Creole | Shades of U.S.

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"Creole" can refer to more than one thing, including ethnicity, language and food. In this month's episode, a New Orleans author gives voice to Creole communities, a Haiti-born linguist fights for the Haitian Creole language, and a chef builds a following for his Haitian-Creole food. This episode is hosted by CUNY TV reporter Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson.
(Taped: 6/06/2019)
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@MarkColeman121587 3 жыл бұрын

This happened in my family. They are from Baton Rouge. My great grandmother who raised me left and went to New York, her one sister went to Chicago, 3 of her brothers went to Los Angeles and the others stayed in Louisiana. Some of them kept that keep it light mentality. My great grandmother didn’t though she married my great grandfather who was Gullah Geeche. So the New York side of the family is darker than my Cali, Louisiana and Chicago family.

@chantalchoctawkreyol6540 3 жыл бұрын

Gullah geechee is my father side via my grandfather and my mothers side is Creole. I'm sure your family has a variety of skin tones and accents as well😊

@alexskatit4188 3 жыл бұрын

Marry light is a philosophy widely prevalent all over the caribbean and latin-america.

@og-greenmachine8623 3 жыл бұрын

I’m one of those Louisiana Creoles out in Los Angeles He knows what he’s talking about

@og-greenmachine8623 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather and his brother came out to California in the 50s We still own land in Louisiana So, Of course our hearts are still there 👉🏽as well as our money

@jessicamcdaniels2337 3 жыл бұрын

So did my family. My grandma migrated from Southern Louisiana to LA back in the 50s as well. Then she met my grandpa who's family migrated there from Oklahoma.

@og-greenmachine8623 3 жыл бұрын

@@xiloa23 This is AmeriKKKa🇺🇸 Southerners don’t even ask questions like that. Only the government is curious. And we don’t tell them anything. They are murderers. Cops get killed in Louisiana. Only fools ask questions in our culture.

@banko1808 3 жыл бұрын

same here my great great grandmother came here in the 50s as well from new Orleans after living in texas for a few years

@godandchristpillisraelites4993 2 жыл бұрын

How are you a Louisiana creole from Los Angeles. Your a creole from Los Angeles. Creoles are not just from Louisiana. California has creoles too it doesn't mean you're from Louisiana.

@GearsinMotionGraphics 4 жыл бұрын

What a great interview towards the Creole experience... the man narrating is telling a wonderful depiction towards his upbringing in New Orleans

@nola504creole5 2 жыл бұрын

⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️🥾🥾🥾ya herd meh

@godandchristpillisraelites4993 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a brown skinned creole. My brother is a dark skinned creole. IM FROM ALABAMA BUT I HAVE FAMILY IN LOUISIANA

@jessicamcdaniels2337 3 жыл бұрын

My family (The Batiste's) are from a Creole Parish in Louisiana. My grandpa grew up in Lake Pontchartrain. He literally lived in a water based community ON the lake. It had like 1000 people living in it at the time.

@chantalchoctawkreyol6540 3 жыл бұрын

Bonjour Couzin! I'm of the Batiste family of New Roads on the "Island"

@jessicamcdaniels2337 3 жыл бұрын

@@chantalchoctawkreyol6540 Hello family! Do you guys still live there? My people are from Southern Louisiana but migrated to California back in the day. I was raised here

@jessicamcdaniels2337 3 жыл бұрын

@@chantalchoctawkreyol6540 Btw I just looked up New Roads and noticed that its in Pointee Coupe. My 2x great grandfather (Paul Batiste) was from there. His father (Barthelemy Batiste) helped settle the area.

@chantalchoctawkreyol6540 3 жыл бұрын

@@jessicamcdaniels2337 yes we have family still there, some in baton Rouge and California as well as Las Vegas and one in New York

@jessicamcdaniels2337 3 жыл бұрын

@@chantalchoctawkreyol6540 We might be related 😄

@michaeldefondaumiere5948 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a french créole from reunion island in the indian ocean,we're a mix of african,white,indian,madagascar,chinese.we share the same language like haitian but more frenchie.all the french caraibes talk like haiti too(guadeloupe,martinique,guyane).thank you for the video,it's cool for me to see that we're all around the world.que la nation créole soit bénite

