Just who is a Creole and what does it mean ?? Part 1

[@raoulmontserrat2307]

Many french settlers from Louisiana fled to the Caribbean islands including Puerto Rico after the Purchase in 1803. Many of them were wealthy creoles or pure French who had creole wives and children and also creole slaves who fled with them. Many Puerto Ricans have French last names and ancestors who spoke creole fluently. My great grandpa spoke creole. I dance and listen to Puerto Rican folkloric music "Bomba" which has some lyrics in creole. Check out puertoritmo website. my roots are from LA.

[@cynthiapickett7403]

And no doubt into Hawaii, for that matter.

[@char08fal]

Portions of my family have roots in Natchitoches. My more recent family however is from West Tennessee. I grew up eating gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish and even bread pudding because my mom & grandmother made it. I def thought all African Americans ate it lol. I still consider myself AA but now that I know I have some Creole roots I’m def digging more into it.

[@smokeykisha]

Enjoy your videos... You made me want to warm up some leftover Gumbo my mom made the other day...

[@TheEdko1234]

@augustinecomeaux good job educating people about the history and people of louisana,(to which i belive is very unique in 'American' history). I was just wondering do you feel any kind of kinship with the modern nation of haiti?

[@DeuceMP2]

I am writing a paper on New Orleans culture and this really clarified a lot of questions. Thanks for posting.

[@jacksblack9081]

How are you certain that this clarified anything? What is Mr. Comeaux's credentials? If I made a video of something, will you believe anything I say even though you don't know me or know if I know what I'm talking about? Just asking.

[@augustinecomeaux]

@CadjinGisclair You are absolutely right ...Creoles are White, Black and Multi Racial...Because I'm Multi Racial, I sometimes put the emphasis on Mixed Race People of Creole Heritage but of Course that is not the case at all..We can debate as to who were the Original Creoles but in Colonial Louisiana the focus was on the White Creoles..I know of many White Creoles in Louisiana that still speak Louisiana Creole...Thanks for clearing that subject up..

[@augustinecomeaux]

There are quite a few books on the subject and it's up to the individual to decide whats true and whats not..Not all Black Women in Slavery Were forceably Raped by the masters, Some willingly co habitated with them to have a better life for their off springs.They make it seem like it was a Conspiracy to separate the People of the Black Race but not all Mixed Race People were the result of forced relations ,some were done willingly and We as mixed People are totally aware that We are on Our own

[@marjoriemagnan4084]

That sounds like haitien food to me gumbo étouffé .Rice and red beens

[@augustinecomeaux]

Creole is not a Race but more or less a Culture...Even though many of Us are Bi Racial We still belong to the Black Race... I would suspect that since Your Dad is Creole You Would be of Creole Heritage...Creole Means having different Cultural values and Identifying as Creole as Your Ancestors did

[@dawnemile4974]

What is the black race?

[@charlesjohnson945]

I'm creole and I'm not from Louisiana I'm from Chicago my DNA is European french and west Africa and a little Asia and far as the Caribbean Jamaica.

[@CertifiedKyl504]

​@@charlesjohnson945You're not a Lalwizyàna Kréyòlité.

[@tapiteasy]

Hilarious! From reading the post below I see that nobody agrees on what is a creole. My grandfather was named Canada LeBlanc and he was born in Louisianna. He used to tell us about his mixed race ancestors. We didn't grow up in Louisianna and we just considered our grandfather a black man. Yes he was very light skinned with silk curly hair.

[@dawnemile4974]

Light skin comes from European ancestry not African ancestry. Get an education.

