Phenomenon
Creole King Lyrics

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ark-e-tech 1. The hip hop phenomenon 2. Giving it up…
B.V.R Well it's the Funk Docta Spock Meth-Tical Biggie, Biggie Uh…
Black Eyed Peas Apl.De.Ap Your beauty is like A shining star light Yo…
Brokencyde So hot she burns like fire, Blue dreams is our desires, Sh…
Brokencyde feat. Paul Wall So hot she burns like fire, Blue dreams is our desires, She…
Countdown Singers Ah ah Baby girl was draped in Chanel Said she love Tupac…
Daz Dillinger Snoop Dogg Ayo Snoop Dogg yea I got a question for you hm? I…
DIR EN GREY 穴の色に入れ混ざる七色無限の肉曲がりくねる本能の血走りたかが箱されど体温夕立の言葉狂わさ…
Dir En Grey - Topic 穴の色に入れ混ぜる七色無限の肉曲がりくねる本能の血走りたかが箱されど体温夕立の言葉狂わされて行くのか …

DOPEMONKEYS This Sound It goes on and on Till the break of dawn It’s…
dr dog Open roads, broken rope Sign me up, give me will To keep…
Dr. Dog Open roads, broken rope Sign me up, give me will To keep…
French Montana (Don Velli) (Couture, yeah) She love it when I come up in…
Hidden Tribe the fountains mingle with the river and the rivers with the…
J.A.B. Well it's the Funk Docta Spock Meth-Tical Biggie, Biggie Uh…
L.M. Chorus Yeah shawty I don’t give a fk about all of…
La Swave Come like the people’s champ and they couldn’t take it Try…
Limp Bizkit Are you ready? Oooh, c'mon! Ain't it funny how time flies (…
LimpBizkit (www.cutewarez.ru) Are you ready? Ain't it funny how time flies, huh? Out of…
LL Cool J Ah ah Baby girl was draped in Chanel Said she love Tupac…
Master-D Yeah, I'm God to a little bitch Put him in a…
Max B (Don Velli) (Couture, yeah) She love it when I come up in…
Medeia These flames engulf me from the inside This has to be…
Mimi Page I can′t see it but I feel it there And when…
Mt. Joy Hello, yah, from this plastic garden You'll loathe having ev…
N.O.R.E Let's lay waste to this fucking town Spout those horns Sacr…
O.B. Well it's the Funk Docta Spock Meth-Tical Biggie, Biggie Uh…
Odie I can feel it, coming on I think I wanna change…
one & One Well it's the Funk Docta Spock Meth-Tical Biggie, Biggie Uh…
Phenomenon I write my thoughts and fight these wars I fringe the…
R-SIDE Let's lay waste to this fucking town Spout those horns Sacr…
Rhythmic Thoughts Here we are at the final dawn Take one last look…
Rita Springer I am not here just to see a phenomenon I am…
Rocco This Sound It goes on and on Till the break of dawn It’s…
RYO the SKYWALKER & THE FRIENDS I could tweak those feelings I could build the bridge Schol…
ScHoolboy Q I feel like a phenomenon Like I'm who these people idolize …
Schoolboy Q Feat. Alori Joh I feel like a phenomenon Like I′m who these people idolize A…
Snoop Dogg & Daz Dillinger Ayo Snoop Dogg yea I got a question for you hm? I…
Stephanie McKay Black boy lives his life, being Judged and denied by The…
Stephen Covell I'll admit I didn't see you coming But you came…
The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13 Move aside, it′s your girl, Denali I'm cold as ice, hotter…
Thousand Foot Krutch If you like us, calling all riders Roll up beside us,…
Thousand Foot Krutch (TFK) If you like us, calling all riders Roll up beside us,…
Thousand Foot Krutch - Topic If you like us, calling all riders Roll up beside us,…
Thousandfootkrutch If you like us, calling all riders Roll up beside us,…
Threshold Safe from all the hurting Safe from all the lies Locked…
TobyMac One Phenomenon, One phenomenon And it just can't be stopped…
Unknown Brain This ain't what you want This ain't what you want now This…
●Thousand Foot Krutch If you like us, calling all riders Roll up beside us,…

八乙女楽 (CV.羽多野渉) & 十龍之介 (CV.佐藤拓也) 幾億の擦れ違いさえしないシルエット運命論者生まれる理由あやうく分かりそう怪我しそうだナイフみたいな視線の交…

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

exclbyjarvez

It’s really sad people don’t want to be Black when they come from BLACK BLOOD !
It’s the Black Community that accept you people , NEVER the White / Spanish community.
The history is not forgotten, it’s just not important enough to baton.
Creole is no different from what’s considered a “ghetto”.
There’s a cult in the hood as far as food , lingo , fashion , dos/donts etc etc
No one is parading “I’m ghetto”
Just like blacks, whites , mexicans can all live in a ghetto but that doesn’t change their race.
Nor does it change their heritage.
However the creole cult was founded by Blacks , who were a variety of shades.
Stop thinking bc you’re lighter in shade you’re more superior.
You have the same struggles, you choose to ignore that.
Lastly , how can you say you creole but all interviewed have different stories ?
Make it make sense …
Blacks, we KNOW our people ; including the “wannabes”.

