the girls dresses from flour sack fabric, and she'd tell pawpaw when he went to the store, to buy a flour sack that had the same pattern as one she already had, so she'd have enough matching fabric to make a dress. Mom (born 1934) told me they were the last family to still have a horse and wagon when everybody else at church had a car, and they got picked on for not having a car yet. Mom said that even though there were 9 kids, everybody knew to quit horsing around when the person carrying the kerosene lamp came through the room, because it could cause a house fire if you made them drop it. I guess I should write all that down for my grandkids to know. Oh, and mom said that picking cotton was horrible as a kid, because the plants had sharp parts that hurt her hands, and there were wasps in the cotton plants that would sting them, but they had to keep picking until it was done. And cotton picking was in hot hot weather. Another reason it was miserable. So many stores. We all need to remember our ancestors, because the culture is almost gone now.
Microlithic When he met my Granny it was in Mississippi and a couple years after they got married they moved to Louisiana. That’s when he found out that Granny had family members that were Creole. It didn’t sit well with him because he was racist. Grandma’s family descended from the original French settlers and so most of her heritage was Cajun but Creoles if I understand properly can be any mixture of Spanish, French, African or Caribbean. I don’t know much about my Grandma’s family except that there are some Creoles in it also. Grandpa didn’t like that so he decided to not allow any of the heritage to be passed on. Even as a racist he didn’t stop long enough to realize that she spoke Cajun which predominantly from French background. So, we lost it. She had 5 girls ,11 grandkids and so far 18 grandkids and I believe I am the only one who wishes she could learn it. Thankfully years before he died my Grandpa’s attitude changed but the damage had already been done.
I am the Bless one that made it out of Louisiana from Katrina in 2005 when the hurricane hit, I am so happy I didn't go to the Superdome, Al thou I have seem a lots of people's didn't made it out. They flew us to Tennessee, stay there until 2008, can to Houston to my hometown. Thanks again for sharing your story.
My grandmother's mother was French and her family were among the first 7 ships of French Acadians to arrive in Louisiana in the 1700's. My grandmother loved in New orleans and met my grandfather who lived in North Hollywood at the time. They got married and they moved to the west coast to start our family. My grandmother's aunt was the one who showed my grandfather a picture of my grandmother when he was qorking at a diner in los angeles and he knew she was for him. wrote letters to each other and the rest is history. She was actually engaged to someone else, allegedly an oil millionaire. I appreciate the information in your video very much and appreciate the Louisiana history.
Acadie was what is now Nova Scotia, so they came from french Canada, but were expelled by the English, some returned to Québec were they speak the joual language !
I'm from, and live in, Cajun country. This is really refreshing to watch this. Thank u!!. People do not realize that Louisiana has (3) totally different cultures. Cajuns, Creoles, and North Louisiana lol.
@Boi ChaozCajuns are not shunned at all. Best thing about Louisiana is how close knit our communities are. I'm not sure, but maybe bc Creole is and older and maybe larger culture? I'm only guessing.
Thank you for thinking to share this. It's a reflection of how our country is so historically steeped in different cultures, traditions, and people. Many people who have not had the pleasure of experiencing this first hand are unaware of how different parts of the country and their people can vary in so many ways. I love it and think it's what makes it so fun, exciting, interesting and worth celebrating 🥳
The term Creole can actually mean two different things, at least in the context of people from New Orleans. It can mean people of mixed race with French/Spanish ancestry as you mention in your video. However, it can also be used in this sense as well: "many whites in antebellum Louisiana also referred to themselves as Creoles. Among whites, the term generally referred to persons of upper-class French or Spanish ancestry, and even German ancestry (though all eventually spoke French as their primarily language)." " "Creole" can mean anything from individuals born in New Orleans with French and Spanish ancestry to those who descended from African/Caribbean/French/Spanish heritage."
Yes, the original term "Creole" referenced someone of French and/or Spanish ancestry who came over centuries ago - before the term came to mean anything related to mixed ethnicity.
I'm of Louisiana creole descent, and also born and raised in southeast Louisiana (New Orleans). Creoles have been in Louisiana 150 years before the Cajuns, and constitutes for more than 80% of Louisiana's current population. Other states are trying to minimize the Louisiana creole culture into non-existence. Majority of our foods are creole with very few cajun ingredients. Creoles come in all colors ( Spanish creole, French creole, Italian Creoles, black Creoles of African descent, mix race creoles, etc.). We are a GUMBO OF PEOPLE....
@@1n2333 Most Cajun dishes were dérivéd from Creole dishes as what is now called Acadiana was inhabited by Creole people (of all races) first. There's no gumbo or jambalaya in Novia Scotia.
3:30 What about people who identify as "cajun" but actually aren't? That may skew the numbers as well. For example, there are plenty of people in America that identify as "part Native American" without having any evidence for it
SoloTravelBlog That's apart of the problem. Since mainstreaming has deemed a "Creole" to be of mixed-race (or black), some whites feel left out naturally. Although there are some whites who adamantly state to "not speak Cajun French!" --rather Louisiana French or simply French. So Cajuns have been almost solely associated with whites when there are actually mixed-race Cajuns too. All in all these groups are "ethnicities" or cultures and should not be viewed as races.
Ironically, French as spoken in French Canada in the 1700's (when the future Cajuns left) was considered as the very best French by Parisian visitors as the time.
Certainly, there should be more definition to the term. Nowadays anyone who thinks just because they've had some rice and gravy and spent a day out in the heat call themselves Cajun.
We have the same problem in Australia with people saying there aboriginal when maybe there great great great great grandfather was but there white as white can be and they want all the welfare benefits etc that the aboriginals deserve and need without living the black life but a white middle class to even rich upbringing !!! Its disgusting!!!!
Very informed and well researched. I learned most of this in American History in school. Glad you were interested in this and presented it to the public.
Yes buddy, good to hear someone who’s interested in this stuff and really brakes it down. Understanding history blocks out the darkness of ignorance and stops predigous.
Good point. Louisiana is famous for several different things. Everything about Louisiana isn't in New Orleans like people seem to assume. NOLA born and raised here!
This video crazy! He should have done more research. Never in my life have I met a true blue Cajun from New Orleans. Ever! Started off in New Orleans and moved to new Iberia and back again. The Cajuns all in Acadian .........Couteau, Eunice ray energy, st. Martinville, the flats, erath, delcambre, sunset, beaux bridge and that area. Not New Orleans , not Baton Rouge or really the rest of the state. Creoles are different though. They everywhere in south Louisiana . However the real creole accent , the super frenchy type of talk is only in those Cajun places. New Orleans uses more slang
This is a very accurate video. I am Louisiana French Creole ("je suis un creole d'origine francaise de Louisiane" [in Parisian French] and "mo kreyole d'origine francaise de l'wyzyane" [in Louisiana French Creole]. I am 50% Native American (evenly split between the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations), 37% French and 13% African ancestries. Born and raised in New Orleans and now living in Dallas (post-Katrina)...like I said, very accurate video. Good job Bro, (Bon travail, Ami)
PelegoRecords ' De Louisiane or de la Louisiane' and not 'Du Louisiane,' because it is 'La Louisiane ' not ' Le Louisiane'. I know French language is not so easy!
PelegoRecords "Je suis le creole français du Louisiane" I dont know where you learned French but thats so badly said xD, im French by the way. You should have said: Je suis un Creole d'origine Française de Louisiane
you're not Creole, you're a half-breed. Creole is a patois from a European language not an ethnic group. Creole is a language used by African settlers and slaves in the colonies of the Caribbean and reunion, among others.
The French white settlers of the islands is indeed an ethnic group that speaks French lexical basic Creole (the language of the planters) with a contribution of African words. The Métis and Africans on the islands spoke the language of the "Creole settlers" without being of the same ethnic group. Black people being more likely to speak Creole, there was confusion (island blacks = Creole)
I will be moving to USA in two months from the U.K. I've gotta say, what a culture you guys have! I can't believe some Europeans accuse America for having ZERO history/culture!
Tom Flynn We don't, oh wait, canned corn moon pies, jello, wife beaters, (t shirts) (wife beaters) kind that get restraining orders, Disney, mouse who took over the world. meth heads, mcmansions, Medicaid fraud, cheap women's clothing that falls apart in the wash. society of false wants & desires that marketers & manufacturers grow wealthy on, then have contempt for the lower class they cheated out of. big pharmaceutical. big ag.Your right we have no culture just unlimited lust & desires for more.
Tom Flynn, I'm surprised some people believe that. Only an idiot of the highest order would think a nation has no history. Even the smallest and most "primitive" cultures around the world have a rich history.
Anna Starr, What you describe occurs all over the world, it is not inclusive to the U.S. Yes, we have our problems but we are the greatest country to ever exist on this planet. You get to speak freely, you get to move about freely, you can go to any store and buy groceries without looking at empty shelves, you are protected by a constitution, you are able to vote without fear, laws that treats everybody equally and best of all you have the same opportunities to achieve a good live, free of poverty as everybody else. If you hate it so much you can move someplace else like North Korea, Venezuela, Mexico, or China.
I really enjoy watching this ethnical history. My mom and dad are Créole's born & raise in Louisiana. They move to Chicago when I was born, and we always travel to see my grandparents' every summer for vacation activities and it was always the highlight of my life growing up.
Creole girl here. Born and bred in central LA. I am very fair skinned with green eyes so a LOT of people find it hard to believe me when I say I have Spanish, French, African, Native American and Irish heritage(malado). It was a struggle when I was a child being the only creole family in town. We were often told we were "too dark to be white" and "too light to be black" even though I am much lighter than my family members.I still to this day am told I look like I "could pass(for white)" which frustrates me as a proud woman of color. It took a long time for me to be comfortable in my skin and love my beautiful, exotic features.