@Dragoncam13 2 жыл бұрын

You guys speak different French based creole language bro

@Yehmanu 2 жыл бұрын

nation creole doesn't exist, it's a fantasy construction, there are several areas of different languages, which are informally nicknamed "creole"

@PurplePillRiches Жыл бұрын

I understand Reunion,Mauritian, and Seychelles Creole. I'm from the Caribbean though. Although there's a difference in the creole I understand a lot if. The more you're around it the better u understand it

@christophernoel5892 3 жыл бұрын

My dad is Afro Haitian Canadian and my mom is Afro Haitian, Dominican and Creole [French, English and Native American]

@michaelclarkva 3 жыл бұрын

This was really good as well, it’s good learning more and more about my Louisiana Creole heritage. 👍🏽😁

@maryc2098 2 жыл бұрын

Chef Jeff is a Classy Dresser💯🔥💯🔥

@reneedennis2011 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video!

@michaelwills2368 4 жыл бұрын

Really proud of you Wynnie!

@augustusb3501 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@Mojo_3.14 3 жыл бұрын

Would be nice to the Haitian-Creole in this video was actually subtitled. When she was speaking it, the subtitles merely said "speaking foreign language"

@neilsoulman 2 жыл бұрын

great point, coming out of Ohio, was not aware of the Haitian based creole till I went to Miami, when I inquired about mission work there few years back was told that I should brush up on not only my Spanish but also to learn "Haitian" Creole and some Russian as these were predominate languages there in addition to English

@VinnyWilk 2 жыл бұрын

Jamaicans have dishes that are only for us. The Haitian chef was asserting Haitian exceptionalism by harping on unfounded statements about neighboring islands. Jamaica is the third largest English speaking country in the hemisphere and we've exported dishes to other islands during and after slavery. The freed and enslaved people of Saint Domingue/Ayiti and the surrounding islands probably arrived from similar places and created cuisines based on imported and indigenous resources.

@terrancewilliams8554 3 жыл бұрын

How can we reach this man.. We the Creole people of Lafayette,La..

@pierrerochon7271 8 ай бұрын

I would like to be in his next production- to give a balanced documentary- from New Iberia

@bettyalexander2077 Жыл бұрын

Maurice Martinez taught at GW Carver in New Orleans when I was a student there and a great one.

@tkso.philly3879 4 жыл бұрын

I MUST EMPATHISE with this man.For my mom looks,Mexican,and was often mistaken for Puerto Rican when growing up in Philly....My mother is of Native American,Monoccan Indian,African-American,Irish,And Deusch.Whilst,on my father's side,I am,of Abyssinian,Italian,and Native American from North Carolina.AND of Carribean descent AND LATINO con mind familia...-SeEntiende?-The history of OUR people goes WAY BEYOND-----ANY European people wants others to know---'-!!!!!!

@Homoclite 2 жыл бұрын

Ethiopian?

@tkso.philly3879 2 жыл бұрын

@@Homoclite Yes.Abyssinian.Ethiopian.My name is Abyssinian.Im named after my father and grandfather.Salaam-

@1453ld 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video! I'm half Louisiana Creole/half black American.

@og-greenmachine8623 3 жыл бұрын

Haitian “Patty” Cane River Creole we have the same thing but we call it A “meat pie”

@ruthmorr9501 3 жыл бұрын

Really may be the spicess is different

@og-greenmachine8623 3 жыл бұрын

@@ruthmorr9501 Aaaaaah.... 👉🏽Local availability 😎SMART GIRL❤️

@og-greenmachine8623 3 жыл бұрын

@@ruthmorr9501 your picture made me joyous beginning my day warm loving glow of a Hebrew woman best thing a black man can see to begin his day How blessed you are. SHALAWAAH🙏🏽

@chantalchoctawkreyol6540 3 жыл бұрын

Yessss💞💞

@ScorpioMami415 11 ай бұрын

Speak our culture with truth 👏 my mother is a Louisiana Creole and my father was a Cuban Creole of Mexican, Spanish descent.

@pierrerochon7271 8 ай бұрын

Respect to the producer- but this is not fair and balanced - Interview people who do not share ALL of your views- otherwise it becomes an accusatory documentary. Hearsay??