All comments from YouTube:

K Happy

3y↑20

Lived in new Orleans as a girl. People were so different in that state. All people. I like the creole food so much. Also the gypsies were interesting. Cajun, food great, too:) I am white irish italian. Loved learning about all different types of people in N.O. Never forgot it. It was soo interesting. I love being me and learning about other fascinating people. When I hear creole I smile with good memories.

Robert Black

3y↑14

Always continue to speak and teach your language and culture. Never assimilate. “They” will always keep you separate, you yourselves are not the only people that can tell. The ordeal of race in America wants no one to be in between. Stay Proud and continue to determine your identities for yourselves. So much has been irretrievably lost and that can happen quickly. We passed and assimilated but lost our languages and most of our distinctive culture. You are important and wonderful, and whether “they” realize it or not: we need everyone

john l green

You are absolutely right...

Aidah Di Leoni

3y↑1

You are absolutely right about being separate. Like the white man tried to take the Indian out of the Natives and make them white Christians. Many of the traditions of the different Nations have also been lost.

T Jones

3y↑8

I am a descendant of the Goudeau family so I have connections going back to Cane River. There was a migration of some Louisiana Creoles to Oklahoma so there are a lot of us descendants here in Oklahoma. This is great info that I am learning from this broadcast!

S Larvadain

@Rachel Stegman Rachals too

Sabrina Messenger

Some of my people are also in OK and AR. Now that explain it.

brandonbellard

Went to school with them

Rachel Stegman

2y↑1

Hello Cuz! My kids are anyways....Goudeaus, Metoyer, Dupre, LeComte, LaCour, etc. Many in Phoenix area as well! Hope to visit Okmulgee and Tulsa in the not too far future.

AutismOperator

2y↑2

Emma Goudeau was my great grandmothers name from this area,She was married to a Darbonne

Creole Conjure

I'm a proud Creole woman with relatives from the 9th Ward in NOLA! Thank you so much for this documentary -- it was exactly what my soul needed. The people remind me of my family and that makes my heart so happy. 🖤💜🧿

Eagle Eye Gordon

3y↑63

Proud to be a Creole person by ethnicity and Black by race.

Niquita Potter

They're buried with brothers at arms versus family

Dragoncam13

@D.D. Sarason Because of Anglos being Anglos,you’re gonna think a simply color of your race because the white man told you so? And at the end you mentioned an ethnicity🤦🏾‍♂️

D.D. Sarason

Man Black is absolutely a race. You have never filled out any official forms with the option for f West African or Nigeria/Congoloid. It has s going to say say “Black/African American for certain

Eagle Eye Gordon

@Dragoncam13 black is my race. I was born in the United States. I was not born in Africa. If I was born on Congo soil, then I would be, (still technically black) but not black by American terms.

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Kingofgrowers

3y↑1

This video has a phenomenal message. Keep and share pure cultures "For the World" ! Imagine the richness w would have if so many cultures were/are not downtrodden but rather embraced/ preserved

Pat McGaha

3y↑30

This was very well done. Informative and educational. I have family living on Cane River about a mile from the Catholic
Church. Though we are of Irish decent we have many creole friends. I think they are fascinating people. And I hold them in high regard.

john l green

That is what happened!!!

john l green

That island was one of the first landings in the “trans-Atlantic” introduction to slavery. Plymouth Rock was not one of the first places that far up the North American Atlantic coast. The same with Peurto Rico, Trinidad, Dominica, etc.

Dee Elle

@D.D. Sarason you’re uneducated on the topic at hand & calling people liars vs simply researching YOUR OWN HISTORY.

D.D. Sarason

Man what the heck are you talking about? Explain what you said I lied about and then we can see how much money you are willing to risk to prove that I lied

smbonner22

@D.D. Sarason , no they were not mostly Haitian! That's a lie!

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Tess Jones

3y↑32

My mother spoke French and was from Lousiana. My grandmother told me she was Creole andSo fun and sweet.

Sonya Lytle

I very much enjoyed this documentary. Quite honestly, I love culture, and I really did not totally understand the diversity of the Creole people.

S Larvadain

Mama Lacour warmed my heart. She reminds me so much of my own Creole grandmother in New Orleans. 100%Creole

Coco Sarlin

3y↑1

This is a wonderful explanation of our culture. I’m from South Louisiana and of Creole culture and it has always been a struggle to define myself to others. I was always asked if I was Hispanic or Italian. I have lived in many places in the world and none compare to my culture from creole south Louisiana. It’s not what i look like, its who i am in my heart and soul. My culture defines me. I miss my culture everyday of my life and would love to be able to live out my elder years immersed in the culture that nourished my spirit and soul.

S Larvadain

I get the same thing. The worst is when others try to tell me what Creole is as if I don't know who I am. We're the most misunderstood culture in America.

GullWing Storm

@Curly Cocoa Portugal is only considered part of the Mediterranean for diplomatic reasons, it is actually part of the Iberian Peninsula.