In the 40s the blacks from dixie migrated to the west coast for work during the war. You're a proud woman of color is BS, you are malato , a mutt like me. My mom was to light for her dark family to accept, which is ashame because I don't know my mom's family because of it. She would tell us how her and her identical twin would be made to stand in front of the family at gatherings so they could admire their olive skin and green eyes compared to their brothers who were brown on brown. Please stop separating yourself by color and let's be Americans. Either origins of people would have not made it without the other. The government is trying to keep us apart so they can control us easier. Being from New Orleans is awesome, "home of the creoles ", I can speak enough french to get in trouble. My French would be fluent but the government band cajuns and creoles from speaking it. But they are now trying to teach it to the kids in school, when before they treated them as ignorant because they didn't speak English, wtf?
Hey thanks for sharing. I too am from central Louisiana and know very well what you what you mean. Nowadays there seems to be less stereotyping down here and when I tell people that in comment sections, they are either shocked or don't believe me! When you said you have green eyes, any chance you have ancestors or relatives from the cane river area? Being from central La, I'm sure you know the beautiful people I'm referring too. Beautiful group of people! Half of them have green eyes!
Most Creoles are 100% White, but there are mixed race Creoles of color too. Both are just as Creole as the other, so long as the individual grew up in Southeast Lousiana
A large majority of people in southern Louisiana are of French, Spanish, Native American, African, and/or Caribbean descent. But there are also many people living in southern Louisiana who are ethnically German, Italian, and Irish whose families have lived here many generations. It's a huge melting pot. Most of my grandparents and great-grandparents on my dad's side spoke only French, but were ethnically German, English, and Irish.
@@tragicallyhoney ? I can't tell if you're being sarcastic but over half the population of New Orleans is made up of Black Americans and about 1/3 of Louisiana citizens are Black lol
Idk Caribbean is always mentioned as if it's a stand alone heritage. Those people were the same French, Spanish and African but Native Americans we're of different groups of Natives but still Native Americans.
Great job on this video! I’m creole from Louisiana and we identify as black. However some of my family identify as non black because their skin is a more fare pigmentation. It could go either way really. I have a great grandmother who was often mistaken for white due to her fare complexion but she enthusiastically identified as black and was proud of her heritage. This is what I love about New Orleans, so rich in beautiful culture. Thanks for making such a wonderful presentation of Cajun vs Creole.
Katrina Williams don't listen to what all whites say about french Creoles or just Creoles we are a multiracial race not all of us are born to look like or are equal to our features we are a race that is never considered to be a race but we are many things can tell so on.
I am from Louisiana I think you did a great job on the video. Definitely did your homework . Like your channel. Keeo up great work. P.S. I'm from Baton Rouge
Kevin I- Not so great at all. He missed a hugh piece of history. Samuel de Champlain created New France in 1603. New France territory was from Labrador to Louisiana. This is where and how French was introduced to the colonies. The Louisiana Purchase happened in 1803 when the USA bought the Territory from France. This is also why the Louisiana symbol is the Fleur de lis. It is also the Quebec Symbol due to the French history.
Long story short: creole is usually a fancy word for mixed race people who have deep roots in louisiana. Cajun are french descendants who retain the cajun french dialect to this day.
Lilolme Jusayin not true if you know the history there’s no such thing as original creoles? The term came from the French and Spanish trying to differentiate who was born in France and Spain and who was born in the colonies but slaves who were born there started being called creole
@@Jumbo37279 You are wrong. Today the term Creole is used to apply to people of color. Originally, in colonial Louisiana and well into the 19th Century, "creole" referred exclusively to the white, French settlers and their descendants in and around New Orleans. The Spaniards never colonized Louisiana, and there was never a mass-immigration of Spanish-speaking people into Louisiana, so even though the state tourism industry loves to play up Spanish influence it was very minimal. After the Civil War, the French Creoles of New Orleans were gradually assimilated into the general white, English-speaking population.
Sebastien Sade today people use the term wrong most people think creole are only mixed people when also my cousin is 80% European and 20% African basically she’s why the term is wrong! Creole can be any race people are not taught the language of culture today
Sebastien Sade also incorrect most of the growth happened when Spain had lousiana when the French sold it to lousiana there was only 10,000 people in the colony as of 1763 when Spanish got it and gave it back to the French there was 43,000 a lot of people immigrated from Cuba(Havana at the time) Dominican Republic (santo Domingo at the time) and (puerto Rico) also Haiti . The only thing is lousiana was ruled but the Cuban governer if I’m not mistaken and he let the territory keep its language.
And older French New Orleans burned down in the 1770s. The Caribbean Spanish rebuilt it during the Spanish period. The Spanish control over Orleans Parishes and Upper Louisiana ended only two weeks before the French flag dropped due to the sale to the US. Mobile had a much longer French colonial era than New Orleans (6 decades), but nothing is left of that architecture either, except a reconstructed fort replica. Most of the Creole Blanc (European descendent families) moved to New Orleans between 1720 and 1765. Most French still around Mobile are Creole Nior.
You are completely wrong about that. Spain only controlled Louisiana nominally for a few years, and they never immigrated or colonized the area en-mass, only sent a small party of colonial administrators. Nor did the French who still inhabited New Orleans suddenly abandon their own culture and adopt Spanish culture. The architecture found in the French Quarter today is predominantly the early American styles of Federal and Greek Revival, with a few French colonial relics here and there. You'll be hard pressed to find anything Spanish.
If you look at the history actually a lot of Cajun people were also considered Creole since Creole meant "being born in the new world and speaking a Latin language", but since in America the notion of people with different skin color identifying as one was unacceptable, that is why they started to differentiate by skin color/ ethnic background.
Creole as a language is unique to Haiti and was not originally a latin language. Creole as ethnic group developed when Acadians landed there after Le Grande Derangement. There Acadians-Mi'Mkaq mix (AKA: current day Acadian- Cajuns) married local native peoples or slaves, NOT other Frenchmen. These marriages created Creole as a people. That is directly from Haiti's own history. FYI: Some of these people remain in Haiti and they are called Acadian-Haitian.
In America, Louisiana Creoles have no 'Latin' language and very little to none Latin race mixtures. American Creole are a French and Black mixture where Frenchmen married black slave women and created a subculture. In the Caribbeans there were French and latin races that may have been known as creoles there, but in America it was mainly french men and black slaves known as creating the creoles in the Louisiana areas of America. . . Cre·ole /ˈkrēˌōl/ 1. a person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean. a descendant of Spanish or other European settlers in the Caribbean or Central or South America. a white descendant of French settlers in Louisiana and other parts of the southern US. 2. a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage. "a Portuguese-based Creole"
@@Don_nell Originally, Louisiana Creole was someone who came from Europe. (This is going back several centuries), and did not refer to any specific ethnicity. CAJUNS - came through Canada (Acadiana - hence the abbreviated term "Cajun") having settled there first before coming to Louisiana. My Louisiana ancestors came directly from France on the first boats over..and were considered "Creole" for that reason alone. Later, the term began to refer to those of mixed ethnic ancestry. This isn't well-known.
@LilMan 3x That's incorrect. France is a pure white people directly related to the ENGLISH speaking peoples of British, American, Irish, Scotland, Denmark, etc and has no Latin ancestry. France is apart of the ancient biblical tribes of ancient Israel. They fight against the Latin Italy and Germanic nations in world wars like WWI and WWII as related family of nations against Latin/german style of European fascism governments. Go study the history of France and you learn and also you'll they are pinkish skinned blond/blue dominated white people and not the brownish tanned people of Latin nations.
My grandpa would tell the story about how he would always get into fights and trouble with the teachers at school because he didn't know English and would get "the ruler" if they spoke French. Now two generations later the only time I hear cajun French is when the gossip gets goin at mawmaws house and they don't want the others to know what they're saying! I lived in Acadiana parish (County) and Assumption and don't know of anyone around my age that can actually speak cajun French (besides the popular sayings and swear words of course)
yeah it's more what i heard about (im french living in france).. i think cajuan-french dialect will remain small and maybe will extinct.. anyway you all cajuan are welcome to france if you want to come back to your roots, we even have free healthcare
My long lost relatives were sent to Louisianne (Louisiana) from 1755 and even though I've never been to the current state I feel my people there strong and we will never forget. I would like to say that Acadia also not only comprised of the 3 maritime canadian provinces but also comprised of a large part of what you know as the state of Maine and also a small part of what we call Québec. Thank you for your video and even though it feels like it reopens our people's wounds it feels good in a way as all acadiens (acadians) are a proud people and should never forget.
I'm of creole of color decent and there were French speacking people in Louisiana long before cajuns arrived my family has been here since the early 18 the century
+Conrad Sorapuru Do you get the same benefits as blacks in the US? You could pass as white. You look kind like my brother. I myself I'm a real racial cameleon. No one can figure what my race is and I've been known to use the race card when it suits me.
I'm creole I love our overlooked Spanish heritage. Idk why it's hidden yet there's so many Hispanics in America! I speak Spanish & love latin & Spanish food. I love spain. flamenco & sangria(maybe too much) & empanadas. Viva la españa! Viva la luisiana! Salud!
Louisiana has one of the most unique cultures in the US
Agreed
@@americanalligator1284 So true! I'm gonna write a urban fantasy story that should take place in New Orleans!
All cultures are unique
You ain’t lying
And it is thanks to the Africans n Haitian Creole cultures.
The fact that the creole language has been lost. Both of my parents are creole born and raised in Louisiana. My grandparents spoke creole fluently but my parents never learned. I find it sad that I lost this part of my culture.
It may not be lost. Look at catalan-valencian and basque in Spain. Those are now thriving decades after the spanish dictatorship tried to extinguish them.
We all do😞
This is similar to my heritage. My grandparents were creole and my grandfather spoke the language fluently too. Of my parents, only my mom is creole born and raised in Louisiana. Unfortunately my mom and her siblings were discouraged from learning the language. So I feel I lost out on that part of the culture as well.
Why don't you learn Cajun Creole?
@Meg M they might speak French but they don't speak Creole.
My dad was a Cajun, he never lost his thick accent. I loved hearing him speak Cajun French to his family. ❤️
did your learn it?
The so called Cajun French language was taught in Louisiana schools in the 1970s. It is not the original Creole tongue which is comparable to Patois in Jamaican and Haitian Creole in Hayti. Our ancestors were the original CREOLES who were classified as black folks. We still retain remnants of our language. Cajuns are a newly created culture.