@daphnerodriguez9980 3 жыл бұрын

AMAZING THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜,

@nola3058 2 жыл бұрын

New Orleans and Haiti has a LONG history together since the Haitian revolution, sak pase', ya' heard me!? ⚜️⚜️⚜️

@PurplePillRiches Жыл бұрын

No doubt they're cousins

@DaTruthTeller504 4 ай бұрын

False information.

@kaleahcollins4567 3 жыл бұрын

Haiti creole was also mixed with spanish ameridian besides the stronger African word structures and phrasing

@xr2kid 3 жыл бұрын

Our Creole, Kouri-vini, mixes native american languages and words almost all the words we use herbs and some animals comes from the Atakapa and other ones as well as Spanish. We use the "ñ" as well in pronunciation and writing.

@anaiscarpaille2677 2 жыл бұрын

Haitian creole is very different from the creole spoken in Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guyana.The creole spoken in Guadeloupe is not that of Martinique even if there are a lot of similarities. As for French Guyanese, their créole is also different. Haitian creole is a language apart since it is an official idiom in this country which was cut off French influences - and the French language- at the beginning of the 19th century with the Haitian revolution. Creole is an official language in Haiti where only 2% of the population speak French. Haitian immigrant children in Guadeloupe and Martinique have a hard time adaptating to the French school system because French is not their mother tongue. Over the years, the creole spoken in the French West Indies has been deeply influenced by the French language. It is no longer what it used to be 50 years ago because more and more people tend to use French structures and words their parents would not have used when they were young.

@Miss.ShirleyVehicleConfessions 2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@GearsinMotionGraphics 4 жыл бұрын

The African history is so broad even towards the Americas

@ladydiaspora807 2 жыл бұрын

My parents are from the south,in particular Alabama on my father's side and Tennessee and Mississippi on my moms side. No knowledge of anyone being from Louisiana let alone new Orleans. I did ancestry testing and there was noted French heritage. Found this interesting. Did the French venture to any other southern states beside Louisiana?

@neilsoulman 2 жыл бұрын

same with me, family is mostly from the North East US, with both French and African blood on my pops side, but can't find a New Orleans connect

@kristinmcarthur4915 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. The french were in Mobile. Mobile was the capitol before it moved over to New orleans and of course before the states got divided. Bienville and iberville settled both areas. There is or was a large creole population in Mon Louis Island near mobile. I was born in Baton Rouge but raised in Mobile.

@jonathanlambert7464 2 жыл бұрын

@@neilsoulman Look in Maine. Maine had direct French -Cajun population there who then migrated to Louisiana. Also French is still in Canada - Quebec etc

@og-greenmachine8623 3 жыл бұрын

No shade on Haiti? Who else MAKES “GUMBO” Other than 👉🏽Louisiana Creoles? We also, have dishes 👉🏽NO OTHER PEOPLE, prepare...

@medjina12 3 жыл бұрын

Haitians do have a dish call gumbo, but it’s something completely different but again Haitian do make something similar to New Orleans gumbo

@Homoclite 2 жыл бұрын

Gumbo is a West African name for Okra. So Ghanaian folks should take the most credit. Many Black folks from Haiti as well as America have an ancestral path that goes back to Ghana 🇬🇭

@Dragoncam13 2 жыл бұрын

@@medjina12 But New Orleans gumbo is not the genuine gumbo that you see in south western Louisiana

@herewegoagin4667 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dragoncam13 Gumbo was brought to South West Louisiana from New Orleans

@Dragoncam13 2 жыл бұрын

@@herewegoagin4667 BS it came to the entire region at once dude,gumbo in New Orleans isn’t even served the same as that of south western Louisiana

@kaleahcollins4567 3 жыл бұрын

You have to remember how it Go Disney Creole language and culture has started persons of color even in Haiti teach your children well as their native tongue but but higher education they will go to France or New Orleans same thing as you want they would learn Creole of the native tongue but the higher education need to go to France or Haiti for military training

@zoefofo7769 2 жыл бұрын

Instead of having haitian creole, martinique creole, guadeloupe creole, saint Lucie creole. Why not just federate the creole language

@PurplePillRiches Жыл бұрын

I agree with that. The Spanish-speaking countries do it and move as a group despite their controversial issues. But negroes are hard-headed and love to do things alone. I think the creole confederate is a POWER move though. All Spanish ain't the same but they manage to understand each other and work together. We can do the same

@Belle5942 3 жыл бұрын

I am just really annoyed .... there are soo many cross - cultural behaviours but besides that it's like hundreds of years later we have to rebuild that knowledge.