Coco Sarlin

@Curly Cocoa hi Curly, Yes, there is no place like our beautiful Louisiana with all of its rich cultures. I guess I’m blessed to have grown up in a very large family (the creole way) and have first and second generation relatives that were from other cultures including French, Italian, AA, German, Hispanic and Syrian. Friends often comment that it must have been interesting on holidays and thinking back, they were right. It was interesting and loving. We gathered at my maternal grandma’s house on sundays and all of the accents and shades were just family and normal, until I was much older I thought everyone was like us.
Don’t get me wrong there were hardships. We were poor people but we got along and family helped family. We fished and hunted and grew food on top of jobs. Care of children for working families, care of the infirmed , sick and elderly was a family responsibility. Believe me, I would mutter under my breath about being the live-in babysitter, house cleaner and lawn mower, you know, normal immature teenage thinking, hahaha. As I look back I realize what a gift I was given and wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Sky Land

This was amazing! South Louisiana resident here also of French creole descent… the passion and wholeheartedness of this just made my heart smile!

Louisiana Public Broadcasting

3y↑1

Glad you enjoyed it!

Kendell Kerwin

Really insightful doc. For some time I've wanted to know more about. Cheers!

C.C. Rider

3y↑1

What a well done documentary of a wonderful people. Beautiful!

Louisiana Public Broadcasting

3y↑1

Many thanks!

LCCreole

3y↑57

I myself am a descendant of Louisiana free people of color very similar to the Cane River creoles of color

speculizer1971

@Dee Elle racist much couyon….? Educate yourself beyond that of ignorance..

Dragoncam13

@Sandra Stafford All you can say because you know I’m right

Sandra Stafford

@Dragoncam13 peace and blessing to you.

Dragoncam13

Louisiana Creoles no matter where you are in the state my brother

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shadrach

2y↑1

I love the culture of Louisiana. You could study it forever and never scratch the surface

Jeff Timberlake

3y↑1

Enjoyed your video, and because I come from a family. That knows America Native History. And a family that came into the new world early. And a family that's full of Veteran's. That fought in the revolution war. And all the North America Indian Wars. And so much history has been passed down in my family. At a early age my father showed me how to get to 6 different Indain marker trees. And in location full Indain History on a lot of family property. Directly across from Kentucky. And a family and grandmother who could tell exactly what each different tree marker meant. And history keeps past down every generation of my family. And would everything because my came into KY with Daniel Boon. And in wars with 9 different tribes of Indains. Not proud history but lived this history and it been passed down.

Philippa

Wonderful history of ancestors 🙏⚕️🌟🕊

Tanya Adams

I, like the cousin in the film, am a direct descendant of Thomas Claude Metoyer and Marie Therese "Coincoin" and have family along Cane River. Some of us Creoles migrated from Louisiana to California. I'm the family historian and loved seeing this film. My generation is the first fully English only speaking generation. My grandparents spoke Creole French. I'd like to get the language back.

Rainbow Unicorn Princess and Tonya

3y↑17

Some came out of SC, like one of my lines. In SC they were labeled Redbones, Portuguese, Turks, Brass Ankles, Buckheads. There is even a community called 'Creeltown', in SC, who identity as Native Indigenous. Some of these SC families migrated to Louisiana as well. Same bloodlines, different labels depending on the area. Some labels were derogatory and were created by some whites.

S Larvadain

@Life As A Cajun Princess Thank you for saying that. I almost got stoned when I told this lady in a forum that South Carolina was not Creole. She called it Atlantic Creoles. I told her it was different from Louisiana Creole by culture because we're got the French and/or Spanish element. It's very interesting how many people who are not Creole try to tell me what Creole is. It's irritating sometimes.

Sabrina Messenger

Very interesting. One of my ancestors I found out was called a "salt water geechie" which really confused me. I thought how can ya be creole and gullah, too? but apparently it is possible.

Boot Bredda

@Curly Cocoa
Cane River Creoles are NOT the same as New Orleans Creoles. Completely different people and culture.

Chosen By YAH

@Boot Bredda she busted!!!!! 😂

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Karenett McFrazier Askew

3y↑41

Say it loud, I'm Creole and I'm proud!!!!!

VILLage St5ne 7

That's right creoles power this is the creoles mafia B5RN mafia village Blood gang

Sandy Banks

Wanna hear something funny in like 1974 in high school they had black history month someone who was not creole made some gumbo for the potluck lunch it had bologna in it I went home and told my parents about it we laughed so hard my mom was a great creole cook and cook in general she had the bends she laughed so hard I remember it like it was yesterday I sure miss my parents….

Creole Dime

Yes Louisiana Creole and proud!

Susan B

3y↑6

I'M CREOLE AND I'M PROUD!!!!

Sandy Banks

3y↑7

I’m creole and proud!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Camisha Nimmons

