Just what is a Creole

[@CreoleLadyMarmalade]

Idk if you’re still active on KZbin but as someone who now creates content about our beautiful Creole culture, I truly appreciate the work that you put into spreading our culture. I know you dealt with a ton of BS responses, mostly from one community in particular as I now deal with that same hostility but I’m sure it was even worse for you 10-15 years ago when many of these videos were published. Thanks again for all the work you’ve put into this channel. Hopefully you’ll see my comment & feel my utmost gratitude ⚜️⚜️✊🏼✊🏽

[@Becca4.2]

There was a concerted effort with the creation of codofil in the 60's to seperate white and black creoles in Louisiana. I war raised in Louisiana and grew up not understanding that creoles were basically people born in Louisiana pre-1803 (colonial times) and their descendents - or if I did know it, the few times I've attempted to refer to myself as such, I've gotten attacked for various reasons. The biggest shock I had was when I learned that pretty much all cajuns are creole but not all creoles are cajun (I'm both). This is a wonderful conversation that we still .... 15 years after it was posted ... is still very important to hear and still very relevant. Thank you.

[@spt1020]

I am multiracial creole, 3 races mixed. African, European and Asian. Mine started in the Caribbean and moved to South US, some Louisiana and some Mississippi and Texas. I am proud, I just found out recently.

[@rashondaandrews5643]

My moms from Baton Rouge Louisiana and my dads from Houston Texas. Both of my parents are Creole.

[@neal6473]

I'm proud to be Creole to but I'm still love and claim my African heritage side because their is no Creole without the African DNA.

[@marlene97280]

Creole is white people who was in contact with blacks !

[@tochenducree8958]

I really enjoyed this video thanks for the information on our people.

[@CreoleInDC]

Nothing wrong with being proud of our Creole heritage and I'm not about to let anyone make me feel as if I need to deny any parts of who I am just so they may feel relevant. My father's family was Creole and my mother's family was Black...I love being what I am and deny none of me. :)

[@og-greenmachine8623]

You are with your mother is A Creole woman does not give birth to a black child Not even possible It’s like a dog giving birth to a cat

[@og-greenmachine8623]

@Iseywut Iwunto Gets confusing, if one don’t follow. But notice, we are “Creole”. Catch’in feelings from folks who claim: WHITE or BLACK🤡 When you know exactly what the fuck we are. 👉🏽All comedy to us🤣🤣🤡🤣🤡

[@og-greenmachine8623]

@Iseywut Iwunto I claim my tribe. The fact you don’t understand “that”?🕵🏽‍♂️ Shows HOW fucking confused you are about life. I speak for all CREOLES 👉🏽and they speak for me. It’s called “tribal”. The reason you haven’t survived as a thinking individual. Without the Pale faces, 👉🏽 you wouldn’t have any thoughts at all! -Little Chief🦅

[@og-greenmachine8623]

@Iseywut Iwunto 💥 💥 💥 🔥 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Afrocreolebombshelle]

@@og-greenmachine8623shut up creole is not a damn race

[@jaybobed]

French-creole sounds to me like you are saying that you are part Cajun? I am from Charleston SC and we have a big left over population of Creoles. A term the spanish used to refer to people born of mixed race in the new worlkd. Mainly the southern US, because of the large spanish population. Anyone with European, Native american, and african ancestry born in the new world were considered CREOLE. Ask my Grandma she would tell you. Her name was Elmira Mobley. Cant get more Creole than that?

[@blacklacediva]

I am Creole from Slidell, LA and I am learning how to speak Louisiana Creole as are my twins. It bothers me when AA ( African-Americans) seem as if I am insulting them by not saying I am AA. Yet when I refer to myself as black , the next question is what am I mixed with. I relate to AA because I am a person of color but i do not fully Identify w/ them. I'm mixed but not first generation so I am not "biracial" but through several generations mixed. It is who I am. What is wrong with me being me?