@ohthelovelypoems 2 жыл бұрын

It's been there, unfortunately we have to dig for it, many times all by ourselves. Nobody in my family ever talked about our ancestry or who anyone was beyond the great grandparents, maybe because families were big and it took everything just to make a living. I got so excited when I first knew the names of my grandparents beyond that and census records will list male occupation too.

@dawnemile4974 Жыл бұрын

Creole are not just mixed race people. They are descended from the most ancient peoples who settled in the new wotld.

@laronhill7980 3 жыл бұрын

Wish I was tied to the otherwise

@andreathesexy1 3 жыл бұрын

griot&pickliz

@ruthmorr9501 3 жыл бұрын

Our haitian food is unique

@andreathesexy1 3 жыл бұрын

@@ruthmorr9501 my mom is Haitian

@herewegoagin4667 2 жыл бұрын

Louisiana we have it too but it's different from Haiti griot

@patrickhenri6739 2 жыл бұрын

Remove the creole term from Haitian food.

@patrickhenri6739 2 жыл бұрын

Remove the term creole from the “Haitian” language and give its honorable identity as Haitian.

@ohthelovelypoems 2 жыл бұрын

Guess you didn't watch the video. A form of Creole is spoken wherever there is Creole language. It's a melding of Creole and perhaps French or Creole and Latin American or Spanish or even Creole and Dutch. This really is a fascinating video, I highly recommend paying attention.

@patrickhenri6739 2 жыл бұрын

@@ohthelovelypoems creole is a French / Western Europe thing only in which Afrocentric Haitians has no part of in every aspect. Everything regarding Haitian cultural and heritage is purely Haitian. ( especially the Haitian language should be referenced as “Haitian”).

@MeYou-vp7jb 22 күн бұрын

Sad that people have to shun their "Black" side to make it in America.

@nicolette0266 3 жыл бұрын

We are not Haitian.

@PHlophe 2 жыл бұрын

sweety, same thing. don't sweat.

@Dragoncam13 2 жыл бұрын

@@PHlophe It is not the same thing,Fym?

@lordjusticeel157 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dragoncam13 it really is though

@lordjusticeel157 2 жыл бұрын

@@PHlophe word is bond

@lordjusticeel157 2 жыл бұрын

You are though

@villagegang803 3 жыл бұрын

When your dark skin your not creoles people your more than likely of African descent no African black descendents not knowing what they are talking about only gives them rights to say creole any body who's predominantly African/African-American as full black American of african descent who has full 💯% total African ancestry or 50% less African American ancestry/DNA is either full African american or a descendant of Africa as full black American period.

@saintseer9578 3 жыл бұрын

That’s not how being Louisiana Creole works at all there’s so many facets of being Creole it’s not even funny. Do a DEEP, DEEP, dive on Creole history not just the generic definition that is widely used now. I have hella family that is passe blanc to dark brown...guess what? We’re all Creole and don’t identify otherwise our culture is Creole. By your criteria I wouldn’t be Creole because my skin color is very middle of the road you’d consider me solely AA. Creole, in the context of Louisiana, never had anything to do with skin color until the Anglos came in after the Louisiana Purchase.

@jessicamcdaniels2337 3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter if you're dark or light. Louisiana Creole is a culture.

@saintseer9578 3 жыл бұрын

@@jessicamcdaniels2337 exactly!!!

@saintseer9578 3 жыл бұрын

@@Charismaaron people really don’t understand and have historical context of what it means to be Louisiana Creole it’s very tiring trying to explain it all the time. Keep speaking the truth fam!

@dontbelongherefromanotherp9807 3 жыл бұрын

True, many are misled what true creole's are. Creole people in Louisiana have little or no African ancestry, and they are a unique ethnic group. One drop of black blood doesn't make someone black. Also, Creoles and later slaves of African descent had rarely anything in common and we're separated classes