3y↑1

So grateful we have an outlet to share our identity

Kaleah Collins

3y↑3

The word Creole always were referred at least in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies as children who were born of Spanish or Portuguese men mixed with Native or black women of the colonies who were acclimated and taught the languages of their fathers as well as the language of their mother then when it came to the French in the colonies such as Haiti in particular because they was rocking Haiti before they got to New Orleans anywho then it became anyone that or first generation or after born in the colonies that was of European parentage of some sort now under that definition why should it be such a controversy you can have both or all three black white and mix that are Creoles why because they're all Native to the colonies in this case Louisiana and they have mixed parentage negative African sometimes Spanish French or Portuguese now sometimes even the whites could have the same mixture but then you have dark skin people who have the same ancestral mixture now when it comes to African-Americans in Louisiana and how they correlate because of slavery and the pushing to be more acclimated and assimilated into the European hierarchy in order to live a better life most of those who consider themselves Creole that do have African descent then it becomes a thing of colorism sometimes the more European you look the better you have Cortana quotes more European ancestry so you might think but this is not always the case if you dealing with ancestry now we are smarter and we know it's only the luck of the draw my family is funches and in my research I found out that I have a lot of family in New Orleans as well as other areas but the populace is in Louisiana though I was not born in Louisiana considering my DNA mixtures I have French Spanish and Portuguese ancestry as well as native as well as much Africa but I descend from Creole people in places such as Brazil and Cape Verde Creole means just that the mix a Portuguese sometimes Spanish an African at least on the mainland of Africa like I said Cape Verde Angola and Brazil similar meaning to Louisiana now you're adding the native indigenous people into the mix but in Haiti the term was first really use for the first second generation born children of European immigrants then it changed especially after the Haitian revolution and let's not get it twisted there was white people who fought on the side of Haiti many of those who consider themselves Creole definition that they were European descended born on the island of Haiti and they decided to stay and intermarry it became a part of the Constitution of Haiti that all of those black white and other who helped with the revolution would be considered Creoles and would be considered Haitian no matter the color and that her y'all would be the primary language let's not forget this two distinct types of Creole most black descendant Creoles do kind of speak more less the dialect of Haiti which is the mix of African French Spanish Portuguese word connotation xcetera where are most white Creoles we speak somewhat of a similar dialect to those from Montreal Canada something like the old world French now Cajun people I also most closely related some of those linguistically found in areas of Quebec because they originally descend from acadian's who was kicked out of Canada and moved further south

Jessica Masterson

Wonderful show and explanation of the Creole people. Enjoyed and was educated at the same time. Thank you

Kristie Tauriac

3y↑5

I too, am a proud Creole.⚜️💕💋

Jurg Bangerter

3y↑4

Creole comes from the Spanish word Criollo= Mixed, Creoles seems in USA are White and Black Mixes which could also be called Mulattos or Métis.The Manitoba Métis are French-Canadian Voyageurs or Coureurs de Bois mixed with mostly Algonquin Natives. In Haiti Blacks speak French Créole it has nothing in common with Cajun or Acadien/Québecois accents.

Wink Wink

Jurg Bangerter - Also, until not that long ago, French was a universal language used globally. Now its English. So the same applies, as just because we speak English doesn't mean we're English, any more than speaking French means one is French.
And was just reading on Algonquin near Roanoke claim they're descendants are European.

Neko Bat

3y↑3

I've learned more than I could've learned through conventional means.

Sandy Banks

3y↑5

I love being a creole ive been to Cane River twice to visit my great grandmother Erniestine Brosset we all flew out there to give her a 100 years birthday bash in 1987 my first visit to Cane river at 15 the summer of 1975 in Cloutchiville I was used to Los Angeles the only place to go in that town was a place called the white elephant a pool hall I have fond memories of that trip there I loved nachitous it was so quaint.

Kingdom Jewels

I never really got into this ( my) culture until I moved to Houston, Tx and I always had some “explaining” to do. They thought I was from the Caribbean because of my enunciation of some words. Also how I always referred to myself as dark skinned. It wasn’t until then that I realized that the creole culture is really segmented from the rest of the country.

S Larvadain

@Kingdom Jewels It happens to my parents and especially my grandparents a lot. I'm like the interpreter.

Kingdom Jewels

2y↑2

@Sabrina Messenger yep… I still get asked that..

Sabrina Messenger

2y↑2

Did you get people asking you if you were from "the islands?" I got that a lot when I was a child.

Moving Forward

I’ve been told all my life that I am Creole. I’ve even been told I am French Indian. Ummmmm…I have so much to learn. My mom knew French and her mother spoke it fluently.

CinnamonStix

3y↑50

My family has been in Virginia and South Carolina since the 1700s. My DNA is more than 97% West African. I'm proud of my heritage.

Bebe Rodriguez

@Curly Cocoa point made... However if you think about it she may have submitted a comment to validate herself 🤷🏽‍♀️🙄 either way there's NEVER a good reason to tear someone down bc you don't agree with they're motives.

ElleDa901hypegirl🤙🏾

@Drop tnt Bombs yes the give you a history of both parents and 4 generations of great grandparents

Drop tnt Bombs

@ElleDa901hypegirl🤙🏾 so u know the tribes you from n they found your family there too

ElleDa901hypegirl🤙🏾

3y↑1

@Drop tnt Bombs Sierra Leone

Drop tnt Bombs

So y'all çheck y'all dna test n found family in what part of Africa n tribes

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LCCreole

3y↑5

4:28 well said she's exactly right

Ashley Bartels

3y↑13

I’m born and Raised in Natchitoches La . I’m part of the Cane River people. I’m also part of the Natchitoches Indians. My French Creole side founded Natchitoches

Elaine Yvette

@Margret Williams Are you serious? I grew up in Colorado Springs. Where in Colorado are you? I know a Lavita Lacour and she had a sister who I think they called Pebbles. I can't remember their mom's name but their grandmother was Ella Ray.

Margret Williams

3y↑1

@Elaine Yvette I'm in Colorado my grandma is Ruth that crazy 🤯

Elaine Yvette

@Margret Williams Hmm, I grew up with some Lacours. Their grandmother was from Boyce, LA but I grew up with them ib Colorado. My dad's family was from Boyce.