[@2headeddoctuh]

M"olé parlé myé kouri vini osi, Mé tou mounn pa konne parlé. unn journne..bon vidyo e mo swet twa fé pli

[@chaostheoryrulz6080]

Yep, we are our own Race and we have our own culture.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Thank you Language food culture music dance Don’t ever let these fools tell you we are not a race

[@VanessaAndSophiatv]

My mom is a Louisiana French Creole. She is from Natchitoches. You know any Coutee, Metoyer, Beaudion, etc.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Metoyer Famous family in Natchitoches Me Terret Nash Beard Natchitoches Louisiana

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Not to tell you about your own family But French Creole is Caucasian My grandmother was French Creole On her birth certificate it didn’t say French Creole It said white

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Louisiana Creole people who are our color are called GENS DE COLEUR People of color

[@jaybobed]

The word Creole is an adaptation of the Spanish word criollo. The term Creole and its cognates in other languages - such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kriulo, kriol, krio, kreol, etc. - have been applied to people in different countries and epochs, with rather different meanings. Those terms are almost always used in the general area of present or former colonies in other continents, and originally referred to locally-born people with foreign ancestry.

[@pvtlee00]

Great

[@futhanabuddah4444]

I'm Creole! My family is a mixture of Frinch Spanish black and Native American ( Choctaw Indain) I speek Patois frinch, and it's a mix of Frinch and Spanish. Span own LA b-4 France. Spanish And Frinch traders formed the slang in order to do business. They traded furs goods and slaves. Frinch men liked black females and traded goods for them. They often took them as Concubins(wifes). This is where the black in the creole come together. Due to racism these people formed parishes and culture.

[@lareinadeinglewood]

Every Creole family is different French Creoles have more French in them than the dark Creole's. Creole's that have more African Ancestry are the ones that look more Black in color. Creole's come in many color depending on what genes they took

[@crystalcormier3148]

Reina Carrillo thank you Reina!!!! The problem that I have with the whole creole thing is. People get the misconception is that all creoles are light skin with good hair. I'm of Louisiana creole descent and no I'm not light skin. I'm more of caramel brown skin creole. And your right depends on the gene and what your mix with.

[@neal6473]

Reina Carrillo Don't forget about my Spanish Creole as well in Louisiana.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

True The Caramel-creoles are the prettiest 😉

[@Fuzzbabby]

racial mixture cannot make you creole, your culture does

[@MsKDee]

It doesn't matter what you say you are it only matters what you are,you are black and that's the bottom line. You know how I know you know you're black? because you don't want to be Black LMBAO! I'm from New Orleans and so called Creole myself and I'm Black and proud.

[@augustinecomeaux]

You are about as Ignorant as they come...You don't know who I am or even what I'm talking about...You don't even know what a Creole is...I'm not sure but You sound like a Black Racist..I don't care where You come from...Sounds like Mississippi and You are not a Creole otherwise You would know better...

[@theresacolton644]

MrBubble 🙄 smh.

[@bluephionex7119]

Please do a video on the Mauritian, and seychellois creoles

[@1958debs]

We are from Louisiana. We were from France. We refused to fight in for Nepolian, because we were French and Jewish. When we came over, I think that it was still French. We dropped speaking French and switched to English also due to racism, but then, we were having to do that for several centuries, anyway. At least it was only you won't get anywhere with us if you don't speak English, it wasn't like it was still change you language or die.

[@WillieBeamon92]

im black and i never knew what a creole was all i kno is that its a mixture of black and french. you creoles are so lucky that you know so much about your history and it cool to hear that you acknowledge all your culture. most people i know who are mixed with creole do not acknowledge there african roots. and you guys are all over. i stay in cali to fremont. but y is it that there is a seperation by skin tone? why are black creoles considered black and not just french creole?

[@Steadno]

thx!

[@WillieBeamon92]

all races have pretty people!!!

[@TheIntrovert83]

my grandfather was fr0m the french quarters, grew up in Bunkie and sp0ke Cre0le as well.

[@truthbetold4024]

this is fascinating. im mixed half german and black. my parents are both those races and im a product of them. but i never knew about creole people. so what it sounds like to me is a new "race" of people that have a mixed background but just breaded amongst themselves to create other creole people! very cool.

[@Sigh]

but on the other hand, a few years earlier, i told an older man that i was black, and he flipped out at me saying, "no you're not, you're creole! i'm creole and you look just like my sister used to!" he could just tell i guess..

[@GMONY5]

I'm black, but i have Spanish, French, Cherokee blood flowing through me, and my skin is as red as it gets.