@@sarayb6607Your comment has nothing to do with what you were responding to. You angry about something?
@@NotLeftarded1He's competing with you. Lol. Like they say "You always win when you're playing by yourself."
@sarayb6607 oh stfu. My ancestors founded Acadiana in the 1600s you moron.
I LOVE being a Louisiana Lady! It wasn't until I was older than 25 that I would appreciate how rich our heritage is here!
I used to ride horses with corn cob in my ass
@orangegummugger1871 Can't tell if you mean that in a good, or bad way.
@orangegummugger1871 That's good then, it's always good to learn about other cultures. And understandable, but not all black lady's are like that though.
@orangegummugger1871 Beyonce is also creole. Her family is from New Orleans. So is Frank Ocean. He might even have some Cajun descent.
I love being a Louisiana girl. Our culture is rich in history, traditions, cuisine, festivals and so much more 💜💛💚
So am I! I'm proud to tell ppl I'm from "the boot"
Hos!
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Most definitely! Who Dat?! Lol. ⚜️
Me to DeShawn.
I was initially looking for Cajun recipes to cook some shrimp but I stayed for the history lesson, it was interesting and informative.
Black Vitriol Yep you are right about that.
Hector Ibarra there are Mexicans of Creole heritage and Creoles of Mexican heritage so we're connected in a way cousin
Hector Ibarra I was looking for food and wine. . The history lesson tho.... hahahaha
Hector Ibarra , look up "The Cajun Ninja" on U-tube. He is a great Cajun cook, and entertaining as well. You won't be disappointed.
Hector look for Justin Wilson cookbooks, some of the best Cajun recipes
Good work young man. I'm a Cajun raised in the heart of Acadiana. I thought your piece was well researched and presented. Thank you.
And yet he got so much wrong.
This guy doesn't know history well Black natives Louisiana been living in the usa southern seaboards lands over 1000000 thousands years and wasn't speaking french natives tongues of the so call Indians in facts Blacksare,Not racist Blacks can produce any shades of colors and hair types this just facts its just times for the truth to be told out who been here before any others ethnic groups before euro and slavetrades arrive not Asians,no
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@@livingtruth4455 Do you want to take another try at this? Black people have been around for 1 million thousands of years?
@@diii5358 hello Mr faker you can't spread your fake news on about who were here first your lies are returning to your self.
I'm from Louisiana and I am fluent in French and Spanish. Louisiana schools taught us to speak the heritage of our ancestry. I am an Italian mixed Cajun Creole Indian. I love being from Louisiana❤
Born at Southern Baptist Hospital and raised in Ponchatoula.
Ça va?
Billie Holiday is one of my favorites. Creole's have such beautiful skin.🥰😘🌹🥰
Just so you know most Acadians and Cajuns already have the first Nation ( Canadian native American) like the video said we were allies during the seven year war and beaver wars and regularly traded and interacted with the Mik maw and maliseet.
I live in Nova Scotia, where we have a large Acadian population.❤
Bonjou, cousine! I'm from New Orleans. I speak a little French and Spanish, but not fluent as I would like to be. I learned both in school too, though. I'm also mixed Indigenous American, French, Spanish, and Indigenous Subsaharan African.
My Father's family is Creole and I was always amazed at the diversity within it. My Father and I are brown skinned and have slightly more prominent Native American features such as cheeks and nose. His father was very dark with more African features, but his mother could pass for white all day long and they were French Creole speakers. All this within 3 generations. Go figure. :)
The beauty of genetics in the American south! Sounds like my family but we are Southern from VA.
Same as me my creole father was dark as chocolate his mom was ghost pale I remember being with her in this general store and this white man yells angrily at me saying I couldn't shop alone I said my grandmother is at the register he looked all over the store tryin to see where my black granny was lol once she called me to go,, the look on his face but I will say he was always so nice to me after..my mom parents (mom)native American and( dad)African..my mom has an soft peanut butter skintone with soft straight hair it's crazy my little sister has freckles and sandy reddish hair I'm my parents darkest child my little girl is pale light skin with straight hair it's really crazy cuz I'm an dark skin dread head black American woman lol
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You speak Creole?
@@angelacooper8973 It was spoken to me by my father and his mother when I was very little and I'm told that I could speak it, but my parents got divorced when I was 5, so that was the end of my exposure, so no I can't speak it. Surprisingly, I used to go to Montreal quite a bit on business and I could understand half of what we said to me and I could actually read about 70% of the signs... Don't ask me how.😁
IM SO PUMPED THAT MY CULTURE IS INTERESTING TO OTHER PEOPLE!! Even here in Louisiana it's not recognized by other people and alot of our culture has been appropriated and invalidated! Thank you for being aware and respectful ❤
Shut up about your culture and make me some Boudin!
lol, sorry, jk….. about the shut up part….. still want some Boudin!!,
Sameee😭❤
Shit so was the presidency
Your part of a rare race of people. That's definitely interesting,
My family were always intrigued with French culture. We are from the UK and like a lot of Brits France is always a go to for our holidays abroad. My dad has a friend that now lives in France and he used to go with my older brother grape picking with friends who own a vineyard. Never went myself but always had a keen interest in the culture and language. I did live in Quebec for a while with my brother who actually married a Quebecois and lived there for some time. I find these surviving pockets of foreign culture very interesting, especially French culture. But like Quebec, New Brunswick etc Louisiana has its own unique culture which adds an extra twist to the French culture and history. My wife and I have both visited the US a couple of times but for some reason never made it to Louisiana but it's on both of our bucket lists.
My dad is from Lake Charles Louisiana and I love how my aunts and uncles talk.They come in all colors light to dark brown.They have brown eyes or gray eyes.Much love to my creole roots .
I have family in Lake Charles as well. Griffin family.
So is my daddy!
@PALI PALI That happened with my Dads eye too.
My dad is from lake Charles but the rest of family like aunt and uncle live in this small city called Jennings.
@@bigharp0949 I'm from Lake Charles LA.. Calcasieu Parish... And I have family that are Griffin's also... Maybe we're related.. My dad's mom was a Griffin... I did my DNA on 23and Me.. Maybe who knows it's a small world Cup 😂😂🥰
l have for decades known about the differences between the Cajuns and Creoles of Louisiana; and this clip pretty much sums it up. Louisiana is one of my favorite States, and it never ceases to fascinate. And l find both the Cajuns and the Creoles intriguing peoples. Everybody should go to the Pelican State at least once!
I'm a Louisiana creole of color, and we have been in the state since the early 1700's. We had already been there some 40 or 50 years by the time the Cajuns arrived in the mid-1700's. We not only have French, African and Native ancestry, but many of us have Spanish and Italian, and even some German and British/Irish ancestry. Some slaves were brought from Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and Mexico, too, so we have more of a Caribbean or Latino culture and ancestry.
JEH Aries ALL cajuns Have African ancestry
Louisiana is a Latino culture, being French and all.
+Sam Houston French is NOT Latino. A Spaniard would be Latino.
Rande Thorman a Spaniard would be spanish or of Latin descent. Not Latino!
Modern day Puerto Ricans, Cubans, spanish Dominicans, et. al. are Latinos, as are Mexicans (although they don't want to be called so). But they are.
This may not be true though, for all of Puerto Rico as there are those who still retain their native genes.
JEH Aries we also have Filipino ancestry some of us do anyway
My gramma came from Quebec and spoke French. They settled in Alger, Michigan and were called "Cheesers" and Dairy Maids. French here in Michigan had their own language too.
It was mixed with the Indians words from when they lived in Quebec. I loved when she would get upset and start speaking French, Indian and English! Hilarious when it came out.
Upset and in 3 languages... I know what you mean! My second wife was Panamanian (Spanish), Chinese (Mandarin), and spoke French and English fluently. I tried to grasp Spanish and be part of family conversation, but every one of them spoke in all 4 languages in just about every sentence... Shorted me out! LOL...
I think you meant mawmaw
My dads side is the same ! From Quebec, settled in Windsor and then Michigan and native on my moms side :)
Wait Indian as in Native American? What tribe/language?
"indian" isnt a language
My mom is Louisiana Creole, raised in Natchez, MS. She used to teach me a lot of Creole words, but I kind of have forgotten the language over time. However I still remember the foods! Lol. This was a pretty good take on understanding the diversity of Cajun and Louisiana Creole peoples respectively. Not too bad.
im from Gulfport
My mom is creole from Natchez!
I’m Cajun and Creole. Crazy to see people actually recognizing Los Isleños - some of my ancestors were from the Canary Islands.
ud like to be sit down
Same. I am happy that people are trying to revive the languages and cultures. The we are on the last generation of people spoke Cajun and Louisiana Créole. My parent's parent did not teach them the languages. My generation has learned so that we can document stories and family history.
My ancestors are from there. The guanche people were incentivized to come to Louisiana as well as Puerto Rico.
Fun fact lots of Creoles immigrated to Puerto Rico...
My daughter's father's grandmother was from the Canary Islands. They settled in Delacroix, Nunez is their name.
FACT!!!!!!! They are in historical text from the 1700s to 1900s called Indians and Moors by writers, travelers, and scholars.
It's about time someone was smart enough to put this out there in a very comprehensive and sensible fashion. I've been telling people for years that skin pigmentation is not how one distinguishes one culture from another. People are way too focused on skin pigmentation and morphological traits rather than cultural or linguistic patterns and of coarse evolution to comprehend the various differences between one type of person and another. With that said I've always maintained that people, fundamentally, are the same everywhere. It doesn't matter what shade of skin, eye color, or hair color one imbues, we are the same. Having worked in New Orleans and befriending many individuals of Creole or Cajun ancestry, I learned much about their culture and historical progression. I find it fascinating and enlightening. thanks again for the info.
Thank you so much! This is fascinating. I am French and American (now living in France) and I lived for a short time in Lafayette, LA. I am currently teaching English and American culture and I always have a chapter on Louisiana. The French kids love it. I will happily use your video in my class! By the way, I found other viewers’ comments great too!