Margret Williams

@Elaine Yvette a Hampton I'm a creole too also a lacour 👀

Eyes that smile - Heart that Loves

Was there an African side?

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Geri Jordan

3y↑21

This is my family! ❤️

B Yuri

3y↑10

Amazing how close yet far apart their roots at begin and end

cathy5072

3y↑9

Wonderful!

Rachel Stegman

I just learned my kids are deep in these exact families. So exciting. I'm learning so much. Their tree and DNA matches have all the surnames! They are descendants of the "First Families" and Coincoin and Claude Thomas Pierre Metoyer.....and Dominique.

Sandy Banks

3y↑5

Sandy Banks

@Ashley Bartels I just knew someone was going to tell me that !

Ashley Bartels

3y↑1

Mrs. Sandy I knew your great grandmother. It’s pronounced Natchitoches

watitduful

3y↑21

For those in here critiquing and wondering why Creoles don’t want to relegate themselves to the “black” label, why do you care? If you feel they’re selling outs then let that be it and move on lol. Live your life already, jeesh. It’s almost like y’all want validation.

Here’s the thing, the term “black” is a very vague yet confining designation. What exactly is black? What is it to be “black?” Really, what does that mean?? That term and what it connotes takes away from the diversity within what some would term “black” as a collective. Those in that designation are not all the same.

Creoles are not just their variety of skin colors. There is a there there in terms of cultural and social distinctions compared to other groups. I’m descended from Creoles myself, namely on my mother’s side whom most are cradle Catholic and the whole nine. Heard the french growing up and all that. If I showed some my old family photos quite a few would t believe I’m blood related to them lol. Creoles come in many skin tones. Shoot, a Creole family photo can easily look like an U.N. meeting lol. All that said, I don’t get caught up in the identity politics.

At the end of the day joust know that God made us all and we will all have to account to Him. He’s not a respect or of persons so culture and skin tone won’t save you. Remember that. God bless & peace.

Wink Wink

We are White, here in Louisiana & America since 1600's & we MISS THE CREOLE CULTURE & are sickened to see it disappear. Its up to the Creoles to maintain their culture. WE LOVE OUR CREOLES, they are just like us only different. Really, though, here in New Orleans the Creoles were such a beautiful people & not 'separate' but distinct & rich & true. Folks not from here may not understand that it was all 'who' we were & one's character was relished. Ya know, its as though the colors enhanced the magical difference, but there was more to it all. Such a pretty people too these New Orleans Creoles. Its important to recognize one's cultural lineage. We Whites are losing ours too, as we have French, Flemish, Irish, German cultural tweaks that we're losing fast. Lots of New Orleans Creoles have Irish.
And I'd like for y'all to know, when we were small children we all had flip-dolls, one White one Creole, fabric with colorful skirts. The dolls were ours with names, we carried with us. Just flip & another friend is here. Creole, White. Tell ya what we all were, however which isn't necessarily true today, WE CHILDREN WERE WELL BEHAVED. The divide in children, as we see it, is a character difference from their homes. Poor character at home produces poor character in children, thats all there is to it.
We miss the Creoles as prominent aspiration. And these days, those delicious Creole restaurants are replaced by unidentifiable immigrants who get funding, while local White, Creole people do not! So we don't dine there. We support our own cultures & people... unfortunately, very few Creole eateries & restaurants... & all those who worked there. Now they call themselves Black or African American & have almost no class. Creoles had class & class is ones character, nothing to do with all that bling & distasteful, even vulgar manner. WE MISS OUR CREOLES & all their shades & cuteness & gracious manner.

TheRealist1

"Relegate" "validation"... Dark slimmed Creole people aren't really about all of that you're talking about. People are just calling it like it is. I've got some who pass, but they don't act like they don't know why black people tell them to be real about who they are.

The people in this video seem to be now concerned with culture than anything else.

D.D. Sarason

3y↑2

Black isn’t a vague term. It is designated for people with West and Central African ancestry. A man said that they predate colonialism which is not true. Some feel that the”creole “ people were at a higher caste because of their lighter features than other African descendants. The culture is perceived to be exclusive by darker people wether that is a fair description or not. Their is a far smaller group of fair skinned African descendants in southern Maryland with names like “Proctors” that are rumored to even procreate with relatives to keep their features light to avoid being place in the darker caste. A man made concept is a facetious statement, all concepts are man made.

AutismOperator

I'am a descendant of Cane River Creoles, I also share a great grandfather with Marie Theresa Coincoin. Lt.Remi Poissot the man who raised her was her grandfather.

David Danos

Cool, so, like the Métis! Wish Louisiana and the States at large had a similar policy to Canada with regard to the Métis Nation and the Mitchif language. Great documentary, and I wish good vibes!

Genre, facque c'est comme les métis ! Hâte de voire l'implementation par la Louisiane pis le reste des États-Unis des politiques similaires aux telles canadiennes visant la nation métisse et la langue mitchif. Excellent reportage, pis bon courage dans l'avenir de votre culture !

edit : Bien sur pas exactement le même que les Métis. Les circonstances étaient ben trop différent là. Of course not exactly like the Métis. Their situations were/are totally different (juste, la similarité est striking)

Jay K

3y↑46

Interesting, that she can tell a Creole from a mile away, seeing that they go from white to black. Being a Creole from Louisiana myself, just saying

Briella-Sorn Fonte

I can too lol it’s a way you carry yourself don’t bring the black American and white American dialect to this convo lol

Norska Warrior

@modern vintage Traitors to whom? Themselves? I would tread lightly before disrespecting others ancestors. You have never walked a second in their shoes, let alone lived their lives. You have no room or course to speak on or for these people. Be mindful of the history and who you are trying to disrespect.