[@CurlyHijabi]

if my mom is black and my dad is creole wat am i....sorry if its a dumb question. am i half for something

[@augustinecomeaux]

You are partially correct...Creoles are World Wide and can be from the Caribbean ,off the Coast of Africa etc, etc...Many Creoles have Haitian Ancestry and Many Creoles have settled in Louisiana from other areas..The Word " CREOLE " is not of Louisiana Origins...Creoles have roots in Africa and France as well...Now if You are referring only to the Louisiana Creoles then You are partially correct

[@dawnemile4974]

There is no Haitian ancestry. Haiti is just a country not a race. Do ancestry records have any DNA from the new world? Haitians have African and European ancestry. So many Americans are miseducated about race. A proudly ignorant people.

[@augustinecomeaux]

Your response is very confusing...Nobody ever said Haitians were a separate Race, Just where did you get this mis information from...Are you an Anthropoligist or are you just blowing smoke..I'd like to know where you get this information from !! Haitians and Louisiana Creoles speak the same Creole Language. And Many migrated to Louisiana after the Revolution..Also..We are all of the black Race and Human Race as well

[@augustinecomeaux]

Nobody here want's to be "Exotic" at all. We just want to be recognized as a People.Not Black not White but Creoles.Just what would a Frenchman know about the Louisiana Creole..The Bond has been broken over 200 years ago.Creoles don't speak French.Those that do, speak Creole, like all My ancestors.Just what is Your point ?? why can't You accept the fact that the Louisiana Creole are a separate People ,again,not all Creoles arrived as Slaves and many never were..get your facts straight

[@augustinecomeaux]

@reviloformtamesaws.. It totally takes my breath away to find that there are still People out there who are not willing to recognize our Legitimate Right to exist as a People.We are World Wide have Our own language, Food, African & European Heritage, French Surnames, Our Own Music and of Course a History over 500 years & yet We are looked upon as imposters.How Ridiculous. It's like a Japanese defining the Origins of European Culture and taking credit for it's Creation..Let's stop it here !!!

[@briarts]

Very informative

[@hourglas39]

Nice Video ! Keep up the good work :)

[@iamcreole]

Keep up the good work!

[@iamcrystallove]

dont even know what your saying

[@cynthiapickett7403]

Interesting historical tidbit: Quebec once extended to not only New England, but also to what is now upstate New York, western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois before the American revolution.

[@cynthiapickett7403]

In other words: New France.

[@augustinecomeaux]

That May be true, but they do share the same Language, of course with some differences and Many of the free People of color share Haitian Ancestry as many emigrated to Louisiana During the Haitian Revolution and as such enriched Our tremendously

[@blacknomadjamaicanab4667]

Are you mixed blood type as well like ab ?

[@dawnemile4974]

There are only 5 blood types in the world whatever the race. Get an education before you blab.

[@augustinecomeaux]

@GullahGritsGal For someone who claims to be Creole You know little about Your heritage.I've been studying Our History for over 20 years & I find it to be very unusual that You know very little of Your Ancestry.Creoles Have a very long history beginning in West Africa before the Slave trade.For a People to possess their own Language ,Food, Music Culture and Demeanor I find it hard to believe You can.'t Accept Our Culture.The Term Creole has never been Bastardized & Creoles are Real People

[@augustinecomeaux]

@GullahGritsGal Living in France doesn't make You an expert on Creoles. We don't take lightly to non Creoles telling Us Our Culture doesn't Exist.I'm not interested in what the French might think.They deserted their Colony & Gave Up their Empire because they couldn't cut the mustard.For Your info there is a Whole Creole Culture Here & over 5 million Creoles, with Creole Values & self identify as such.I see You know very little about Creole history come to Louisiana & see for Yourself

[@elizabethkelley5260]

I enjoyed your history of the creole in Louisiana and it goes along with everything I have read and ascertained so far,historically,but one thing has always bothered me. How did the creoles escape being put into the slave market even if they were mixed,they must have shown some blackness? I realize they were a more cultured people but did the slave traders know this? Someone please enlighten me on these sketchy details. Thank you.

[@Pisces77]

AMEN!

[@LiquidGoldSoul]

@davidille You are more on the money than you think.

[@kiakiakia333]

I personal feel like everybody need to go look up placage...my family was built upon that...