As a Canadian who also speaks Canadian French (which is different from the French spoken in France) I find this topic fascinating. Funny enough they still speak Acadian French in New Brunswick and those who understand Canadian French have trouble understanding the Acadian French in that province. In Montreal, Quebec there is a huge population of people from Haiti who all speak Haitian Creole and you hear it there all the time.
It's called chIac it's basically Franglais. J'ai parker mon car dans le parking lot.😂
Ta yeule ostie
@@xavier6037 Stop being just another French with a cry baby victim mentality . That's why nobody likes us in Canada. Not because of our identity but because we are crybabies it's the same reason many other minority groups are not liked currently. And I didn't speak to you in French because well ta yeule ostie.
@@NotLeftarded1 The Chiac are the Acadians of the south-east coast of New Brunswick. In the rest of the state the Acadians don't speak Chiac. Chiac is a variety of Acadian French with borrowings from English but also from the local Amerindian language.
@@elrevah I come from Acadie-Bathurst. I think I know about it .
Best description of Creoles vs Cajuns. I’ve been asked that question so many times. This is basically my explanation.
As someone who has both cajun and creole family all i can say is jamabalaya amazing
I also have both but I'm not light skinned but my grandparents look almost white.
@@apostlestevenl.williams5384 that is very common sir, respect!
I love all colors ❤️ love thy neighbor
I’m not Cajun but I make a kickass jambalaya!
I’m from Shreveport so kinda from from the main culture areas however my great grandmother was full blown Cajun and my grandma is quite fluent in French as a second language. Most Louisianans (like myself) take a lot of pride in the culture of the state and it’s always nice being able to share it with others. My grandmother has taught me how to cook jambalaya, 10:24 , gumbo and all that
Wondering how long past few years ago club meeting with the lasdivinas flavor of the blooming natural university kismet diagonally counter and Philemon Titus judges Joshua Deuteronomy Ezekiel Luke James Hebrews Jude Daniel Obadiah Zephaniah Jonah Exodus Genesis
You from south Arkansas bro that ain’t Louisiana lol
@@Devinn504 LOL...Or East Texas, it's called the "Ark-La-Tx"!!
@@beckyfrogers I’m already knowing lol
I love gumbo too its my favorite food!
In 1990 I joined the navy and met my future first wife who was from Arkansas. When she went home and told her family she was engaged to a Cajun her family tried to kick her out the house and family because they believed Cajun meant half white and half black. When my dad joined the Navy in 64 they made him take off his shoes and socks so they could see his webbed feet because they believed cajuns live in the swamps so long we all have webbed feet. In my boot camp in 1990 they honestly thought this was my first time on dry land and wearing shoes. My accent was so thick they believed me to be a very ignorant hick with little to no education. Imagine their surprise when they found out I passed the test to enter into the Navy’s Nuclear Power program. While stationed in Europe what little Cajun French I knew came in handy as some words were similar to words used in Italy and Spain. What you didn’t mention was the efforts to wipe out the French language from existence in Louisiana. My grandparents and parents told us of the physical abuse they endured in school if they spoke French at school. By my parents’ time it was taboo to speak French in school anywhere near a teacher or principal. The language they tried to wipe out was suddenly needed in WW2 in France. Many local men, including my grandfather, went to France to act as translators for the American troops. Those returning veterans were the ones who began the push to save the language. My parents and grandparents only spoke French when they had something to say that they didn’t want the children to know about. This caused us to not know most French other than select words and phrases.
Very sad and interesting my father family had the same experience but with Spanish language in Texas.When he joined the Navy in Vietnam they asked him where he parked his Burro. My father when he was a boy was forced to stand in a trash can every time he spoke spanish.He developed a stutter for many years.He was terrified of us speaking spanish.Thankfully my Italian,Irish mother believed we should be able to speak Spanish.
@@azuldreamerforever3453 in my grandparents era it was against the rules to speak French in school. After the US Civil War the French language was even made illegal in the state of Louisiana. If caught speaking French at school the punishment could be severe. My grandparents told us of students being slapped across the face, punched in the face or gut, or whipped with belts or paddles for speaking French in school. Then came WW2 and all those Cajuns who spoke French were now needed by the US Army in France.
@@sailordave1000 in my part of the state we were Rebels. We spoke French and didn't give a damn what the government said.
Thanks for sharing your story. I'm originally from Arkansas and there are a LOT of closed-minded people there. Many of them have never been outside of the state. I moved to Lafayette Louisiana with my wife who is from Gulf coast MS. I love it here. The people are very unique and friendly. Also, tbe food is amazing once you get used to the spice 😄. Thanks again
@Rasheed Gazzi and then the US Army needed these French speaking Cajuns and Creoles in France in WW2. The schools “literally” tried to beat the French language out of them and then the US government turns around and says we need you to speak your language for us.
Thank for making that distinction between Cajun & Creole. You are right that they are very different. My family is Creole and we have a multitude of racial mixtures Consequentially we all look very different from each other. Even in siblings one can have more European features and color while another can look Hispanic or Black. And yes, we still have African or Haitian blood.
I can’t wait for everyone to just check “mixed race” on the census. I am proud to be a little bit of everyone…. We are all just Human!
bonjou, cousin! I'm Creole too! I check "two or more races" on the census and other government documents lol.
Creoles come in all colors, not only lightskin!
I'm french and a little Danish with some Spanish ancestry and I'm creole because I was born in Louisiana from settlers. This dude is making the same uninformed assumptions as many others. There's the Louisiana creole language, Kouri-vini, spoken by both whites & blacks alike and there's the creole people which is not so much a race thing as it is a cultural thing. That's why in Louisiana, we have creoles and creoles of color. I'm part acadian (cajun) too but I'm mostly creole from my European French and Spanish ancestry. Technically the french in Canada are creoles too but most of the world only thinks black or mixed which is not true. I love all the people in our gumbo pot culture down in South Louisiana. Now them german protestants in North Louisiana are a different issue. Lol joking. Mostly.
@@CleverNameTBD Same here. I'm third generation American with one paternal great grandmother from Spain and the other paternal great grandmother from Germany yet my parents first language was French. Thanks for sharing your comment.
Greetings from New Iberia Louisiana USA 💚 ✔️
Black people come in all shades.
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Ur right
As a Nigerian, I'm fascinated by New Orleans and the culture there. The food, music, festivals, architecture and the various religions practised there. ♥️
I hope you get to come visit soon! New Orleans is a fun city to see!
Voodoo?
I wouldn't go near that hellhole unless you're into murders and gunfire. It's extremely dangerous and getting worse every day. I live about an hour and a half away between Morgan City and New Iberia. I know what its going on there, and I no longer go there. You will be taking your life into your own hands.
@@JustMe-ig5pn Damn. Really that bad?
@@lemiphil2388 Yes, really that bad. They have between 6 and 8 a night.
Glad to see such interest in my Cajun & Creole culture!
THANK YOU for getting this right! My great grandmother and grandmother spoke French creole. They did it when they did not want the kids (us) knowing what they were talking about lol! I love this video. ❤
Same. 😂
I am Cajun and my wife is Creole. My children are beautiful.
Bet they need sunscreen lol
So your children are Creole?
@@vickiekay8317 at least they'll be intelligent.
What does that mean?
Both are top of their class, and one just started LSU.
I appreciate your distinction between race and ethnicity and mention how people identity themselves on the census, and how this self identification is ultimately subjective.
It's a shame the Louisiana French were denied their languages, and culture. I sincerely hope you bring it all back, Louisiana is by far the most culturally rich area of the US.
i agree just as the Indians were denied the lagage and culture but thank god is still around..
My parent were not allowed to speak the Cajun French in school and were punished if they were caught. My grandma who is 101 and some of my Aunts still speak French, I only know a few words of French. We still have our culture and that we will never lose. I am from Terrebonne parish and have researched my family back to the 16 hundreds. My mom's family is related to Daniel LeBlanc (the c is silent).
RedWings01 I know...my grandma never taught me her first language French. Her school teachers traumatized her and other kids when they were caught speaking French in class.
Kathy Churray I had a former co worker last name Terrebonne from that parish
Stop saying MOST
Very well done! I appreciate how well you explained the myth that everyone from Africa are a singular ethnicity, when they are in fact a diverse people of many cultures/ethnicities. However, Louisiana will always be somewhat mysterious as a result of the remarkable diversity of its people and the beautiful culture that has resulted. So difficult to explain in mere words, you have to experience it for yourself.
Born and raised in Texas, but my dad's family was Cajun as well as my grandmother's family on my mother's side. So I consider myself Texan-Cajun. I love learning about this culture. Apparently my grandparents spoke French, but I've never been able to pick it up.
I'd like to punk babe
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Why don't you learn French, if you feel akin to Louisiana?
If your heritage is Cajun you are Cajun too you just live in Texas. Lol I’m Creole but I live in Florida. It’s how I was raised and I spend a lot of time in Louisiana because it’s in proximity, we didn’t leave the gulf coast there’s actually a lot of Creoles and Cajuns in the panhandle we kind of cliqué’d up naturally, to see my family. It’s never too late I learned Louisiana Creole in a years time with dedication. I just took 30 minutes to an hour a day to learn. There’s plenty of learning material out there for Louisiana French specifically though you can learn it there’s so many online enclaves of us preserving our languages and our shared Louisiana culture where you can speak Louisiana French with folks I speak Louisiana Creole just about everyday with people I’ve met online keeping our LC alive.
Me to!
An EXCELLENT presentation with maps, pie charts and data equally discussing both groups. Nicely done! Thank you for sharing.
i actally really like how you include the Filipinos that were brought over with the Spanish
yosh Sea this explains my DNA results. Mom's side is from Louisiana and I had 14 percent from the iberian region and less than 1 percent southeast asian.
80 percent African (obviously)
Im filipino american and i still cant believe this. I mention this and people dont believe me. Why if u look this up on google it doesnt mention this. I think if its true thats super coo
@@mrcochino281 look up Dan inosanto demonstration at the Smithsonian video....he gives the history of Filipinos in the new world ..he shows evidence of pinoys being navigator's and employed soldiers for those venturing to the Americas ..he also puts on a fantastic Filipino martial arts demo as well as the history behind it.