[@terencelewis956]

Cool video! My grandma never used the term Creole coming from Lake Charles, La. She just always told us we were Black, French, and Indian/Choctaw.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Not questioning you at all Just find it funny that any Creole grandmother would ever tell her grandchild he was “black” My grandmother told me I’m never to call myself BLACK! She told me I am of African heritage Black doesn’t mean shit. Explains nothing

[@88FireStar]

My father is from Dominica and that's a creole Caribbean island I say creole is a mix of French, African, and Spanish put together

[@augustinecomeaux]

Thanks for Your Comment...It makes Me feel good to know that there are a few of Us out there that still have open minds....We are all from the Black Race and People need to know that We are a Diverse Group of People...America is a Collage of People and Cultures and People of Our Race have done more then all others to make this Country a Culturally diverse Nation and Our Ancestors Most generally did not receive a Dime in return .. Thanks, thanks, thanks

[@Amy4000]

I 100% agree with you about the term "African American"! I thought I was the only one who felt that way.

[@AyeeeItsCam]

I agreed with you to a point but I grew up with tons of family in Louisiana and all of them say that Creoles have more African ancestry while Cajuns were White. And that even the "white" creoles were still black. Very similar to the Latin culture. There are countries of full African descent but you get that white looking person every now and then...doesn't mean they aren't black.

[@augustinecomeaux]

Cameron Enoch ..I think You are missing the boat...We are not saying that We are not Black...It's obvious that We are and We are not in denial and I have never been...What we are trying to say is that We do not share an African American Culture because Our Ancestors Were Colonial French and the Most of Us Share a Louisiana French Culture ...Our Language, Music, Our Food, Religion and most of Our Culture centers around Our Louisiana lifestyle

[@AyeeeItsCam]

augustinecomeaux but that's where African Americans culture originated too. Not just Louisiana but all over the south

[@augustinecomeaux]

Cameron Enoch To a certain extent that may be true but befoire Louisiana became part of the United States it was a French Colony and it's Culture was totally French and had very little to do with American Culture...In fact Louisiana had a three tiered society, The Free people of Color, Creoles of all colors and the Cajuns...In fact most Creoles can trace their roots to Senegal in Africa..

[@AyeeeItsCam]

augustinecomeaux who were the free people of color? Just regular blacks?

[@AyeeeItsCam]

***** being mixed doesn't make you not black. Especially if that mixture contains black

[@augustinecomeaux]

I agree with you totally.This video is not one of Putting Creoles above anyone else but just an expression of How Proud We are to be Creole. I've been catching hell for these videos from the African American Community,But it's about time that We get the recognition We rightfully deserve.The issue is not One of Blackness but one of Cultural Pride, However , Most African Americans don't seem to care..All these People seem to think that We are distancing Ourselves from Black America

[@HaitianTruthNetwork]

There were a descent portion of Haitians that fled away from Haiti to New Orleans. Some of the Whites in New Orleans are actually Haitian and this is because of the Thousands of French that settled in Haiti.

[@louisianashadowwalkersonof6138]

The French also brought over slaves from Haiti to south Louisiana before the Haitian revolution started. One of 4 great grandfather was once of them but a lot of these people from Louisiana refuse to except this part of there history. Because they loved their French and Spain masters so much, but it is written and thought in our history books in college. They just read pass that part really fast. The mother of Charles Deslondes, the leader of the 1811 uprising was a slave from Ayiti.

[@mariedahi1502]

Sak passé my créole people

[@francescalawrence24]

My father is french creole and my mother is a dark skin black woman. I have now decided to start recognizing my creole side although through my life my mom has told me that I'm black no matter how light u are. People always asked me if I was mixed so why not embrace it. Ur completely right. Creoles can recognize others. Lol

[@celtiberian07]

Creole in French creolo in Spanish really ment people whose ancestors where from mainland France or Spain but where born abroad even canary islands etc

[@marlene97280]

Yes like Bolivar or Josephine de Beauharnais

[@futhanabuddah4444]

I'm Creole! My family is a mix of Frinch Spanish Native American indain(Choctaw) and black. I speek Patois frinch and it's a mix of Spanish & Frinch. Span owned LA b-4 france. Frinch and Spanish traders developed the slang in order to do business. They traded furs goods and slaves. Frince men loved black females and often took they as Concubins (wifes) This is where the black comes into play.Due to racism they formed there own parishes and culture in LA. Not black enough and definetly not white.

