WE are the start of a new and old beginning, there ain't one person on this Earth that can say he is 100% one race!!!!!! Yes, I'm proud to be Creole!!!!!!!!!

Love it.....St. Augustine high, Xavier university, 7th ward proud FOREVER. Now living in New York City. Thank you. Proud to be Creole.

Lovely. I’m Creole too! Thank you. I’m proud of who I am and my heritage.

I’d NEVER try to be white, even if I could. I rather be who I really was.

A lot of the older people in this film remind me of my family 💜🇸🇳🇲🇱🇫🇷🇪🇸

Vanessa Williams did a movie called the courage to love, it was all about the Quadroon ball and how they were forced to marry French wealthy men or become there mistresses.

I'm Creole and Proud of it!!!!!! I love me and I've embraced it....

I'm Creole and proud

I like how Old school Creoles had a good sense of family the connection to their historical roots there's only flaw that normalized demonizing darker skin Creoles or darker skin blacks which I feel is a form of racism. Growing up in the South (New Orleans) I definitely experienced more (overt) racism from old school Creoles than white people during my childhood. But nowadays pretty much everybody's embracing being black.

I love watching this when I miss my Meme. The lady with the short hair reminds me of her. 😍😍😍

I love this, I am so thankful I stumbled on it.

Thank you for posting this. It's been really informative and answered so many questions I've had over my newly discovered Creole heritage.

Chaz I agree. I'm a Black American and not African American. My coworker is from Algeria, North Africa and speaks French and Arabic. He married a white American when he came to America and his kids are African American. But it doesn't bother him bc Africa is his home. xoxo Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow Coalition. Smh

Creole and proud.🎉🎊🎈👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

this was an amazing video. I wish i cud see more of it and thank you for posting it.

I'm glad I was able to find more history about my Creole roots. My great grandfather was a Haitain who spoke Creole and from what I gathered he moved to Louisiana. He was ashamed of his French language so he would get on my mother and aunts when they tried to speak it. Then there is the assault of my great great grandmother by her german slavemaster n there are other Louisiana blood I'm not clear on. But enough about me, I was told by my 12th grade music teacher who was Creole that there was a Creole man who was passing himself off as white. Married a white woman n passed his kids off as white. Distanced himself from every part of his ancestry that wasn't white. I didn't know how common something like that was until I saw this documentary. Whole families separated and or destroyed cause some think it's better to assimilate and that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.

I’m becoming more interested in my creole heritage. I appreciate this video.

I'm born and raised creole in New Orleans and I love my ppl dark skin and light skin

Beautiful!

Proud to be creole!

Love the interviews w the ladies!

Beautiful! Didn't want the lesson to end!

True Creoles don’t have an identity crisis like many supposedly “Creoles “ in New Orleans. They didn’t mistreat their brown skinned Creoles. It’s not many “Creoles “ who could pass for White. You had a family of 6 siblings, and 2 light skinned, 2 brown skinned, 1 dark skinned and 1 look White 🤣 true story.

My grandfather on my mother’s side was dark with blue eyes he was Geechee!!! My grandma was Creole!!!!! Some in the family was dark some could pass for white!!!! On my father’s side is Creole, Indian and Japanese

This was insightful. Thank you.

Beautiful culture and people. This is part of my culture.

Dr. Don you are the Man !!!

Got to give my highest respect to Dr. Maurice Martinez. Super smart and super funny. Those who know...knows. Bless.

I love my heritage 💖💖

Man you guys sound like my mom and dad, my dad is from New Orleans/ Cane river and my mother is from Madisonville and both of them left New Orleans in the early 1960's and moved to Los Angeles. That's where they met.

My great grandma was a Choctaw Indian, my grandma was the daughter of a French slave master and Choctaw, my dad was Cajun and Choctaw, he looked white, my momma was Irish slave master and African American, she was high Yellow, me their offspring I claim to be Creole, even though I was born in San Francisco CA but my family is from VillePlatte Louisiana and Edwards Mississippi. I'm high Yellow too!

Very interesting content......thank you for sharing, I leaned a lot about Creole culture.

I'm creole and I'm thankful for my creole heritage, because its not a color.