If you haven't seen it ...check out the Dan inosanto demo at the Smithsonian...he talks about Filipinos who were brought over to the new world and Mexico by the Spaniards either as political prisoners or navigator's...he also gives a fantastic demo on the Filipino martial arts
@@mrcochino281 look up California morro bay, honestly i think it has too do with two things, the standards in history education and the difference from college education to compare... i didn't know thus til i was 19
Mason, you've done an amazing job here. 👏🏾 I'm decended from Gullah Geechee ppl and I'm going to show your video to my friends and family.
Louisiana should take some hints from Quebec. They should implement some language protecting laws similar to Quebec.
gmoney too late...
I just got a b j in the 7/11 parking lot
They've started to create bilingual schools.
@xbleedingx it never too late .. they got that whole island of Ireland speaking that Celtic language they aint spoke in a long time(I was really being facetious when I typed this out months ago) just saying
@@vannjunkin8041 no they didn't
Imagine my surprise when I saw the photo of my Dad and I in this video! It made me feel a a since of pride that finally; in honor of My father maybe one day soon my children and their children can finally be able to say they are Creole and people will know exactly what it is! Thank you so much🙏👍🏽
Bonjour
BIzé...c est faire la bise embrasser.. Faire un bisous, embrasser..♥️♥️👍👍
Shout Out Creole
Bizé, un nom français qui signifie faire la bise
😘
@Tonya Bizé Is your profile picture a picture of you? If yes, you are very pretty.
@@americanalligator1284 thank you🦋
I reeeaaally wanted to include the song "The House of the Rising Sun" but the YT copyright crew got me pinned down! We'll get 'em next time!
Mason love all of your work and dedication to The Truth! MASON FOR PRESIDENT! You should do a video on all of the different musical genres,Birth of Jazz,Delta Blues,Gospel .....and good old Rock n Roll down forget Zydeco,Funk.....Iam sure theres more...I know you will find it!
Afrojack Thanks man! Music genres isn't something I know a lot about. I'll see if I know anyone who's an expert on the subject.
+Masaman there is a disc Jockey oldies king Bob Walker use to work for WTIX and is on FB, a real nice dude! Also has an oldie radio shrine on The internet! Hope you can use that ! Iam also a musician always have been since....forever-and if I can help in. Any way I will good luck Friend!,
Gangsta Money Yeah because Hispanic isn't a race. Latinos are a mixture of Black, White and Native and Hispanics are people whose native language is Spanish.
Cameron Enoch that is true
This was great! Just in case no one's mentioned it, Creoles were initially (before LA was part of the USA) defined as anyone of French origin vs people like "Kaintucks", for example. I highly recommend the Free Man of Color series as well as Lyle Saxon's (born 1891) Fabulous New Orleans & Old Louisiana if you really want to understand Louisiana history from a juicy perspective 💜⚜💚
My great grandma is of Louisiana creole descent with African, French, Spanish and Native American Ancestry.
Demonte Speechless_2 Shutup and do some research don’t regurgitate passed around info
@@pimpiniseasy2778 actually being Creole just meant that your family was in Louisana before 1803 or other states of the Louisana purchase (lower Mississippi) and Alabama too!
You don't have to be mix to be Creole! Louisana have Itialian Creoles, French Creole (me) Spanish Creole, Irish Creoles, German Creoles, Native American Creoles (Natchez-Choctaw me) Afro/mulatto-Creoles, English Creoles, and Cajun Creoles! Again anyone born into the colony was CREOLE! I hope this helps
Ninpo Budo I agree with that I have no idea why this mixed ancestry thing is being pushed so hard lol
Still black.
I know you said this a year ago. I’m happy you did. I heard this too. I’m Cajun. I heard Cajuns are mainly French. Creole is made up of many more races.
Cest Bon! I am Blackfoot Amer Indian,And french creole i love my state and culture.Impressed that you included the differences in the cultures.Also the fact that you acknowledged the Indians of the creole culture ,showed that you have done some research..There is alot more of the Indigenous Indian aspect in louisiana ,That is rarely talked about ..The cooper colored people of the americas..
My grandma Blackfoot
@@mamuwaldevoudoupractitione3518 Intolerance never solved anything as history shows. Ignorance ran rife and rampant in the past and still does today and is only exacerbated by people who try to fight ignorance with ignorance. Make the world a better place by speaking reasonably with intelligence and tolerance. Show the world that you're not a fool and they will be in the wrong if they mistreat or misjudge you but act a fool and they will only feel justified in acting a fool back and the cycle of hate will only be strengthened.
Darnell Ghoram I was a Merchant Mariner,,,, one of our Captains was from Honduras, he was a grandson of Captain Morgan,,,,well, he said there was an enclave of Native Americans of Cherokee descent there that went there to get away rather than go to reservations.
Heather You are wise.
Rodney Norman your dad was from africa?
I love that you took the time to really research this information. Thank you for sharing!
Aye boy you tied all this together you really did yo research 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
phenomenal job my man. as a proud mixture of both Cajun and Creole I'd say you hit it right on the head!
I'm from LA and what you reported sounds about right. I had to move to DFW after hurricane Katrina along with many of my friends. A lot of Creole people are in the Los Angeles area because of Katrina as well.
Lalia3131 Thanks! My 5th grade teacher was from New Orleans, and I knew many more from the area as well.
And Prior to Katrina, Lalia..In fact, there is a very large and ingrained Creole population there, many settling there to escape the harsh conditions of Jim crow and before..The actor Roger Guenveur Smith and Danny Bakewell, the South Central L.A.business tycoon are louisiana transplants. I have family members that have been there for decades. In fact, there is a spot out there called La Louisianne if you want some good creole food.
Masaman Here's an article by the respected local media outlet "New Orleans online" about Creoles (please read):
www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/multicultural/multiculturalhistory/creole.html
I'm in DFW too! and from New Orleans.
Lalia3131 We have a pretty good Creole population in the Syracuse, NY area.
CREOLE IS A CULTURE (similar to Caribbean culture) THAT STILL LIVES ON. ITS A BEAUTIFUL THING.
Its the same as Caribbeans. Caribbean are a mixture of spaniards portuguese french brittish and africans and other european people who had territories there. The french had haiti, spain most of latin america portugal had brasil Brittain had some virgin islands etc. And the native american. And they all spoke a mixture of these languages.
@@juanitamora4857 We have more native bloods in the little countries in the West indies
That were they came from the Caribbean..st Simmons all over there love it
Good to finally see people bring awareness to my culture ⚜️
Thank you very much for this. I am a Canadian of Irish/English/Scottish background who has long been in love with the music, culture and food of Southern Louisiana and this video puts the history of those beautiful people in great perspective. Kinda teary for some reason....god, I'm getting old.
The culture of Louisiana is unique and unlike anywhere else in the world. I love Cajun music and zydeco and Cajun/Creole cookin'
All I know is that every time I go to Louisiana they are all marching to their own drum. It's like being in another country. People are just different there. And I'm from Florida, so I know different when I see it! 😂
@Kelly Buck Yeah, you'd probably be more comfortable in any of
the metro areas in central or south Florida. The more rural you get, the more Old South and racial attitudes you'll get.
I'm from Tampa where everybody's a mix of
something. Miami seems to have more first generation immigrants from all over the world, South America to Europe to Asia. Tampa has a lot of people who are more 2nd, 3rd, etc generation immigrants. Even Orlando is pretty diverse as people all over the world are drawn there to work in the tourism industry.
I'd highly recommend looking into the City Data website. They've got a lot of info on any city you choose such as racial make-up, how many people are biracial, average age, etc.
Just be prepared for the heat! You're in a nice spot up there weather-wise, and it's hot as heck down here!
@Kelly Buck Um... no... I moved from Louisiana to right outside Miami like 3 years ago and this is the most racist place I've ever been and I've traveled alot!
I am French Creole born and raised in Los Angeles. The most vitriol and hatred in my life has come from backwoods Creoles, whom I have never met, claiming that I’m “passing for white.” ????? These people are inbred, sick, and twisted stuck in 1952. I have never denied my heritage but I will never wave the Creole flag because of this experience. Good luck to all of you dwelling on if you’re black or white and just not embracing humanity.
@Kelly Buck You know what they say about Florida.....the more north you go, the farther South you get.
Well, it is like being in another country, because it was another country of its own.
Louisiane was part of the French colonization of the Americas, part of New France.
It developed for 150 years outside of anglo-saxon reign.
We are very different output, lifestyle. Than of the anglo world.
So yes, welcome in Louisiane, a country colonized by force, by the anglo-saxons.
The actual Louisiane being only a portion of the original Louisiane.
And "Acadiana" being the left-over, surviving French speaking communities of the forced assimilation and segregation made in anglo-saxon.
Welcome in Louisiane !
My family are mostly of Cajun origins. The family spoke both French and English. My maternal grandfather’s paternal side came directly from France but when his ancestor first came to Louisiana, he married a German woman. Grandfather would tell me differences in words of Cajun and Parisian French. He wrote fluent French. I lived in New Orleans for awhile and the Creole dishes are somewhat different than Cajun. Creoles cook with more tomatoes in their recipe. Shrimp Creole is my favorite Creole dish and Stews and brown Jambalaya with fresh vegetables are my favorite Cajun dishes. The Creole Cane River are known for the best meat pies. Louisiana has some of the best food in the world.
Thank you so much for presenting this video 😊 Creole /Filipina
We are very scattered now ... it’s sad thing . My mother is creole ... my family’s skin color goes from white to dark . Thanks for this video it’s hard to explain to people .
Char Love yeah im all the way in wisconsin im a light skinned creole with straight hair my african side barely shows :(
I'm Canadian Metis (European/Native) and my family is the same. Dark to light! lol
I'm all ears.
If you’re reading this, I hope you find your inner peace.
Thank you. I needed to hear that.
Haltestelle 7 Good! It was meant for you!
Thank you for this message. I appreciate it. Please be safe.