Saltnpeppanatural

3y↑1

I can tell a Creole by their manerisms

Jay K

3y↑1

@Monique Batise' That's great , and it's alot to learn

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Amy Gauthier

3y↑14

Good job! From a Cajun. Thanks , Amy Gauthier

real kreek

3y↑4

beautiful and informative program. unfortunately, from some of the comments , haters abound.

Aidah Di Leoni

3y↑3

Creoles are a wonderfully culturally rich people. Very welcoming and very warm. While stationed in New Orleans in the Navy I had the privilege of being invited into their lives with open arms. Love the bayou and their music. I, for one, am a northerner from the North Coast of Ohio of Italian, Scott-Irish and Cherokee Indian heritage.

Dragoncam13

@Dutchess80 What are you talking about? I know many creoles married to American blacks and I’ve met creoles of all colors and ethnic backgrounds especially since I’m a creole myself with two racially mixed parents. You sound jealous

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Marcelo Orellana

3y↑3

Creoles and Mestizos are the people formed by the union of Europeans, Native Americans and Africans. It happened all over America. It's anathema to Anglo Europeans that people can be more than one thing. These were the first Latinos. A mixture of American, European and African.

Wink Wink

Marcello Orellana - Ohhh please, I'm White, American lineage to 1600's & WE LOVE OUR CREOLES because they share the same values as we do. They are high culture, Catholic Christian high standards. Its just nasty of you to assume Whites are the problem. Puhleez. The biggest enemy of Creoles that we experience are Blacks. Its the Blacks that are envious of Creoles. Creoles & Whites have the same values. Creoles have good strong character, would never be vulgar like Blacks have become, never would Creoles go so low as to abandon their children the way Blacks do. I think its their strong Christian Catholic faith which keeps them high above those who wish to tear them down.

Aude Germain

I am extremely proud to be creole

Angèle Anise

Proud to be of Cane River Descent- Natchitoches is a dear, lovely, epoch of a hometown!

Kaleah Collins

3y↑2

Racial dissension should have no place in this modern society and time Louisiana she go by the original definition because it is a definition that does take care of everyone there primarily regardless of race if you're black if you're white if you're mixed but your family has been in Louisiana for hundreds of years you descend from French Spanish Portuguese somewhere as well as many occasions African and Native but that's white people too because they might claim white right now but end up finding out that their original maternal and paternal ancestors were black and Native cool mixed with white and continue to do so

Sandy Owens

My family is also mixed mainly from alabama though. We had an uncle trace our ancestry and located a relative of spanish ancestry who proves we are all connected, brothers and sisters if you will. My immediate family is also mixed and on my paternal grandfathers side and also mothers side " plenty of cherokee, blackfoot and one more i believe crow not certain but positive of " african amer." and So very proud of All my ancestry which i was told included perhaps polynesian.

B Melt

3y↑13

We are all God's children and all of us bleed red. I think that it is beautiful when we have joy with the way we are made.

trooper

3y↑33

Is there no one who wishes to admit they are of African descent? French people? C'mon! You're not JUST french.

aregua1

@Dragoncam13 Telling the "truth" is jealousy in your eyes? And jealousy of what?

Rosalyn Manning

@Dragoncam13 Jealous? Please explain.

Dragoncam13

@aregua1 That’s because Anglos always saw things as simply white and black unlike in former Latin colonies in a racist matter,you just seem jealous dude

aregua1

3y↑5

They will do anything to avoid the "black" label. Even though white America always treated them as blacks if their skin was darker.

Sandra Stafford

3y↑1

@Linda Crochet well if you really really want to know who your ancestors were ,there are DNA tests if you trust science? Best wishes, we are all human right?

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angela nadeau

3y↑4

I looked lovingly at a photo of my beloved late grandmother and creole immediately jumped to mind🙄💖💖 However, I was shot down quickly by my mother who said, "Oh no, she was not creole." I looked at her expecting an explanation but got none. Puzzles me to this day. I KNOW what I saw, and I saw creole.

Wink Wink

Angela - if not Creole, then what??? Gosh I want to know. I'm White & love & miss my Creoles & their culture, fading, being displaced by Spanish Latino too. We have got to keep our French on! French was spoken because it was a universal language, as English is now. So rich, beautiful French, old French too. Do you think her definition of Creole was different? You gotta get answers. Don't stop until you do. KEEP YA CREOLE ON, dawlin!

Eyes that smile - Heart that Loves

You mean mixed race.

Moving Forward

I have an Uncle. I’ve met him once. He’s a musician and many call him Uncle Doc. I’ve only met him once. Unfortunately it was when my mom, his sister passed away.

Nelson Morales

3y↑5

I'm Puerto Rican and my family mixed between West African Black (congo), Taino (native) and Spaniard ain't us Puerto Ricans almost like the creoles and we have French influence in Mayaguez when the French plantation owners escaped the Hatian revolution and brought their slaves with them to West PR and East Cuba....we mixed 2 hundred years before Louisiana was a French colony...am I bugging to think that Puerto Ricans and Creoles of color are kind of similar?