[@nola305]

I've read in the DR, there's a practice of cultural discrimination against people who are dark-skinned and possess (so-called) nappy hair. I also understand, there's a lucrative business in "skin lightners" and "hair relaxing treatments " on the island. At times, even young children who are darker-skinned and coarse haired are taunted and ridiculed by their lighter-skinned peers. This is the same practice i've seen as a child (I'm a dark-skinned male) in New Orleans in the '50s and '60s.

[@augustinecomeaux]

Yes, you can Say that I'm a Chicago boy.Raised on the far Southside in Altgeld Gardens , from there lived on 79th and Rhodes Attended Chicago Vocational High School in the 60's..Attended Loop Jr College and Hung around Morgan Park and Calumet City . I know Lots of folks on 79th and Buffalo and lived a short time in Pill hill off 99th and Stony Island but of Course that was in the 50's and 60's when things were a lot different in Chicago. worked downtown off Randolf Street .What an experience..

[@mrdominican777]

This is a very interesting video.. There are Spanish Creole, German creole, dutch creole, etc... HAITIANS are also Creole ! Many people in Latin America call them Creole Latinos...

[@Fuzzbabby]

My father is creole, both his parents spoke creole and french. My mother is not french creole, her mother is Afro-Portuguese creole, from Freetown in Sierra Leone, and her father is Nigerian. The only person that inst creole is my grandfather.

[@nealart]

Well, I'm a Cheesehead - nice to meet ya.

[@ladydrama85]

how is it being stuck up? by saying we are creole it not denying that we are black. It is more to us than that. I am proud of all my ethnic backgrounds proud to be creole.

[@opinionatedisntbad7528]

good job Augustinecomeaux

[@augustinecomeaux]

Hey There pbarak You are probably more Creole than Most Creoles I know.My Sister also Identifies as African Americans.I believe One who lives the Creole culture is more apt to Identify as Creole.My Great, Great,Great Grand father Fought in the battle of New Orleans and I spend Half of My time in New Orleans and because Of My age I feel a very strong bond to the heritage of My ancestors.Its O.K. to Identify with African American because We have African roots but My Heart is with My Creole People.

[@Fuzzbabby]

Im black And that means alot to me, Im african Im Dominican Im American Im creole. I think If most people of African descent really got to know Africa they wouldnt be soreluctant to accept really part of who they are

[@LovelyT29]

blaze johnson Thank you so much for that. I know there's good and bad in every country or should I say Continent

[@judas8897]

I love your video i'am from Opelousas Louisiana i'am Créole I live in the los Angeles area. I came to los Angeles area in 1993 I was stationed here because I was in the navy. people here even Indian people think i'am from india, but i'am not, i'am from Louisiana, born and raised. I don't have any problems with anybody I get along well, my wife of fifteen years is Hispanic and she loves my culture and I love and respect hers. I teach her French words and in return she teaches me Spanish words its beautiful.

[@AL-TitoVidal]

Right on bruh.

[@Fuzzbabby]

In Sao tome, or French Dominica its all the same. Now This is the case with many light skinned Americans of african descent which include the man in this video, They will tell you over and and over about there Spanish great grandfather or their Indian grandmother or their french great great great grandmother, but you wont hear a peep about their african heritage. Most creoles don't look as racially ambiguous like this man here.

[@criticfortheuploader2035]

I'm sure he's passed as white but claiming Native American for the benefits.. He also stated, he didn't like the term AA... wow

[@williamblackwell9558]

The term has changed over time. 1. a native-born person of European, esp Spanish, ancestry a native-born person of mixed European and African ancestry who speaks a French or Spanish creole a native-born Black person as distinguished from one brought from Africa 2. (in Louisiana and other Gulf States of the US) a native-born person of French ancestry

[@og-greenmachine8623]

That’s all great but you live in 2020 That’s all I care about In 2020 a creole Trace their roots to Hispaniola great grandchildren Of French planters

[@augustinecomeaux]

Creole is a Culture, more so, than a Racial connotation.Jamaicans are also Creoles by definition because they are Native to Jamaica.They do not possess a Louisiana French Creole Culture but Who Cares...Creole really means Native Born in Culture and National Heritage...If You Look up the Word, Creole, You'll find that it also includes Jamaicans as well...their National Language is considered a Creole Patios,even though it is the broken Kings English...the Creoles from Beliez also speak English

[@augustinecomeaux]