Peace and Love to you too✌️+♥️
Thanks! Needed that wish! 😔
We had a huge influx of Cajuns and Creoles in OKC, Tulsa, and throughout Oklahoma as well after Katrina. OKC even hosted the New Orleans hornets for a couple seasons during rebuild. A lot of the New Orleans folk who moved to OKC were happy to get to see their hornets play in OKC. It definitely helped them adjust having their team in their new city for a bit. That’s what lead to OKC getting the Thunder.
Finally someone that got it right. My paternal grandfather was creole and his mother only spoke Creole.
My mom is Louisiana creole. My mother did not speak English until she went to school. My grandmother could not speak English. She only spoke Creole until the day she died.
Peggy Clinton the correct term is broken French at least ppl from southern Louisiana ppl say it
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True but an easy broken French. As a native French-speaker I easily understood what Louisiana Créoles were saying in a RUclips video where they were asked to translate sentences from English.
I'm from New Orleans but lived in Lafayette and Houma. Your grandmother would be highly exceptional if she did not know english. I find that difficult to believe. What town, parish was she from?
@greatwhiteprivilege Cajun French is much more understandable than Louisiana Créole. In fact, Cajun French is French, but with a lot of archaic words and expressions that are no longer used in France.
@greatwhiteprivilege French is my 1st language. My mother us French and my father is a native French-speaker from New Brunswick, Canada. So I'm related to the Cajuns. The Cajun accent is very similar to the Acadian accent from New Brunswick and you can hear the same archaic words and expressions that are no longer used in France and even in Québec.
Louisiana just seems so beautiful and unique!
Ca sé byen bél pou vré li sé (it is very beautiful for real it is)
halifaxx55 you try living here
halifaxx55 our roads are garbage and most homes are bordered up but yes it's nice better then Detroit don't go to the beaches there just redments of sunken land filled with tree leaves
halifaxx55 it is it's like a little europe here the food is Absolutley the best and the culture is unique
Our politicians are the most corrupt in the Union and our land is being drowned by the Gulf. But other than that, yeah. We're alright.
Very good unbiased presentation.
Very well done, sir. Thank you for the research and objective assessment. It gives me a much better perspective on the Cajun and Creole backgrounds. When I was growing up in the '70s, part of my history instruction pertained to how races mixed and the names assigned to the "results" (for lack of a better, less divisive word). I'll not go in to the details, but Creole was one of them. We also learned where the Cajuns originated. So far, my almost 50-year-old textbooks were right lol
Thanks again for your efforts. Keep up the good work.
Louisiana's culture is so rich and vibrant.
Makes the rest of us seem boring.
Lol
Not really haha.
I'm Armenian. We are an ancient people with an incredibly rich and vibrant culture.
Gina-Marie Ourganjian Cheeseman by “the rest of us” she means other Americans
Thank you for your comment. Happy to see our culture down here get acknowledge in this video. There are also other groups down here that the video didn't mention. Sorta sub groups of Creoles. In Nachitoches parish there is a group of creole that possess the albino gene and has created a group of Creoles with African American/native American features but with very light skin. They all seem to have green eyes and are a very beautiful people. They are from the cane river area.
@@justjuli3t specifically african americans
So, I am a (non-native, but with ancestral heritage) Louisiana(Cajun) French speaking Louisianian, and you nailed this on the head! So, I would like to post an update on the situation of the culture and its peoples here in 2022, and what I would highlight as some things that may have been missed as this is a pretty difficult subject to research especially from out of the state, although speaking with native speakers was exactly the right thing to do there.
So, the state of the Louisiana French language in 2022. A correction to make on why the language was stopped in the 20th century, would be that on top of programs to get the louisiana francophones to learn English, which by itself would not have been enough to cause the language to die off as we are a very proud people of our heritage and would have very likely kept it up as a cultural language, rather, what killed the language was an active attack on Louisiana French and Kouri-Vini(Louisiana Creole) in the early to mid 20th centuries through the outlawing of French in the schools and cajuns and creoles alike being told they spoke "bad French" or "backwater French", which are both considered extremely offensive to say today fortunately. In my family's case, my paternal grandfather just outright denied his French heritage even though he could speak the language, and only a sparse few words such as Elan(Moose, my dad's nickname), sac-au-lait(local term for the White Crappie), and pirogue(local term for canoe) have prevailed in my family and the English speaking general population. This rough history has resulted in many parts of the state, particularly the Bâton Rouge area where I live, to be almost entirely devoid of Louisiana French which once thrived here.
Today, there has been a recent resurgence in interest of the language through immersion programs in K-12 and higher education(I learned Louisiana French at LSU, for example), and there are filmmakers, podcasters, and other content creators who speak the language creating Louisiana French and Kouri-Vini media to help spread interest in learning these dialects and languages, which is having some small effect. I am actually currently working on some Louisiana French content about astronomy to help create a more dynamic and rich media environment here in the state. Suffice it to say, there is a lot of hope for the languages in the future, but progress will be slow and uphill. Hope I added something interesting to the conversation.
I’m from New York and visiting Louisiana is on my bucket list. The culture is one of the most unique in the US and it’s one of my favorite accents. The way people say “baby” just melts my heart. Can’t wait to visit one day
The Yat accent is an interesting one. You will probably find it familiar if you're from NY as it has a similar type of sound to it as certain Nea York accents. Yat is somewhat similar as a dialect to Brooklynese.
I’m from New York and raised in Louisiana, I love the spices. Make sure you do a Louisiana tour and visit New Orleans
I'm a native NYer. I just hope we get some more Creole restaurants, so people in NY can experience the traditional dishes
You'd better visit fast. Our culture is fading and mixing in with everything else. New Orleans is NOT cajun. If you want cajun, visit New Iberia, Mamou, Lafayette, Basile. Go to a Catholic church in a small town in south central louisiana and listen to the people who hang around and talk after mass. If you find such a small church, go to a Knights of Columbus cookout/fundraiser, or a Bingo night, if that church parish has a bingo night. As you leave the church, take a church bulletin handed to you at the door, because that's where the bingo night and fundraiser cookouts are listed.
Don't talk much. Just listen. If you do talk, ask questions about hunting or fishing or gardening, or crawfish farming. Ask them how the season went. You're bound to get stories. Oh, and hang around and listen more to the older folks. The younger ones are less likely to be deep in the culture anymore.
I’m Louisiana Creole. My grandma spoke a mix of French & Spanish creole. If she had to translate anything and even older creole than her she would call them a Frenchman. But I love how my family spoke very serious joking all at the same time bc we were Irish French creole Spanish creole Indian(black) mix. Zydeco is our thing!!
Where your family from that they used Spanish? I know Spanish was spoken in SE Louisiana
Clifton chenier !!!
Zydeco!
Maybe write down stories from your older folks. We're losing our culture. Now that my mawmaw is gone, I wish I could go back and ask her questions and then write things down when she's not looking. (she would think it unsocial if i wrote while speaking to her) But she's been gone 20 years, so I can't ask her anymore.
I remember they were hog and turkey farmers who were contracted to grow meat animals for a oil and gas company, to feed their workers. They also grew other small cash crops on their alotted land, like beans and cotton and melons, anything they could sell to buy shoes and coats. Mawmaw made the girls dresses from flour sack fabric, and she'd tell pawpaw when he went to the store, to buy a flour sack that had the same pattern as one she already had, so she'd have enough matching fabric to make a dress.
Mom (born 1934) told me they were the last family to still have a horse and wagon when everybody else at church had a car, and they got picked on for not having a car yet. Mom said that even though there were 9 kids, everybody knew to quit horsing around when the person carrying the kerosene lamp came through the room, because it could cause a house fire if you made them drop it.
I guess I should write all that down for my grandkids to know. Oh, and mom said that picking cotton was horrible as a kid, because the plants had sharp parts that hurt her hands, and there were wasps in the cotton plants that would sting them, but they had to keep picking until it was done. And cotton picking was in hot hot weather. Another reason it was miserable. So many stores. We all need to remember our ancestors, because the culture is almost gone now.
It breaks my heart that my grandpa forbid my grandma from teaching her girls Cajun and forbid her from speaking it herself. I wish I could speak it.
Microlithic When he met my Granny it was in Mississippi and a couple years after they got married they moved to Louisiana. That’s when he found out that Granny had family members that were Creole. It didn’t sit well with him because he was racist.
Grandma’s family descended from the original French settlers and so most of her heritage was Cajun but Creoles if I understand properly can be any mixture of Spanish, French, African or Caribbean. I don’t know much about my Grandma’s family except that there are some Creoles in it also. Grandpa didn’t like that so he decided to not allow any of the heritage to be passed on. Even as a racist he didn’t stop long enough to realize that she spoke Cajun which predominantly from French background. So, we lost it. She had 5 girls ,11 grandkids and so far 18 grandkids and I believe I am the only one who wishes she could learn it.
Thankfully years before he died my Grandpa’s attitude changed but the damage had already been done.
I am the Bless one that made it out of Louisiana from Katrina in 2005 when the hurricane hit, I am so happy I didn't go to the Superdome, Al thou I have seem a lots of people's didn't made it out. They flew us to Tennessee, stay there until 2008, can to Houston to my hometown. Thanks again for sharing your story.
My grandmother's mother was French and her family were among the first 7 ships of French Acadians to arrive in Louisiana in the 1700's. My grandmother loved in New orleans and met my grandfather who lived in North Hollywood at the time. They got married and they moved to the west coast to start our family. My grandmother's aunt was the one who showed my grandfather a picture of my grandmother when he was qorking at a diner in los angeles and he knew she was for him. wrote letters to each other and the rest is history. She was actually engaged to someone else, allegedly an oil millionaire. I appreciate the information in your video very much and appreciate the Louisiana history.
Acadie was what is now Nova Scotia, so they came from french Canada, but were expelled by the English, some returned to Québec were they speak the joual language !
I'm from, and live in, Cajun country. This is really refreshing to watch this. Thank u!!. People do not realize that Louisiana has (3) totally different cultures. Cajuns, Creoles, and North Louisiana lol.
No Native Americans? Look at the Batiste brothers' faces and tell me there is no 'Indian' in them.