[@jacksblack9081]

Ok, hate to bust yalls bubble. Reason why I'm commenting is because you are using the word creole as if there is one true meaning. There really is one true meaning but you are getting the original one true meaning all wrong. There are mixed race Creoles sure, and there are also pure white Creoles. What I am about to say, you can Google it, research it, and see that what I am saying is true. Opelousas has been around for a long long time. It was a trading post since 1695 and was established in 1720 as Poste des Opelousas. You can even look at the Opelousas Militia Muster Roll. If you look, it tells you if the person is Acadian, Creole, or French. Acadian, we now say cajun, are those that arrived in Louisiana around 1760 from Arcadia Nova Scotia. French meant you are a French Colonial that arrived directly from France. Creole meant you were children, grandchildren, descendant from those that came directly from France. That is what Creole meant to us. I am Creole. I have a very small amount of cajun blood in me I am mostly Creole. My family were French Colonials that came directly from France. Famous Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning is in Opelousas. My Ancestry DNA test shows majority French, no negro. None. I don't care if it did, but it doesn't. It was a big deal to know if you was Cajun, Creole, or French. But again, what did Creole mean? Creole meant descendant from France but born in the Louisiana colony. Is that also what it means in Haiti? Are you from Africa, or was you born in Haiti, descendant from Africans? But I digress, I will not get into that. Only what us in Opelousas go by what Creole means. I enlightened a few folks, friends and family that would call themselves Cajun that they are not Cajun but rather Creole since ther descendents were French Colonials and did not come from Nova Scotia. All of them researched and found out I was correct and thanked me for pointing this out. They also said that it must mean that others that call themselves Cajuns must also be mistaken and be Creole French. I would say research this, you may be surprised. Many so-called experts have no idea what they are talking about and others that have no idea about anything believe them. Over a period of generations doing this, has got people believing things that are not true and the only reason they believe it is because they were told it was so, by somebody that simply doesn't know what they are talking about.. Now, I am not saying that what I am saying is the Gospel truth but what I am saying is, that if you research what I am saying, you will see for yourself that I am correct..... I am a Caucasian Creole Frenchman and proud to know what I'm talking about..... If you find out for yourself that I speak the truth, give my comment a "like" please for me taking my time in writing all this, Please... P.S. Here is an example of outright incorrect information that is presented in this video at around 8:00. He said that etouffee is his Creole heritage invention. Google that as well. It came about from a cafe in Breaux Bridge, LA in the 1920's. Wikipedia discusses this as well. New Orleans didn't have Etouffee on the menu's until a few decades ago. Etouffee is clearly a Cajun dish from Acadiana that everybody loves.

[@augustinecomeaux]

@reviloformtamesaws I'm sorry Mr Historian. I'm not impressed.You seem to be twisting the Truth.The meanings vary & the word was used By the Spanish but in no way in it's original context did it refer to the Spanish as being the first Creoles. Mixed Race Creoles have their Roots & Language in Africa long before the Spanish used the term & long before their intro into the New World.If that is so how Do You account for the Millions of Creoles that reside in the islands off the coast of Africa

[@CurlyHijabi]

i was wondering if i was creole. my mom says her side of the famoly is black and she think ibdian and on my dad side he say All of our family are from Louisiana & we are Creole.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Spanish French African blood Descendent of the French planters from Hispaniola That’s pretty much it. Really not that confusing

[@og-greenmachine8623]

You have people that will complex it up Throwing in Native American ancestry When the fridge planters of Hispaniola Bid for African slave girls off the boat Where the fuck were the native Americans? Nowhere That came later The beginning of Louisiana Creole =‘s When French planters impregnated those beautiful African “WOULD BE” slaves... That’s when our grandparents first met That’s Creole

[@madisont8815]

So I don't need to do research u do or travel to Haiti and then ask them

[@TemplarX2]

To it's a race as well. I'm Mascarene creole so we interact with Europeans, Africans and Asians. We consider us none of those even though some of us might look Europeans or Africans. It's a culture that has turned into an ethnicity and slowly into a racial identity much like mutts can become a new breed. I consider creole as a race although a Lousiana creole might be as alien to me as say an African or pure European. We may still understand each other though and have common cultural traits.