All of My Ancestors are from Louisiana & We come from all over the State. For Your info, Ms know it all, More Creoles live outside of Louisiana than there are living in the State.We Come from New Iberia, Franklin, New Orleans , Lake Charles, Ruston & Dubac.All Of Our Ancestors spoke Creole & not all come from plantations.Many were free. I live the Creole Life style & I keep in touch with My Creole Community whenever I get the chance. My Great Grand Ma is a full blooded Choctaw Indian

[@augustinecomeaux]

Hello daddydoc The Creole Culture does have a Lot to do with Race..We are not a separate Race but a mixture of White Black and Native American..To deny ones Race is to deny who you are.Perpetuating the bad is to Deny Us the Right to Choose Who We want to be.Creole People are a Unique Group of People and Our Racial Mix is what makes Our Culture strong and Unifying..If You chose to identify with one Group thats Your Right on the other hand We have the same freedom of Choice.. Augustine

[@marllon9786]

The creoles of French Guiana are probably the genetically closest creoles to Lousiana Creoles. The only difference between Louisiana Creoles and French Guianan Creoles would be the different Native American input, since Louisiana Creoles have Native North American admixture, like you said, and French Guianan Creoles have Native South American admixture. To be honest, though, most Louisiana Creoles I've noticed are overwhelmingly black and white, with a minority possessing visible NA influence.

[@purebabolatstrikertennis5280]

Yes, there is kreyol speaking native indians in Dominica too, the Kalinago

[@mariedahi1502]

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[@AhavaYah]

I am proud to be African descent. However, i was born to 2 biracial parents, one tri racial grandparent, and one pure black grandparent. I am not African American.However, I am a black person but I acknowledge my other roots. African American people tend to want to make people with any black ancestry, 100% black despite we may be mixed. I am proud to be a Creole. I love my French customs. I dont look 100% black, so African Americans need to stop hating on Creole people

[@LovelyT29]

AhavaYah You have said one thing about how proud you are of your African roots. Maybe, this is why some African Americans are not proud of their mixture because alot of us wants to exclude the African dna, but seems more proud of their other ethnic group or groups. Some of us African Americans such as myself would never our African dna. No other race of people does.

[@oliviaforteza9608]

Do you speak creole or french? I am from Haiti and speak both .

[@marlene97280]

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[@marllon9786]

@augustinecomeaux You mentioned that you think Lousiana Creoles are the only people in the world with a triracial admixture of African, European, and Amerindian genes, however that's simply far from the truth. My father's parents are from Northeastern Brazil, where the population is predominantly Creoles of the same admixture. You can also find Creoles of the same admixture in Peru, Cuba, Panama, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Venezuela, Dominica, etc.

[@Shaggy2litty]

My mama a creole/Mexican lady and my daddy a Italian and irish i guess i am super creole

[@LovelyT29]

And the moral of this thing called Creole is an ethnic identity of mixed ancestry that definitely includes French, Spanish, African etc. The question is can one be Creole without any African blood?😊

[@laeticargo7375]

Of course you have creole without any african Blood: In french, the first meaning for "creole" was someone borned in the tropic islands from european descendants who settled there (by opposition to the non-whites ,recently arrived from Europe and european travellers). For example, the emperor napoleon Bonaparte' s wife Joséphine de Beauharnais was called Creole because borned in caribean islands but 100 % white. The same for the creoles of Louisiana, during the French and Spanish colonizations , the colonial governments were the only one who used the word "creole" and the meaning was: "every person, product or animal borned in the colony." After the sale of Louisiana in 1803, the French speakers start to become identified as Creoles to distinguish themselves from Anglo-saxon. And after the abolition of slavery, like the whites few decades earlier, the former " free man of color" claimed to be Creole. then the french-speaking slaves wanted the creole identity too but the english-speaking black community was much more influential for assimilation . I don't know if you still have white creoles today but at this time yes! and in the beginning the meaning of "creole"wasn't mixed people but more french speaking inhabitants of Louisiana.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

No you cannot be Louisiana Creole without African blood The inception of our race started with French planters bidding for beautiful slave girls off the ships in Hispaniola. African and French establish your creole

[@augustinecomeaux]

Thanks for all..I feel good that there are People in the World such as You that Acknowledges the truth ..Thanks.. Your response makes me feel that I have accomplished so much...Also it goes both ways..I also apologize for My Stern approach as I can also get very frustrated at times

[@opinionatedisntbad7528]

Good honest video. History is not correct but intent achieved. I like the honesty

[@bluephionex7119]

If a Asian mixes with a Creole wouldn't the offspring be considered Pardo instead of Creole?

