Creole Explained

I made this Audio for my friends, but it got somewhat informative, so I decided to share it here. If you didn’t know, another complex layer of my identify is I was born & raised in Little Guyana, a Guyanese enclave of NYC, which has the largest indo caribbean diaspora in the United States. I hope to EXPAND on this topic. This is just very informal basics. 🚨 Please excuse my language & any unserio...

Here I explore and comment on the shared language erosion phenomenon. The children of immigrants often acquire English quickly, even if they themselves immigrant as young children. As they increase fluency in English, SOMETIMES this coincides with a decrease in home language fluency. While this is often unintentional, some of these children do in fact embrace English and other west languages in or...

Lightly edited, casually discussion. Here I talk explain the benefits of looking outward in your family tree. I used my 1C3R & 2C3R to help me confirm some genealogical theories. Although these individuals might seem Distant, they might offer insight into close people in your direct ancestral line.

Here I present the phenomenon of mystery children and how direct-consumer ancestral dna test have been linking people to families in ways never seen prior

Here I discuss the controversy of placing Acadian and Quebec as ethnicities, as this population is largely white settlers. This directly erased the ingenious people who inhabit, and have for thousands of years inhabited, these regions

In this episode, I discuss some comments I’ve heard on gg TikTok. I explain the difference between GG English and Gullah. I also explain whether GG are a subset of Black Americans or a separate ethnic group

In this episode, I first discuss my absence (sorry guys . Then, I discuss two phenomena 1. People who speak both English Creole & French Creole 2. People who speak 2+ French Creoles

Here I talk about how I connected with Catholic archives to find the marriage record of my 3rd great grandfather, which I’ve been looking for …. For years. This lead me to find my 3rd ggf’s baptism, which confirmed he was born into slavery

In this episode, I share some reflections and insight that I gained from reading another chapter of Thomas Klinger’s: If I can turn my tongue like that. The Pointe Coupee Creoles speak a unique, distinct dialect of Louisiana Creole. They are unique in that they had for many years a significant African population but most notably because they did not receive Acadian settlement. Therefore, their Cre...

In this episode, I discuss neocolonialism and how this phenomenon leads Creole speakers to deny the value of-or even- the existence of their language. Jamaica is only one example of where this occurs. This was inspired after a student of mine who recently immigrated became upset when her peers said they’d like to learn Patois(Jamaican Creole). He insisted that it was a “not a real Language.” Are t...

In this episode, I discuss South Louisiana's connection to the Latin world as well as my own personal connection to the Latin world, which has reinforced my Latin identity. Louisiana, particularly the southern portion, was once part of the Spanish empire. I explain how Louisiana and in particular Louisiana Creoles would NOT be the same if it weren't for the Spanish.

BOP IT. Here, I contextualize Bounce music from New Orleans as an afro-creole genre that diverges quite a bit from its Rap predecessor... so much so that it bare a number of similarities with caribbean genres such as Dancehall (Jamaica), Dennery Segment Lucian Soca (Saint Lucia), and Bouyon (Dominica). Regardless, Bounce Music is uniquely NOLA. It is one of a kind. It could have been only created...

I'm sorry for the long absence. My studies were getting intense, but I have returned with a new episode where I discuss 1. My mysterious 2nd great grandfather 2. Some genealogy tips, especially with dealing with endogamy.

This is an update to creoles of color vs black Francophones. I’m now realizing a better moniker for Louisiana’s “ black Francophones” really would have been Afro creoles. These are individuals who descended from recently freed enslaved people in Louisiana. Haitians are example of another Afro-Creole people

Here I discuss the Catholic and French connections to Carnival. I compare the carnivals throughout the Creole world.

Here I discuss the complex Creole designation and go into our some people who were in the south Louisiana descended from non Creole families … even one of my ancestors!

Here I discuss learning French first vs learning Creole first. I also talk about anti-white agendas becoming anti-French at the expense of Creole heritage.

What do we think of when we hear Creole? France? French? Well, Creole is often not into expanded to English-based Creoles but to Anglo-derived cultures such as that of Jamaica

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After over 3 years of searching, I finally found my 4th great grandfather baptism from nearly 200 years ago!

In this video, I react to Dr. Shirley Thompson's 2017 "Mon Cher Dupré" The articles illuminates the complicated "love" story between the Louisiana Creole FWOC Marie Boulard and her husband John Dupré. After Boulard dies, Dupré tries to tarnish her name and scam her kids using her "love" letters that she had written to him.

In this episode, I discuss the GG and where they are located. I also discuss the process of decreolization that the Gullah language has been experiencing for decades now. Because of decreolization, many GG people, even the in the rural islands, will not be found speaking a Creole that approaches the more basolect forms of English Creole found elsewhere. This has led a lot of people to believe that...

In this episode, I discuss how I take a realistic approach to my work, which can sometimes put me at odds with colleagues who take a more "idealistic," romanticized approach. Realism attracts me as a scientist because of its objectivity. I go by the evidence, not the feelings. One unfortunate evidence-based opinion is Louisiana Creole is dying and is currently functioning dead. I eventua...

In this episode, I discuss the stigma that has long, and continues to, surround Creole languages. I cite some quotes from my own piece on the Black Francophone experience. I also share some of Edward L. Tinker's harsh remarks on Creole. He describes it as the negro best attempt to master French, a language beyond its capacity. The prejudiced, and quite bluntly racist, remarks have negatively impac...

I was going to make this just a trailer but...yeah lol PICS: TOP Left: The Gullah Woman cooking Rice (traditional staple) (Black Southern Bell @Pintrest) Right: Mulatto woman(FWOC) with her enslaved person and her child in Barbados in 1770s (Agostino Brunias) BOTTOM: Left: Creole girls in likely Haiti (unknown artist) Middle: Afro-Cuban woman with Creole headresss (La Cubana by Dumna Bank) Right:...