[@augustinecomeaux]

Have You ever heard of a place Called...Louisiana ...It's full of Creole speaking people called Creoles..Guess what..Many of Our Ancestors are Haitian Creoles... I think You are the one that needs to get it right..." Creole" is a Culture, People and Language..Haiti is not the only Creole speaking Country . You might try picking up a book and doing a little research before You open Your mouth.. Haiti is only a small part of the Creole World and they are called Haitians because the live in Haiti..

[@mimimonard6996]

@carla peter ...calm down. There are Haitian Creoles in Louisiana now. I believe my grandmother on my dad’s side was Haitian. My granddad was Choctaw. My mom’s side was Cajun and Creole mix. I don’t consider myself Haitian and since l’m old now, lol that ship has sailed port. All l know is how to be a NOLA Creole. No offense but l don’t feel that way. Much good wishes to you and your people.

[@augustinecomeaux]

You are correct Most people have no clue as to what a Creole is.Those few that think they know get their info from Pre-Civil War Meanings that haven't changed since the days of Slavery.Well I did My research & found that Creoles & Their Afro Based language existed long before They came to the America's.Now tell Me,If the Creole Language is a cross between the two then how can the First Creoles be a Tomato a piece of Furniture or a White European person.It's as simple as that.Case closed

[@madisont8815]

I know that already I was born in Haiti

[@jeanlove2943]

❤️

[@augustinecomeaux]

@davidille .. Well You though wrong.There is a whole group of People who self identify as Creoles just as their French Colonial Ancestors did a long before Louisiana became an American possession.I'm sorry They didn't teach You this in School because America has always been a Society where if You were not White You were not worth being a part of The History of this Country.Just because You are confused does not mean We don't exist.You might want to brush up on the subject

[@Roycewicz83]

I have a question. My father is African American and my mother is Caucasian. As far as i know, my father's family is from east central Mississippi. My mother's family has alot of French influence and they are from around east Louisiana and /or Coastal Mississppi. I dont know if my mother's family has migrated from other parts of Louisiana and if they are Cajun or not. People ask me what i am. Would i Cajun or Creole or some other ethnicity?

[@jacksblack9081]

Go with French or French Creole. The Cajuns settled west of the Mississippi River in what is known as Acadiana and came from Nova Scotia. If you don't know if they come from Nova Scotia, then you don't know if you are Cajun but you do know you are French.

[@xanderdom]

Let's not forget us Seychellois and Mauritians (:

[@cynthiapickett7403]

Where my maternal ancestors came from; via Martinique/St. Lucia and Haiti (along with Jamaica, Barbados, and the Bahamas).

[@rondiewashington5265]

Gumbo is an African dish. The word gumbo itself is an African word which means okra. Which is how the Africans made their gumbo. Gumbo originated from Africa

[@augustinecomeaux]

@reviloformtamesaws You need to stop reading books that were written during the Slavery Period . For Your info The Creole Language is a African based & was developed in Africa prior to the introduction of Slavery to the New World. the term "Creole" was invented by the First African Slaves who arrive in the New World. In fact We Creoles date back to the introduction of the Moors into the Portuguese Society..Please stop trying to Define Who We are and just where We come from..Are You Creole ?