[@augustinecomeaux]

@BetchImAmazin Many Louisiana Creoles are Bi Racial because they mixed with the Local European whites...Most Haitian Creole are for the most part not Racially mixed as much,therefore, the Coffee Color ..Although there are Many that are mixed and they are called " Metis " in FrenchCreole it's call mixed Race

[@blackwhiteindian8314]

I'm also from Louisiana I have a white great grandpa a Filipino great grandma and a Hispanic great grandma and a black great grandma and a Cherokee Indian grandma and a samoan grandma

[@Shante-330]

Wouldn’t Puerto Ricans be considered all 3 races? European, African and Native Taino

[@mariedahi1502]

Louisiana is my next place to move my problem is I don't want to move to a bad neighborhood

[@Sigh]

i really like and agree with what you said here! you hella look like you could be my grandmothers brother! my family is Creole and from New Orleans, and we look like evey color of the (human) rainbow! ~not too long ago this woman asked me what race/ethnicity i am, and i told her Frenceh Creole.. she flipped out saying that i couldn't be creole because i wasn't white!

[@Fuzzbabby]

Creole is a culture, and phenotype( physical appearance) has not nothing to do with whats in your background, Tyson beckford is very brown so is Naomi Campbell however both are have Asian heritage. I'm creole, and I will say this that its not uncommon for people who are part of a multicultural society to be ashamed of part of their ancestry. In DR the darkest Dominican might say I'm not black.

[@ManeAttractionsinBowieMd]

teach us Creole

[@augustinecomeaux]

No one here is in denial of their African Heritage.You obviously are living in the Past.I'm Multi-Racial which means Black and White. I do not intend to deny My White Heritage because You don't feel comfortable with it. You've been programed by White society to label anyone with Black heritage Black .I decide what color I am.If Your grandmother chooses to be black that's her Right,so it's my right to choose who I should identify with.I do not accept the One Drop Rule created by White society

[@augustinecomeaux]

Here We go again, When will it ever stop? No one said Creoles were a Racial Group..We are a Culture and WE are not in denial. please stop reading between the lines.Simply because We want to maintain a separate identity doesn't mean We are in Denial.Let's stop this Anti-Creole hostility.We just want to be Respected for what We really are and nothing more..Why does everybody that hears the Word Creole jump to conclusions? It appears that there is quite a bit of hostility towards Creoles.Why...

[@Fuzzbabby]

I have italian french and portugues ancestry as well as some indigenous indian ancestry. However I dont look any different from the common black population. nor does my dad, or mom

[@augustinecomeaux]

@Marllon . .I'm really aware of the other Cultures as well...What I meant to say was Creole people in general ,not just Louisiana Creoles, are Tri Racial...I stand corrected

[@Stolenlandtoday]

The CREOLES are mixed NATIVE AMERICANS mixed with African and European and some other bloods to . The Creoles are a mixed NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEY ALL HAVE NATIVE AMERICAN MIXED BLOODS MIXED WITH AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN

[@Fuzzbabby]

First of all I'm creole, that's great and wonderful however not the case for most creoles. I have an uncle who looks Indian as well and cousins who look east Asian. the point is that most creoles are easily distinguishable as part black African. Also you say Hispanic but Hispanics can look like anything Fantasia barrino is Hispanic as is christian milian, lloyd banks, fabulous, Maxwell, Tatiyana ali, Cameron Diaz, christina Aguilera, are all Hispanic.

[@neal-wp1fj]

Remember you must have the Spanish blood in your dna to make it creole french blood by itself is not creole creole cames from the spanish orgin just google it up.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

I don’t necessarily believe you But I have Iberian Peninsula DNA just in case So...

[@slimdudeDJC]

"Creeple" LOL! Very nice bloop. . . I'm not mad at cha! Never thought of Asian Creoles. It's probably the same as my not considering Asian Jews. But I would love to speak the language of my multi-ancestors, that would be a blast!!! Anyway, keep preachin brother. The message hasnt fallen on deaf ears. PEACE!!!!!

[@fomalhauto]

Do you have Acadian heritage? I recognize Comeaux as a name among the Acadians. I have seen it spelled Comeau. My father was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both his parents were born in Louisiana. I never knew my father nor his side of the family. I just know that he was mainly of African ancestry with some French and Native American ancestry. Through genetic testing/matches, I found out that my father had some Acadian ancestry. I have some paternal European and Amerindian chromosome segments.