My Lord I really enjoyed it I am creole my father was very proud of who he was !He wished he taught us French but, he said it was fronds on ! Am noted African American I refused to be called that I am a colored girl my family is all different colored my parents were proud of their 16 children

The Honorary Mayor is a trip! I love it! The history is great!

I'm not African American, either. Call me Black.

Thank You....Grady Lark

Mixed people come in all shades, some light, darker, indian complexion etc because their parents are mixed

We need to preserve the Louisiana Creole culture, I took a few city tours with friends from out of town in 2019 and the tour guides said creoles are Louisiana born generation of parents from France or Spain ( Old world) totally dismissing or disregarding creoles of color which live here til this day. Not good, not cool and we need to do something about this before they erase our history and culture.

it's in my blood...line🌸

RIP cousin Lionel.....We miss you.......

Very interesting!!!

I truly enjoyed this documentary. My family is Cape Verdean; we were the first Creole culture on Gods Earth… formed in the 1400s by Portuguese and Africans. I do want to explain some concepts to you guys that I think you don’t understand about being Creole. During our creation, Europe was basically being eradicated by disease. In order to attempt to repopulate, Latin monarchs and the archdiocese came up with an actual strategic plan using the African. See, Africans were already in Europe especially Portugal, Spain and Italy. We were surviving the he plagues. Anyway, both the Carnary Islands and Cabo de Verde were used as breeding spots, which is the literal meaning of Creole (Create/breed). On the Canaries, they literally either murdered the African or bred. This is a source of humor for us regarding Spaniards coming from the Canaries and swearing they are 100% Europeans. Anyway, once they achieved a successful format with Cape Verdean they knew they could apply it to other parts of the world… bc let’s be honest, Europe did not have enough ppl to populate three, no four, additional continents. So, what I am trying to clarify for ppl in Louisiana is that you have to have African and Latin blood to be Creole, Germans/Irish/Brits are not Creole bc they are not Catholic. They may have mixed ppl and Huguenots, but they are a whole different ppl. I think what happened in Louisiana and other colonies, is the antebellum notion of Creole… the word became sexy and elitist, and who would not want that. However, only there are “100% white” ppl considered Creole. Now, I know there that the word has been redefined many times to fit what the ppl in charge want it to fit. But, I hope and pray this gives you more insight into your actual historic origins and the Creole culture was literally started off the coast of Africa. Bear in mind please. So when I see ppl like that gorgeous older lady completely reject Africa, it comes off as ignorant and hurtful. -CVCruz

I never knew why my Aunt packed up and Moved to California.

Creole is the lasting memory of mankind of the partial life upon the earth , everythings on earth gring forth a new as a Creole in theirs own agenda : Creole is not something bad " but Creole is something good and great.

It is still a lot of categorizing still in a Creole community!!! I am darker skin !!! One day Lord’s will we’ll stop!!!🤦🏾‍♀️😓it hurts!!!!

YOUR BIRTHRIGHT IS LOVE

I have relatives named Baham who live in Madisonville La. I wonder if he's part of that line of Baham's.

Proud to be Creole

lived there for 5 years..... people from up north you wouldnt believe this thing that calls itself a creole....team light skinned is beyound a trip....

Interesting video.

"Creole" was the term given to the French who settled in Louisiana. I've visited the" Creole Plantation" in Vacherie, LA.

I just found out about my Creole heritage and I have no idea where to start my research.

Proud Creole here..grandparents Romain Benoit Darensbourg Jackson..all from New Orleans except for grandma marguerite Jackson from Baton rouge I grew up in Los Angeles...my folks moved there in 40's and 50's...had some passe blanc family.. but we were french Creole/black identified...folks sure were confused re us..hahaha

Yeees indeed!!!!

Oh pls Creole people are mixed with black and Creole is mixing english france and spanish in forming a language...There's a lot of croele speaking in West Africa...

My Creole family last names are Vallier, Guillory, and Reed

My birth certificate says colored.

My mom + may GOD bless her soul + was from New Orleans, moved to SF California where she had a good life then she moved to Shit-oops! Chicago where my ass turned to s*** I made it big in life but it took me decades of psychiatry to get my head together.

Me too..

I'm from n.o and am of French,native(moorish)American,or as the white man say African natives, Spanish descent and the combination of these nationalities makes one a Creole for all that don't know there's white or black or mix of the two if anyone wants to know

Placage was KEPT WOMEN

What's with all the pot shots ?