Nelson Morales

@D.D. Sarason most Puerto Ricans we know we mixed cause these DNA test results prove it all of the time...btwn black, Indian and white

D.D. Sarason

This man acknowledged his African ancestry. What in your other statement about no one caring about Africa is once again proven to be facetious

Rachelle R

I think you would be considered creole. During the colonial era, a creole was anyone born into the colony, and not from the mother land of Spain, France , Portugal, etc..

Sevil Sevdiyar

3y↑1

Sounds like my story. I am a Crimean Tatar but The Republic of Turkey want me to identify as a Turk or be Turkish, I as a Crimean Tatar, like the Creole, am multi-ethnic with Balkan, Slavic and Central Asian emphasis with some Greek, Sardinian, Caucuses, Armenian blends.

swimp_stew_pawpaw

I love fishing Cane River...real fine people along its banks...

mary edwards

My family is also got creole I don’t know know about it but I am going to fine out thank you

Morgan L

3y↑3

Their accents are so cute :)

Politically Incorrect

Hi All, If anyone is familiar with the Cane River creole family with the surname 'DeSadier', please respond. I am doing some research for my husband. Especially if you currently reside in that area. Thanks!

brandonbellard

Crazy Part This Is Where My Great Grandmother And So On Are From And I Grew Up Knowing Her... We're Creole... Coutee is the name. It's only one set...mai we sha

Lydia Edwards

3y↑34

I am African American. My ancestors worked hard for everything they got. They had no advantages. I am proud of them and the descendants they made possible. I understand that Creole people want to b e recognized. They have my permission to be separate from African Americans.

Enid dinedoll

@D.D. Sarason You miss out on a lot in life....but Hell who am I just someone who misspells words... you on the other hand take time to point out those misspelled words...

D.D. Sarason

That is an assault on her integrity....dang autocorrect

D.D. Sarason

Children is a typo....dang autocorrect

D.D. Sarason

How am I insulting anyone intellect? I am insulting their children integrity. And you seem to be just like the author of this video: willfully ignorant with all due respect. She took a DNA test and read the results on one of her videos and she is mainly African and European but because that African part is becoming unpopular she simply decided that she was indigenous. That is an adult on her integrity sir/Ma’am

Enid dinedoll

@D.D. Sarason Now that's a mature way to disagree.... insulting ones intellect is childish

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Really Getting Real

Very interesting! PBS needs to get better subtitles though; good grief; they were awful.

Sekela on GO!

Is this the story that the book Cane River ~ Lalita Tademy is based on?

Dale Mills

3y↑1

Being from Texas , though { we are from Texas on the Texas, Louisiana, border ) I myself are not creole, my best friends are Cajuns ...they taught me about their heritage food , and the love for Zeideco, creole music ...NO THEY , ARE not forgotten ..we will never forget what we have learned ...they will never ever be forgotten..lol plus the fact I was taught cooking from them , and I will teach this to my daughter and grandchildren also .

brandonbellard

Zydeco music?

brandonbellard

Golden Triangle?

Catherine Hazur

DALE. A very healthy, sane attitude. Accept the other person as an individual and learn from him or her

Patrick Lee

2y↑1

As a DESCENDANT I will be educating myself of what a creoles person is whatghey come to as a mixed race heritage and also how did the word creoles even come about

JustFlyingClips4You

3y↑3

Proud to be a British American

Chosen By YAH

@Justflyingclips4you: OF COURSE! Where is that on a job application?

Theresa UzhcaP

The book Cane River by Lalita Tademy is amazing!! Philomene was everything to me in that book. My family is from Convent, Louisiana. This state is like a different country.

Theresa UzhcaP

@Cj Turner do you get down home? That book… I’ve read and re-read it. I haven’t looked at the others she wrote yet but Cane River… there’s something about those women… idk it’s deep. I am a huge fan!!! Lol!!

Cj Turner

3y↑1

the tademys are my blood line lalita is my 3rd cousin, her grandfather and my 2nd great grandfather are brothers.

Phil L

3y↑1

People are responsible for writing their own history.

will tolliver

3y↑3

My father was parent's side of the family are Creole

Dragoncam13

3y↑1

That makes you a Louisiana Creole as well man

Joss Dionne

It is all very... OK !

Mack's Ministry

Hi, my name is Beverly Jean Stanford my mother is from Baton Rouge, LA and my father is from Eufaula, AL I am a decent of the Native African American Indian French Creole and Spanish Creola of South Louisiana, and Native African American Indian Mexican Mulatto on my father side of South Alabama. A mixed people of race, who believe that they cannot except or express one side of their mixed culture without excepting their. I am Creole Mulatto Black because of my parents.

Rose Lee

They used to call themselves at St Augustine the mulatto community. When did this change?

DOMINIQUE ECHEVARRIA

IAM A WOMAN OF COLOR AND PROUD OF IT

swimp_stew_pawpaw

3y↑2

Creole is used all over the Caribbean...from Haiti to Belize...and yes...New Orleans and north of the Red River...