@Boi ChaozCajuns are not shunned at all. Best thing about Louisiana is how close knit our communities are. I'm not sure, but maybe bc Creole is and older and maybe larger culture? I'm only guessing.
Thank you for thinking to share this. It's a reflection of how our country is so historically steeped in different cultures, traditions, and people. Many people who have not had the pleasure of experiencing this first hand are unaware of how different parts of the country and their people can vary in so many ways. I love it and think it's what makes it so fun, exciting, interesting and worth celebrating 🥳
The term Creole can actually mean two different things, at least in the context of people from New Orleans. It can mean people of mixed race with French/Spanish ancestry as you mention in your video. However, it can also be used in this sense as well: "many whites in antebellum Louisiana also referred to themselves as Creoles. Among whites, the term generally referred to persons of upper-class French or Spanish ancestry, and even German ancestry (though all eventually spoke French as their primarily language)." " "Creole" can mean anything from individuals born in New Orleans with French and Spanish ancestry to those who descended from African/Caribbean/French/Spanish heritage."
Yes, the original term "Creole" referenced someone of French and/or Spanish ancestry who came over centuries ago - before the term came to mean anything related to mixed ethnicity.
not all of us r mix 🙄
myself, I consider a person Creole if the mix is Black, French, Spanish or Italian and Native American
My dad was a French Creole (surnames help) and mother was French Cajun… ⚜️
@@bonnienero9415 You would be wrong then. New Orleans Creole has nothing to do with being mixed race. There are mixed race Creoles but most are not.
I'm of Louisiana creole descent, and also born and raised in southeast Louisiana (New Orleans).
Creoles have been in Louisiana 150 years before the Cajuns, and constitutes for more than 80% of Louisiana's current population. Other states are trying to minimize the Louisiana creole culture into non-existence. Majority of our foods are creole with very few cajun ingredients. Creoles come in all colors ( Spanish creole, French creole, Italian Creoles, black Creoles of African descent, mix race creoles, etc.). We are a GUMBO OF PEOPLE....
Exactly
Cajun Country baby!
@@1n2333 Most Cajun dishes were dérivéd from Creole dishes as what is now called Acadiana was inhabited by Creole people (of all races) first. There's no gumbo or jambalaya in Novia Scotia.
@@JLDReactions Preach!!!!
3:30 What about people who identify as "cajun" but actually aren't? That may skew the numbers as well. For example, there are plenty of people in America that identify as "part Native American" without having any evidence for it
SoloTravelBlog That's apart of the problem. Since mainstreaming has deemed a "Creole" to be of mixed-race (or black), some whites feel left out naturally. Although there are some whites who adamantly state to "not speak Cajun French!" --rather Louisiana French or simply French. So Cajuns have been almost solely associated with whites when there are actually mixed-race Cajuns too. All in all these groups are "ethnicities" or cultures and should not be viewed as races.
Ironically, French as spoken in French Canada in the 1700's (when the future Cajuns left) was considered as the very best French by Parisian visitors as the time.
Certainly, there should be more definition to the term. Nowadays anyone who thinks just because they've had some rice and gravy and spent a day out in the heat call themselves Cajun.
We have the same problem in Australia with people saying there aboriginal when maybe there great great great great grandfather was but there white as white can be and they want all the welfare benefits etc that the aboriginals deserve and need without living the black life but a white middle class to even rich upbringing !!! Its disgusting!!!!
@Emma Bower Wow that's crazy, I have to look it up!
Very informed and well researched. I learned most of this in American History in school. Glad you were interested in this and presented it to the public.
You should take into consideration the preparation of food by Creole and Cajun; it can help people understand the origins of each group.
Yes buddy, good to hear someone who’s interested in this stuff and really brakes it down. Understanding history blocks out the darkness of ignorance and stops predigous.
Cajuns didn't move away from New Orleans following Katrina. New Orleans people moved to Acadiana. They are 2 different regions.
Good point.
Louisiana is famous for several different things. Everything about Louisiana isn't in New Orleans like people seem to assume.
NOLA born and raised here!
This video crazy! He should have done more research. Never in my life have I met a true blue Cajun from New Orleans. Ever! Started off in New Orleans and moved to new Iberia and back again. The Cajuns all in Acadian .........Couteau, Eunice ray energy, st. Martinville, the flats, erath, delcambre, sunset, beaux bridge and that area. Not New Orleans , not Baton Rouge or really the rest of the state. Creoles are different though. They everywhere in south Louisiana . However the real creole accent , the super frenchy type of talk is only in those Cajun places. New Orleans uses more slang
This is a very accurate video. I am Louisiana French Creole ("je suis un creole d'origine francaise de Louisiane" [in Parisian French] and "mo kreyole d'origine francaise de l'wyzyane" [in Louisiana French Creole]. I am 50% Native American (evenly split between the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations), 37% French and 13% African ancestries. Born and raised in New Orleans and now living in Dallas (post-Katrina)...like I said, very accurate video. Good job Bro, (Bon travail, Ami)
PelegoRecords ' De Louisiane or de la Louisiane' and not 'Du Louisiane,' because it is 'La Louisiane ' not ' Le Louisiane'. I know French language is not so easy!
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"Je suis le creole français du Louisiane" I dont know where you learned French but thats so badly said xD, im French by the way.
You should have said:
Je suis un Creole d'origine Française de Louisiane
you're not Creole, you're a half-breed. Creole is a patois from a European language not an ethnic group. Creole is a language used by African settlers and slaves in the colonies of the Caribbean and reunion, among others.
Creole is both an ethnic group and a language dialect. 😀
The French white settlers of the islands is indeed an ethnic group that speaks French lexical basic Creole (the language of the planters) with a contribution of African words.
The Métis and Africans on the islands spoke the language of the "Creole settlers" without being of the same ethnic group.
Black people being more likely to speak Creole, there was confusion (island blacks = Creole)
I will be moving to USA in two months from the U.K. I've gotta say, what a culture you guys have! I can't believe some Europeans accuse America for having ZERO history/culture!
Welcome to America my guy
Tom Flynn We don't, oh wait, canned corn moon pies, jello, wife beaters, (t shirts) (wife beaters) kind that get restraining orders, Disney, mouse who took over the world. meth heads, mcmansions, Medicaid fraud, cheap women's clothing that falls apart in the wash. society of false wants & desires that marketers & manufacturers grow wealthy on, then have contempt for the lower class they cheated out of. big pharmaceutical. big ag.Your right we have no culture just unlimited lust & desires for more.
Tom Flynn, I'm surprised some people believe that. Only an idiot of the highest order would think a nation has no history. Even the smallest and most "primitive" cultures around the world have a rich history.
Well you just described much of modern Earth.
Anna Starr, What you describe occurs all over the world, it is not inclusive to the U.S. Yes, we have our problems but we are the greatest country to ever exist on this planet. You get to speak freely, you get to move about freely, you can go to any store and buy groceries without looking at empty shelves, you are protected by a constitution, you are able to vote without fear, laws that treats everybody equally and best of all you have the same opportunities to achieve a good live, free of poverty as everybody else. If you hate it so much you can move someplace else like North Korea, Venezuela, Mexico, or China.
I really enjoy watching this ethnical history. My mom and dad are Créole's born & raise in Louisiana. They move to Chicago when I was born, and we always travel to see my grandparents' every summer for vacation activities and it was always the highlight of my life growing up.
Creole girl here. Born and bred in central LA. I am very fair skinned with green eyes so a LOT of people find it hard to believe me when I say I have Spanish, French, African, Native American and Irish heritage(malado). It was a struggle when I was a child being the only creole family in town. We were often told we were "too dark to be white" and "too light to be black" even though I am much lighter than my family members.I still to this day am told I look like I "could pass(for white)" which frustrates me as a proud woman of color. It took a long time for me to be comfortable in my skin and love my beautiful, exotic features.
I'm proud of you, young lady, for standing your ground! God Bless you!
In the 40s the blacks from dixie migrated to the west coast for work during the war. You're a proud woman of color is BS, you are malato , a mutt like me. My mom was to light for her dark family to accept, which is ashame because I don't know my mom's family because of it. She would tell us how her and her identical twin would be made to stand in front of the family at gatherings so they could admire their olive skin and green eyes compared to their brothers who were brown on brown.
Please stop separating yourself by color and let's be Americans. Either origins of people would have not made it without the other. The government is trying to keep us apart so they can control us easier. Being from New Orleans is awesome, "home of the creoles ", I can speak enough french to get in trouble. My French would be fluent but the government band cajuns and creoles from speaking it. But they are now trying to teach it to the kids in school, when before they treated them as ignorant because they didn't speak English, wtf?
Hey thanks for sharing. I too am from central Louisiana and know very well what you what you mean. Nowadays there seems to be less stereotyping down here and when I tell people that in comment sections, they are either shocked or don't believe me!
When you said you have green eyes, any chance you have ancestors or relatives from the cane river area? Being from central La, I'm sure you know the beautiful people I'm referring too.
Beautiful group of people!
Half of them have green eyes!
Just from ur profile pic, u look like a textbook example of a beautiful creole woman
Most Creoles are 100% White, but there are mixed race Creoles of color too. Both are just as Creole as the other, so long as the individual grew up in Southeast Lousiana
A large majority of people in southern Louisiana are of French, Spanish, Native American, African, and/or Caribbean descent. But there are also many people living in southern Louisiana who are ethnically German, Italian, and Irish whose families have lived here many generations. It's a huge melting pot. Most of my grandparents and great-grandparents on my dad's side spoke only French, but were ethnically German, English, and Irish.
Omg so unique just like all of latin america just less black
@@tragicallyhoney ? I can't tell if you're being sarcastic but over half the population of New Orleans is made up of Black Americans and about 1/3 of Louisiana citizens are Black lol
Oh wow yes how beautiful
Idk Caribbean is always mentioned as if it's a stand alone heritage. Those people were the same French, Spanish and African but Native Americans we're of different groups of Natives but still Native Americans.