My personal choice...isolationist as in Marcus Garvey. If people don't want me to be part of them then f*** 'em.

What's the name of the film?

Creole's be like oh no girl I'll let cha know when I'm done 😂😂😂

I DIG HER . BUT MANY PPL ARE - ppl irish american indian american chinese american etc . but i understand

100% Creole

Those measurments where not even right since there was no DNA

I just found out I come from creole descent. My grandfather talks about his father being creole and speaking French. He was a very wealthy man and the Holmes family came from louisana and most of them reside in Oklahoma

Kreole is what they call (SHADIE) .. I was 24k gold with blond hair when I was 8 , now I'm almost blood red ..

That makes me creole, that mixbut I am a Brit, strangely my black turns out to be afro american , with the native , I guess my ancestor was sold to UK

Nearly every person, especially black person in America is an admixture of black, white, Indian, french, etc. That's just called being American. Anyway, I have to agree with the man at the 24 minute mark's co-worker

He lost me at "good hair" *le sigh*

in recent years and after learning about the African-American term ..I DO NOT LIKE it. I AM A BLACK WOMAN!! HONESTLY , I FEEL AS IF OUR PEOPLE ARE THE REAL NATIVE AMERICANS. Before you comment if you dont agree please research the term of African-American and why we have been classified as such!! It is mind blowing!! xoxo

All creoles in New Orleans know each other. once a year we all meet up secretly and discuss various topics and objectives we want to execute for that year.. hahah , jk

Is Beyonce a creole?

I'm a French Creole and I'm white

Chaz - btw - you wouldn't know his kids were African American. I find it amusing when I'm considered African American and they're considered white and they think my coworker is French. Lol

lol he said when a coyote make love to a poodle his wife is the offspring.

doesn't creole mean " born in the colony" . meaning Europeans who were born in a European colony. not mixed Africans who don't want to be black.

More cousins who live as white than as creole🤔interesting. 34:30 the saints and churches

a coyoutie,lol he's making his own gumbo for saying that.

They $20 but if you a Nun it's $15 😂

If you want to find out if a lady is really Creole,ask her to make u some Gumbo.

instead to call this place new orleans just call it Creole Orleans makes no differend "creole=new=creole.

Your wrong because thats the same background of many african americans actually

You are NOT Black but Mixrace, Black people like myself is proud to be 100% African, so we are African American.

It's like the creoles in La Réunion or french Guyana or Guadeloupe etc... It's a culture not a race

Yes sir the reason they put that law in play The 1drop ( ink in paint can) because if u drop 1 spot of black ink into white paint the white paint is no longer white thats factz. And yes even if the black had been white washed its still possible for a child to come out Black or with black phenotypes. Please watch the movie about a south african women name saundra who was born to White parents and though she was lighter then the Dr. Speaking he hate Black phenotypical traits of A black women . It was generations long gone early in settlement but it was on both her white parents sides though white washed enough for generations they livedas white she clearly wasnt. AND YES SHE WAS THEIR CHILD 100% she had to change her race to black just so she could live. So hes wrong

So many people confuse Creole with mixed race but it is not, it’s a culture. Unfortunately for mixed race Louisianians, we were never given a proper identification like they do in countries like Brazil. If we weren’t victims of the one drop rule, we would’ve been able to preserve all parts of our heritage. We would’ve been able to preserve our practices of being multi heritage . But we were all labeled as Black and it has caused so much confusion because you are no longer connected to your tribal identity . Not all who are Creole have French ancestry. This is now being shown through DNA tests. Many people that I know who identified as having a lot of French DNA actually have Irish ☘️ DNA...and no Native American ancestry (which is what we’re told Creole is, right❓French, Indian and African) funny right lol. ❓

Creole is not a color

the only way you can be come a Creole decent "is when you accepted who you are " Creole is a language which mean Youthlasting live: CREOLE mean's YOUTH / YOUNG token from way back to ISRAEL the choosen one by most high GOD: we are the Youth / Creole of the choosen one on earth. every new born baby is a Creole " because your new born baby is come to revival of your old age to a new age =Creole/ Young/ generation.

This was insightful. Thank you.