[@fomalhauto]

My mother's ancestry consists of Cape Verdean,Azorean,Madeiran,and Puerto Rican on her father's side and Ashkenazi Jewish,English,German,Irish,Scottish,Swiss,Dutch,Eastern European,Finnish,and Swedish on her mother's side.

[@Fuzzbabby]

No they do not. I suppose your'e only talking about louisianna creoles, and in that case I'm still right, most creoles dont look like him,Most creoles looked racially mixed and easily distinguishable as part african. Like Tina knowles There wasnt a thought as to what she was.or collin powell.

[@Travieso78702]

Criollos is Spanish were people of pure Spanish heritage born in the new world. Creole in Louisiana were native inhabitance settled before Lousiana became part of the US. My great-grandmother was Spanish/French/native creole from St. Landry and Acadia parish....Creoles are found throughout the new World (including the caribean)and the Philipines. It is mostly a NEw World phenomenon. I like being diverse too, but I think many people would be suprised of their own diversity.

[@augustinecomeaux]

@Basinstreetfollies Of Course there are many types of Creoles but in this take We are talking about the Louisiana Creole of Color.And perhaps I should have made My self specifically clear but since I am American of Louisiana Creole Ancestry I am refering to My Ancestors Also in Louisiana Creoles Speak Louisiana Creole and it a Language and not a Dialect nor is it Pidgin.You might want to talk to some Creoles that speak it and They will tell You otherwise,anyway thanks for Your input .Et Toi

[@MrOfeast]

SO A CREOLE IS PRETTY MUCH A EUROPEAN( ENGLISH &FRENCH ) A AFRICAN AMERICAN AND A NATIVE AMERICAN. SO I GUESS ALL TOGETHER IN A POT YOU'RE GUMBO PRETTY MUCH. LOL!

[@cynthiapickett7403]

In a nutshell, yes.

[@augustinecomeaux]

You are100% correct...Yes indeed Louisiana Creoles basically have the same mixture as those from all the Countries You mentioned and more.... I believe what We are trying to say is that the Native North American admixture makes Us different..The very word Creole defines Our Racial Mix regardless of Country of Origin...If You take out the word Louisiana then We are all of the same Racial Mix. Although many Creoles Are Black and White with very little ad mixture..

[@augustinecomeaux]

@creole17 I do not call Myself African American because I am a Proud Creole and not African American.. I am Black, without a doubt and I have never denied that , but I honor Our Heritage and Identify as a Creole because that's what I am .. You cannot be African American and Creole ...You are either one or another...They are two different lifestyles..You can call Yourself what You want that's not for Me to say but I have that same right .so respect it

[@ladydrama85]

man i could not have said if better myself. Im sick of black always calling us stuck up and what not..

[@Tritone]

The biggest misconception about the term creole is that it means mixed-race. No. "Creole" was never a term to refer to mixed race people, and originally had no racial connotation whatsoever. Creoles were just the people (of any race) native to Louisiana before the lousiana purchase, as opposed to the Americans. Most creoles were white, or black. The mulattos were actually a minority; a fraction of creole society that is being over-stated - they were not more or less "creole" than the whites or the blacks.

[@augustinecomeaux]

You got it all wrong...The Term Creole used in the early 1600's originally referred to Those People that were neither White , Black nor Native American but a Mixture of all of the above thus " Creole "...The very word Creole in Spanish means to Create. This meaning is well documented and is available in The Spanish Archives ... Just where did You get Your information ??

[@keke813]

augustinecomeaux I agree

[@laeticargo7375]

Tritone is right. I'm french and one of the oldest meaning of "créole" in our dictionnary (before the meaning of mixed person), it is someone born in the tropic islands from european descendants who settled there by opposition to the non-whites on one hand but also recently arrived from Europe and european from passage. Concerning the creoles of Louisiana, during the French and Spanish colonizations , the use of the "creole" expression, as adjective was only reserved for the colonial governments to call every person, product or animal been born in the colony. Then,the sale of the french colony of Louisiana in 1803 provoked a cultural division between the French speakers of the colony and the Anglo-saxons. It is from this moment that the former inhabitants of the Louisiana begin to become identified as Creoles to distinguish itself from Anglo-saxon. Also, the expression "créole" in french has evolved and differs according to the territories. So augustinecomeaux , i'm not surprised that you don't know this fact because even the dictionaries of English language do not propose this definition of the Creoles.