@@misplacedcajun2325
No, they were everywhere
You did a great 😊 job describing our culture! As a creole girl horn and raised in New Orleans you did is well! Thank you 😊
Wow that was great...informative, interesting, clear and lively...confident, passionate...I think hes great...want to see more...well done Thank you
Wao! Another job well done. Thanks for educating the public on these race, culture and language differences of peoples.
Great job on this video! I’m creole from Louisiana and we identify as black. However some of my family identify as non black because their skin is a more fare pigmentation. It could go either way really. I have a great grandmother who was often mistaken for white due to her fare complexion but she enthusiastically identified as black and was proud of her heritage. This is what I love about New Orleans, so rich in beautiful culture. Thanks for making such a wonderful presentation of Cajun vs Creole.
Katrina Williams don't listen to what all whites say about french Creoles or just Creoles we are a multiracial race not all of us are born to look like or are equal to our features we are a race that is never considered to be a race but we are many things can tell so on.
True Creole from natchitoches Louisiana do not identify as black you are wrong wrong wrong....
Fair
This video is trash
Cajun et créole pour toujours en Louisiane... ♥️♥️👍
I am from Louisiana I think you did a great job on the video. Definitely did your homework . Like your channel. Keeo up great work. P.S. I'm from Baton Rouge
Kevin I Dad from there too
I enjoyed it I think it would help explain better than I did to the kids
Kevin I- Not so great at all. He missed a hugh piece of history. Samuel de Champlain created New France in 1603. New France territory was from Labrador to Louisiana. This is where and how French was introduced to the colonies. The Louisiana Purchase happened in 1803 when the USA bought the Territory from France. This is also why the Louisiana symbol is the Fleur de lis. It is also the Quebec Symbol due to the French history.
Im from about 2 or 3 miles outside church point
Feels good to be acknowledged!!!! I'm a southwest Louisiana Acadien et creole! Bon Creole Sha! C'est tout!!!
Long story short: creole is usually a fancy word for mixed race people who have deep roots in louisiana. Cajun are french descendants who retain the cajun french dialect to this day.
Original Creoles were not mixed race and there are still Creoles with no mixed race but mixed ethnicity. So mixed race is not a necessity or given.
Lilolme Jusayin not true if you know the history there’s no such thing as original creoles? The term came from the French and Spanish trying to differentiate who was born in France and Spain and who was born in the colonies but slaves who were born there started being called creole
@@Jumbo37279 You are wrong. Today the term Creole is used to apply to people of color. Originally, in colonial Louisiana and well into the 19th Century, "creole" referred exclusively to the white, French settlers and their descendants in and around New Orleans. The Spaniards never colonized Louisiana, and there was never a mass-immigration of Spanish-speaking people into Louisiana, so even though the state tourism industry loves to play up Spanish influence it was very minimal. After the Civil War, the French Creoles of New Orleans were gradually assimilated into the general white, English-speaking population.
Sebastien Sade today people use the term wrong most people think creole are only mixed people when also my cousin is 80% European and 20% African basically she’s why the term is wrong! Creole can be any race people are not taught the language of culture today
Sebastien Sade also incorrect most of the growth happened when Spain had lousiana when the French sold it to lousiana there was only 10,000 people in the colony as of 1763 when Spanish got it and gave it back to the French there was 43,000 a lot of people immigrated from Cuba(Havana at the time) Dominican Republic (santo Domingo at the time) and (puerto Rico) also Haiti . The only thing is lousiana was ruled but the Cuban governer if I’m not mistaken and he let the territory keep its language.
Most of the French Quarter architecture is actually Spanish.
thanks for the information.
And older French New Orleans burned down in the 1770s. The Caribbean Spanish rebuilt it during the Spanish period. The Spanish control over Orleans Parishes and Upper Louisiana ended only two weeks before the French flag dropped due to the sale to the US.
Mobile had a much longer French colonial era than New Orleans (6 decades), but nothing is left of that architecture either, except a reconstructed fort replica. Most of the Creole Blanc (European descendent families) moved to New Orleans between 1720 and 1765. Most French still around Mobile are Creole Nior.
I think it was Adrian de pauger and architect who was originally from Biloxi Mississippi
You are completely wrong about that. Spain only controlled Louisiana nominally for a few years, and they never immigrated or colonized the area en-mass, only sent a small party of colonial administrators. Nor did the French who still inhabited New Orleans suddenly abandon their own culture and adopt Spanish culture. The architecture found in the French Quarter today is predominantly the early American styles of Federal and Greek Revival, with a few French colonial relics here and there. You'll be hard pressed to find anything Spanish.
@@ericspencer8093 the spanish did use brick to rebuild most of the french quarter. Its harder to burn. So yes you will see a lot of spanish influence.
If you look at the history actually a lot of Cajun people were also considered Creole since Creole meant "being born in the new world and speaking a Latin language", but since in America the notion of people with different skin color identifying as one was unacceptable, that is why they started to differentiate by skin color/ ethnic background.
Creole as a language is unique to Haiti and was not originally a latin language. Creole as ethnic group developed when Acadians landed there after Le Grande Derangement. There Acadians-Mi'Mkaq mix (AKA: current day Acadian- Cajuns) married local native peoples or slaves, NOT other Frenchmen. These marriages created Creole as a people. That is directly from Haiti's own history. FYI: Some of these people remain in Haiti and they are called Acadian-Haitian.
You are absolutely right creole in spanish is criollo and a criollo was a person whos parents were european/spanish born in the americas.
In America, Louisiana Creoles have no 'Latin' language and very little to none Latin race mixtures. American Creole are a French and Black mixture where Frenchmen married black slave women and created a subculture. In the Caribbeans there were French and latin races that may have been known as creoles there, but in America it was mainly french men and black slaves known as creating the creoles in the Louisiana areas of America. .
. Cre·ole
/ˈkrēˌōl/
1.
a person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean.
a descendant of Spanish or other European settlers in the Caribbean or Central or South America.
a white descendant of French settlers in Louisiana and other parts of the southern US.
2.
a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage.
"a Portuguese-based Creole"
@@Don_nell Originally, Louisiana Creole was someone who came from Europe. (This is going back several centuries), and did not refer to any specific ethnicity. CAJUNS - came through Canada (Acadiana - hence the abbreviated term "Cajun") having settled there first before coming to Louisiana. My Louisiana ancestors came directly from France on the first boats over..and were considered "Creole" for that reason alone. Later, the term began to refer to those of mixed ethnic ancestry. This isn't well-known.
@LilMan 3x That's incorrect. France is a pure white people directly related to the ENGLISH speaking peoples of British, American, Irish, Scotland, Denmark, etc and has no Latin ancestry. France is apart of the ancient biblical tribes of ancient Israel. They fight against the Latin Italy and Germanic nations in world wars like WWI and WWII as related family of nations against Latin/german style of European fascism governments. Go study the history of France and you learn and also you'll they are pinkish skinned blond/blue dominated white people and not the brownish tanned people of Latin nations.
Thanks for explaining to me about the differences and similarities of Cajuns and Creoles .
My grandpa would tell the story about how he would always get into fights and trouble with the teachers at school because he didn't know English and would get "the ruler" if they spoke French. Now two generations later the only time I hear cajun French is when the gossip gets goin at mawmaws house and they don't want the others to know what they're saying! I lived in Acadiana parish (County) and Assumption and don't know of anyone around my age that can actually speak cajun French (besides the popular sayings and swear words of course)
The Acadiana region should be officially bilingual. The constitution allows the Cajun parishes to adopt French.
I'm just envious your mawmaw is still alive! For those who don't know we call our grandparents mawmaw and pawpaw.
@@theonlyjamiebourgeois9703 Did you just say that to tell people that you say mawmaw and pawpaw
yeah it's more what i heard about (im french living in france).. i think cajuan-french dialect will remain small and maybe will extinct.. anyway you all cajuan are welcome to france if you want to come back to your roots, we even have free healthcare
I remember moving to Florida when I was little and was soooo embarrassed when people didn’t know what mawmaw was
My long lost relatives were sent to Louisianne (Louisiana) from 1755 and even though I've never been to the current state I feel my people there strong and we will never forget.
I would like to say that Acadia also not only comprised of the 3 maritime canadian provinces but also comprised of a large part of what you know as the state of Maine and also a small part of what we call Québec.
Thank you for your video and even though it feels like it reopens our people's wounds it feels good in a way as all acadiens (acadians) are a proud people and should never forget.
Yo Lazerbeam, their accent is thick, but Cajun is very understandable to an Acadien.
I would love to visit there!! I'm so fascinated by the culture and the Architecture.
Your video is very well done in so many ways ✔️
I'm of creole of color decent and there were French speacking people in Louisiana long before cajuns arrived my family has been here since the early 18 the century
Conrad Sorapuru Right. Acadians were not the first French-speakers in Louisiana, but they were the base for the modern Cajuns.
+Conrad Sorapuru
Do you get the same benefits as blacks in the US? You could pass as white. You look kind like my brother. I myself I'm a real racial cameleon. No one can figure what my race is and I've been known to use the race card when it suits me.
Quetzalcoatl You gotta put that European side on when you get pulled over lol
Conrad Sorapuru you look very white....
Quetzalcoatl Don't. And don't call on black folk when you need help.
I’m a Cajun. I love it here. We were exiled from France as well.
Wish you was exiled to london. Love cajun and creole culture
Irfan Gokaydin 😂
@@acaydia2982 😁😁
Bonjour vous parlez français ?
Louisiane pour toujours ♥️♥️👍
You're very attractive!
Proud Isleña here. Even if it was brief, I was glad to hear Los Isleños even acknowledged here; we are often overlooked.
They never talk about Spanish Louisiana!
bong donkey Someone clearly didn't watch the video.
I'm creole I love our overlooked Spanish heritage. Idk why it's hidden yet there's so many Hispanics in America! I speak Spanish & love latin & Spanish food. I love spain. flamenco & sangria(maybe too much) & empanadas. Viva la españa! Viva la luisiana! Salud!
same here!! my mom is a Guerra
my ancestors arrived to Louisiana new spain between 1762-1802
My dad is Creole. I’ve been learning more about my history lately. great video. thanks for making this