Creolito

Yup from Guadeloupe in the Caribbean and I’m creole, my big brother is also creole from La Reunion in the Indian Ocean and my little brother is also creole from French Guyana

Kaleah Collins

3y↑1

Funny how the St Augustine church was built at the same time of the Haitian revolution it was also built by non-whites to me in my spirit that just goes to show me that the Creoles of Louisiana was recognizing Haiti still in building this church they was hoping for Haiti to be strong and independent because let's not forget that Haiti in Louisiana used to cross pollinate quite often especially when it comes to Creole people if you was Crayola you have money you would often send your kids to Haiti or vacation in Haiti Haitians will come to Louisiana they will all go to France

exclbyjarvez

The•L•Is•Silent

3y↑1

Multigenerational mixed people have always been set apart in white dominant societies and used globally through out history to maintain white dominance. North America is the only place that went by a one drop rule. I lived in Louisiana for several years and knew of a small Creole community where everyone had intermarried so much they were genetic and cognitive issues prominent there. I knew a woman who was adopted (she was biracial) to bring in new blood in the community. Her adopted parent's were cousins. She said many families did this especially in the 40s, 50s and 60s when white women gave up biracial children for adoption. I dated a woman whose creole father was basically disowned for marrying her black mother.

T Ivie

Cajun/nior from Acadia/Mi'maw our rez is in Maine. 266 years & still being treated as 2nd class citizen within North America. Denied entry into Nova Scotia this spring time to amend the Canadian Bill of Rights to include Cajun...merci Quebec pour benvenue moi!!

roxie early

3y↑3

We are all Human and have a multicultural heritage. So get over wanting to be recognized as special or different .

Purple Speckled Apple Eater

3y↑16

Too many Americans literally get hostile and angry at trying to promote multiculturalism.

TheRealist1

Most are put in a position where they have to choose. There are few groups of mixed-race people gathered in one place.

Deanna Barnes

3y↑1

They sure do

Patricia Demekpe

3y↑6

The Huguenots were crypto Jews whose ancestors were Sephardic Jews exiled from Spain and Portugal that went into France. They left France and went into Canada and other areas or was that just the Cajuns.

Patricia Demekpe

@Sophia Sinclair when the surname ends with -ez, they are probably Sephardic.

Sophia Sinclair

Interesting! I'm a descendant of a Huguenot named Marren "the emigrant " Duvall from Maryland. Had not idea he was a crypto jew? There's Sephardic Jews on the Mexican side of my family (Perez) . I'm going to do more research. Thanks!

Patricia Demekpe

3y↑1

@Realer Irrsinn nope, they and the Marranos (Moors) were crypto afraid of the Roman Catholic Church. Some called them Conversos.

Realer Irrsinn

the huguenots we're christian french who converted from catholic to protestan faith,( Heinrich IV was a huguenot, and became king of france. he turned back to the catholic faith). they were persecuted, murdered and had to flee. there are descendants from them in germany and other european countrys.

Catherine Sterling

3y↑7

Did these French and Spanish men marry their ancestors i think not so sad

Dragoncam13

Actually a good portion of the time it was marriage compared to a lot of former Anglo colonies

brandonbellard

My Uncle David Turpeau Wrote The Book Up From The Cane Brakes... Turpeaus On my Dads Side, Coutee On Moms Side

Patrick Lee

2y↑1

Infamous village bloods creoles in los angeles ca of french spanish and other european as well as african dna ancestry

Mary Wick

3y↑1

My skin is white my ancestors worked hard for everything they got . They had no advantages. Its the story of 90% of humanity.

smbonner22

Keep being delusional!!

Regina Hoggan

3y↑1

Always a separation

matt Taylor 81

3y↑1

Praise the Lord yarlo

Kemeyartus Niki

3y↑2

I am of mixed heritage,but not Creole.
What do Creole ppl check on forms or applications that ask for race?

D.D. Sarason

Why do you Cross out AA? You don’t have to call yourself AA but you seem to have disdain for it. Take a DNA test and find out what your ancestry truly is or not, but why cross out AA like it is a curse

Negam BeyMuksingk Ali

its a brand . Moor is a bloodline

Blank Verse043

Right on

Zay

💯💯💯

Bianca King

My grandmother was a LaCour

Kaleah Collins

Please stop calling them enslaved people they were enslaved they was free people who were made slaves and brought to the Colony so your maternal ancestry will always lead back to Africa as well as your paternal lineage will leave back to Europe but she was a enslaved African woman who descended from free African people originally

Buck Ó Donnghaile

Interesting culture but we have a difference of opinion on the RCC.

Kaleah Collins

That lady looks like my great great grandma like they could be cousins but my great great grandma had blue eyes but her face and her skin tone but just like madam mama

Ashley Bartels

3y↑2

I’m olive and my daughter is fair

Eyes that smile - Heart that Loves

You are so sad.

Enid dinedoll

3y↑3

OMG Are you kind? What do you do for humanity?

Ashley Wallace

3y↑3

Cane river is one of my favorite books

Andrea I. Nwosu

3y↑1

Me too! I loved the whole series.

Lucie Hanson

3y↑1

Ashley, finished it, rereading now. Odd this post comes up.

Phil L

Creole is a word that means so many things that it is meaningless.

Joss Dionne

3y↑5

Got to resist the dominant "U.S." BS.

Joss Dionne

Who would want to live in a "bleached" coldture?!

Antwon Thompson

I am african American from south Carolina just saying they are still black but culture kept it light skin or near White their ancestors had closer ties with the french By blood personal relationships they can be what ever they want to it's not bothering no one else life or culture

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