Creole Explained

In this episode, I discuss South Louisiana's connection to the Latin world as well as my own personal connection to the Latin world, which has reinforced my Latin identity. Louisiana, particularly the southern portion, was once part of the Spanish empire. I explain how Louisiana and in particular Louisiana Creoles would NOT be the same if it weren't for the Spanish.

Here I discuss learning French first vs learning Creole first. I also talk about anti-white agendas becoming anti-French at the expense of Creole heritage.

After over 3 years of searching, I finally found my 4th great grandfather baptism from nearly 200 years ago!

In this episode, I discuss the GG and where they are located. I also discuss the process of decreolization that the Gullah language has been experiencing for decades now. Because of decreolization, many GG people, even the in the rural islands, will not be found speaking a Creole that approaches the more basolect forms of English Creole found elsewhere. This has led a lot of people to believe that the Gullah language is essentially the decreolized form promoted online nowadays.

In this episode, I discuss the stigma that has long, and continues to, surround Creole languages. I cite some quotes from my own piece on the Black Francophone experience. I also share some of Edward L. Tinker's harsh remarks on Creole. He describes it as the negro best attempt to master French, a language beyond its capacity. The prejudiced, and quite bluntly racist, remarks have negatively impacted the scholarship on Creole. Similarly, many people in the general public still harbor bias against Creole languages, attributing nuanced terms such as "dialectal" and "broken" to them.

We often hear a lot of comparisons between Creoles and Cajuns. However, this discussion can get further complicated when we explore that the Creoles can be further divided by historical ethnic separations. At first, it was the Free People of Color vs the enslaved Black Francophones. After the civil war, the Free People of Color lost their distinction, as now everyone was free. Therefore, they needed something else to distinguish them- or at least they tried. Photo Credits Left: Marine Family of South Louisiana (Ancestry: Littlewhitejeep) Right: Unidentified family of South Louisiana (FrenchCreoles.com)

Here I review some statistics and research limitations. I explain how AncestryDNA and company work to determine your ethnicity update. I also review the history to explore why matching with a cousin in Africa is very slim for the vast majority of Black Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and Afro-Latinos. I cite some of the numbers from thednageek.com. Dr. Leah Larkin and other contributing members have several cMs calculators and articles detailing the use of cMs in determining genetic relationships. I do believe with the right tester, you can match with African cousins perhaps. That will be my research question if I get my grandfather to test. Music: Music: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day" is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Music provided by BreakingCopyright: • [Non Copyrighted ...

In Louisiana, the Creoles of Color tried hard to keep themselves isolated and distinct from a group that looked like them and sounded like them: The Black Francophone Freedman. Were the latter Creoles? Does this distinction even matter? Here I will explore a distinction included by the Creoles of Colore of Bayou Country novel. White People mixed these two group up and historically wanted to avoid both of them at all cost. Many Americans would also confused and conflate these two groups into one. Yet, we must remember. Technically.....many of those black francophones were owned by Creoles of Color. So, is it shocking that the Creoles of Color did not want to mix with them?