Creole from Louisiana or new-Orleans ?

Question

I was wondering okay i'm half haitian i speak creole , french and spanish .I know they have some creole speaking people in Louisiana and they speak french also but you not considered a creole if you are not white spanish looking so my question was :
What is a creole from louisiana person ?? and
Do they speak french or creole ?
Why aren't the darker Blacks that speak the language consider creoles from there ?
And how did the spanish get involved in a french speaking culture ?
Please enlightin me i don't understand this matter ??

thank you i was just asking about the shades in complexion becuse i was told only light skins where considered creole there sorry if i offended anyone Thanks
Merci bien mwen parler creole mwe conten conin gen lot moun ki pale sa tou
Messi
je parle francais aussi Corsaire

Answer 1

Creole is the non-Anglo-Saxon culture and life-style that flourished in Louisiana before it became a part of the United States in 1803.

Louisiana Creole is a blending of three different ethnic influences: the west European, west African, and includes a significant input from the Native American. BEFORE Louisiana was purchased into the Union, (otherwise before Whites got a hold of it & ripped the defintion apart) Creole was NOT a thing of skin complexion. It was whether or not your bloodline derived from the above stated places. There are Creoles who are extremely dark, and Creoles who can pass for white. And in the past, all were accepted as Creole. NOW...its more a thing of skin complexion. Society has made it so that people only believe u can truly be Creole if u are light skinned with wavy or bone straight hair. But this is not the case at all. The majority of creoles vary between many shades, and those from Louisian typically speak broken French.

Answer 2

I'm from Guadeloupe, French West Indies and I am Creole (I have absolutely no white Spanish bloos whatsoever): that's what I speak everyday, what I eat, what I listen to, how I behave. I am Creole.
But I guess, we do have to accept that the word has different connotations and nuances in different contexts.
But for sure, not being light-skinned, having white Spanish ancestors or whatever less, doesn't make me less Creole!
Je suis bien contente d'avoir lu ta question qui est très intelligente et intéressante!

Answer 3

Hi,

As an introduction, my parents are Creoles from Ile Maurice/Mauritius, Indian Ocean. Our (mixed) community has all sorts, ranging from African, Chinese, European and Indian. Anecdotes suggest that there may be some Middle Eastern thrown in.

It is not unknown for siblings to be confused as being of different ethnic groups by strangers.

The term Creole doesn't apply just to whites in Louisiana. In addition, some Native Americans speak Creole/French.

Spain owned Louisiana for part of the 18th century and Spanish settlers, often from the Canary Islands, settled there.

There were also settlers from other/northern parts of Europe.

(High) French and its local derivative, Creole, are spoken.

Yes, it was great to read recently that Beyonce, whose middle name is Giselle, is (of) Creole (origin on her mother's side).

This planet is getting smaller and, without wishing to sound sectarian, Creole-type people are its future.

Mo bien content ki ena enn creole lor Yahoo Answers. Coser!

Je suis ravi qu'il y a une communaute creole en ligne. Vive la creolite et vive la communaute creole!!!!!!!

Il y avais la fete internationale/creole a Maurice en janvier (je crois).

J'habite en Angleterre et je suis fier que Thierry Henry est capitaine de mon equippe.

Answer 4

Raynebow_Divas answer is very true. My family ha Creole blood running all through its veins and my great grandmother (who is 99) can't stand the fact that modern creoles seem to believe that only literskinned are true Creole. Its such a false stereotype.

Answer 5

A lot of dark skin people are considered creole, my ex hair dresser was my complexion and called herself creole. Beyonce isn't dark skin but she isn't white Spanish looking and she's considered creole, while on her mother's side.

Answer 6

New Orleans Is in Louisiana