[@infinitepower6770]

Your comment came across as rude.you are wrong

[@CurlyHijabi]

thank you =)

[@tahjparker2208]

@avatar riddick

[@augustinecomeaux]

You seem to be rambling on & making no sense whatsoever.1) Creoles are Black White and Mixed Race.2) Dubois is a Haitian Creole with strong Louisiana Ties, Some of My Relatives are also of Haitian Extraction.1) Again Creoles Don't speak French they speak Creole..4) Why would a Louisiana Creole want to speak French?5) Creole is not a Bastardized Term it is Older that the New World.You are not listening to what has been said & Your original comments were Negative , distasteful I'm ashamed of You

[@augustinecomeaux]

Creoles have been mixing with Our Racially mixed Black Cousins for over 200 years...There is no such thing as a Pure French Creole if You know what I mean.The one drop Rule has all but diluted the Creole People...We also have Irish and Italian in Our Veins as well..Not one Race nor nationality on this earth can boast purity not unless you go to some far away Island out in the middle of nowhere..Don't forget that Creole is more of a Culture and not a Race

[@augustinecomeaux]

@GullahGritsGal Are You for real? Saying that one in not totally White nor totally Black does not imply that they are neither.You get a big Fat Zero on Logic..To state that My Comments imply that Creoles don't want to be Black is illogical and Racist.The Word "Creole" is not a Term it's a "Culture" that is over 400 years old in the New World alone..Saying You're Creole is an insult because Your negativity does nothing but harm Creoles and their Culture this is My last post & Yours also

[@augustinecomeaux]

Why are You throwing all this crap up in the Man's face... I think He's got a good point.You are a very narrow minded person who makes a lot of assumptions.You don't know this man from Adam . If He wants to be yellow or Blue it's his right. It seems that You are playing the part of Our Savior and You have all the right answers...You need to get off this Racist Conversation and give the Man the respect that You are demanding and stop throwing God into the argument to make Yourself so rightous

[@Njoofene]

All I hear is you trying to differentiate creols from African Americans, but you are vague about what makes you different. I didn't catch properly the name of the country in West Africa that you speak of.

[@augustinecomeaux]

You sound a bit Rude as well so I guess that makes us even

[@tinampoche]

huh?

[@jamesmedina6277]

smoke weed everyday TONY CHACHERE

[@augustinecomeaux]

@augustinecomeaux I don't know where You been for the last 450 Years but You need to wake up.How can You say that over 6 million Multi Racial people Who speak Creole French, Have French Surnames & have French Ancestry don't exist.The Word Creole by definition means to Create & is of Portuguese & not of French or Spanish origins.Y ou are living in a Racist past. How can You, who doesn't even know what a Creole is make such a statement without picking up a History book to read about Creoles

[@augustinecomeaux]

@reviloformtamesaws I don't know where You been for the last 450 Years but You need to wake up.How can You say that over 6 million Multi Racial people Who speak Creole French, Have French Surnames & have French Ancestry don't exist.The Word Creole by definition means to Create & is of Portuguese & not of French or Spanish origins.You are living in a Racist past. How can You, who doesn't even know what a Creole is make such a statement without picking up a book to read about Creoles

[@SkyandQuill]

I do not think you are african at all. the african they want you to believe you are is black american indian that look sorta african. But they are original indians of america. Ok they took indians to europe and africa and brought those people back. You are indigenous american mixed with colonizers. My family comes from those people. " Aa's" love okra.

[@tahjparker2208]

You are wrong

[@iLikePropaganda]

no

[@SudanCarib]

The Highest percentage of black people in new Orleans are of Haitian ancestry. Most but not all.

[@salenatauriac4003]

SudanCarib New Orleans is not the only city in Louisiana...because I'm from Lake Charles many creole and cajuns there plenty.

[@nicolette0266]

Wrong

[@ivamcole2304]

No 😐

[@mimimonard6996]

This is so not true of native New Orleans Creoles. While there’s been an influx of Haitians there NOW what l’ve seen is their mixing with the African Americans or each other. By the way, my dad’s mom was Haitian and she was high lightskin with red hair and gray eyes which is where dad and some of his brothers got their eyes from.

[@madisont8815]

Old Man U no nothing guys don't believe every thing this guy said he say creole people it's Haition people

[@nicolette0266]

Haitians are not creole.....please stop