Does Creole count as a race? If not, should it?

Question

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Answer 1

Yes, but I can tell this question's hidden motive is to be hurtful to someone somehow.

Answer 2

Nope and not it should not be considered a race. Creole is just a culture or heritage of black, Native American and French. I' am from New Orleans, Louisiana and have creole heritage but I know I' am African American as well as other "creole" people. The creole thing isn't a big deal because most black people in the United States have Native American and French heritage in their family history. Finally, some people are delusional of thinking what a creole person should look like, they only thing that creole people are light skin not knowing that their are medium to dark skin people who are "creole" as well. Really, "creole" is a southern thing.

Answer 3

No.

It is an identity, not a race:

United States

Louisiana
Main article: Louisiana Creole people
In the United States, the word "Creole" usually refers to people of any race or mixture thereof who are descended from settlers in colonial French Louisiana before it became part of the United States in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase. Some writers from other parts of the country have mistakenly assumed the term to refer only to people of mixed racial descent, but this is not the traditional Louisiana usage. It is now accepted that Creoles form a broad cultural group of people of all races who share a French or Spanish background. Louisianans who identify themselves as "Creole" are most commonly from historically Francophone communities with some ancestors who came to Louisiana either directly from France or via the French colonies in the Caribbean. (Those descended from the Acadians of French Canada usually identify as Cajuns, rather than Creoles.) The term is also often used to mean simply "pertaining to New Orleans". The general perception of a Creole is usually of an olive toned individual and has been connoted more recently to be a person with strong African-American consanguine relations. While this is true for a number of the Creole population, not all have these ties and many are White New Orleanians or Whites in Southeast Louisiana. Others show a range of races native to post and pre-colonial settlement of Louisiana, notably Native American

Answer 4

No, Creole is actually a culture...I wouldn't count Creole as a race.

Answer 5

NO.

I've met too many beautiful women here in Louisiana that throw the word Creole around to describe themselves. But they use it in such a way that they think they are America's Top Model sometimes.

Irritating.

Answer 6

Most creole people I encounter are pretty sure about what "race" they are so NO

Answer 7

im creole, and i dont consider it a race....its a culture and a language tho...

i dont think it should be considered a race b/c there are "white" creoles and "black" creoles..and creole is already confusing in itself...

i only say im creole when people ask me what am i...obivously i look black and something...so i know when these ppl r asking what i am...there want to kno wat else i am...

-chai

Answer 8

No, race is a really shallow definition and does not match what we're finding out in genetics. Basically there is only one race, human.

Answer 9

No it doesn't, and no, it shouldn't.