[@augustinecomeaux]

@flubno Wake Up...You are living in the Racist past...The Word "Creole" means to "Create".. In Spanish it's pronounced Creer and in Portugese it is Criollo..Historic Verified documents say it was a Word created by the African Slave to distinguish the first Born in the New World from those arriving later..The Europeans later adopted the word to indicate the First Europeans born in the New World..It's a Fact... Now go back and start reading Your History all over again...We know Ours Do You...

[@augustinecomeaux]

@djiet83 Louisiana & Haitian Creoles are separate People.Creoles Brought to Louisiana & Haiti maintained separate Cultures.During the Haitian Revolution thousands of Mixed Race Haitian Creoles fled to New Orleans, Cuba & Porto Rico to escape the Revolution but when they arrived there was a thriving Creole Culture .Some of Our Ancestors are Haitian Creoles.Creoles are throughout the New World. They are not just in Haiti..However the Haitian Creole Language is very similar to Louisiana Creole

[@opinionatedisntbad7528]

this is such a misguided comment. People of Creoles should do some soul searching and research. Go to your local newspaper. check the record or go the the Library of Congress

[@augustinecomeaux]

Haitian Creole and Louisiana Creole are one in the same...Many Haitian Refugees came to Louisiana as a result of the Revolution...Except for a few Words it is the same Language

[@emergencyexit16]

what is this guy talking about? in latin america, it's a whole mix of native american,european, and african...and creoles from most parts of the world are way different than creoles of louisiana...I think he generalized this way too much...

[@augustinecomeaux]

I don't know just where You get You info from but You are wrong,wrong and Wrong.The word Creole was first coined by the Portuguese not the French.It was adopted by the french.The Only Creoles on the North American continent are Louisiana Creoles. There are the Atlantic Creole but they no longer exist.There are many Creoles in the Caribbean & off the cost of Africa & South America but not here.I really think You need to do Your homework I've been doing Mine for over 16 years. Are You Creole ???

[@larrygatorrivers5855]

A creole has color. a creole is a frenchmen french people are people of color with curly wavy hair, like a caryatid. "creoles that look white are a mixture of english. spain people are people of color and until the 1500s, France and spain had the same name. the one drop of non white made them jump into the "creole group. I am NOT african . I AM French and Native. I am creole. My family had land and farmed. i ate that.

[@marllon9786]

Nonsense. What you're speaking of is specifically Louisiana Creole, so check your lyrics before you get slick out of the mouth. Not all Creoles are from Louisiana. There are Creoles across the Americas, Caribbean, Cape Verde, and Indian Ocean. Educate yourself. Furthermore, Louisiana Creoles are not special, since many people from Martinique, Haiti, and Guadeloupe possess the same exact admixture as most Louisiana Creoles.

[@opinionatedisntbad7528]

add to your collection of videos on Creole: Charlie LeDuff discovers his black heritage The journalist/reporter, he likes to be called, discusses everything I document. This is how you should explain WHITE CREOLE. Creole is very specific whether its here or abroad.

[@LostTribeShorti]

Bon jour Monsieur!!!!Nice video.. Black skinned? what do u mean. am i black skinned?? check my profile My mom is fair skinned AA. My dad is Black haitian-creole. Born and raised in Haiti. Speaks french, and (creole) Je parle francais aussi!!!!!

[@augustinecomeaux]

You come across as an Ignorant foreigner who knows nothing about American History or Culture..Don't You think it Would be wise if You picked up a book before You opened You Mouth.,"Creole" is a Louisiana Culture and a Ethnic Group. Creoles are World Wide and are even in Your Country ..Haitian and Louisiana Creoles are not the same Culture or People. The very fact that You would make such statements shows how Ignorant You are..For Your Info I live in California and am Part Irish also and so what

[@augustinecomeaux]

I think You got it all turned around...The Original Creoles were the first slaves brought to the New World from West Africa and not the White Creoles ...The name was bestowed on these first slaves by The Portuguese.. The Louisiana Creole Language is an African based Language.. The European Colonist borrowed the Name from these people...I believe You are getting Your info from the Days of Slavery when Creoles of Color were not recognized as a legitimate People.. It's a new day Boss...