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Crawfish, Cajuns and Acadians

In 2010, writing for the St. Martinville-based Teche News, Jim Bradshaw published an article entitled “When ‘Cajun’ Was a Fightin Word.” Jim eloquently tookRead More

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Filed Under: Cuisine, Discrimination & Prejudice, Genealogy, History, Identity, Language, Latinité, Migrations, Mythology, Religion, Slavery Tagged With: Acadianism, Acadiannité, Acadians, appropriating, appropriation, bifurcation, Cajun, Cajunism, Cajunité, Cajunity, Cajuns, Creole, créolité, division, ethnicization, l'union, Latinité, Louisiana Creoles, Racialization, reappropriating, self-determination, unité, unity

Physical descriptors

“What he look like?” We’ve all heard this question in some way in the US in the 20th and 21st centuries. Usually, folksRead More

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Filed Under: Descriptors, Language Tagged With: admixture, Alek Wek, bay, blan, blood quantum, Channing Tatum, David Luíz, Dean Baquet, Denise Boutté, Désirée Glapion Rogers, Djimon Hounsou, Elle de Génères, Gabrielle Union, Genuwine, grif, griffe, human races, Jimmy Graham, katron, katronn, Latin descriptors, Latin Louisiana, Louisiana, Louisiana Creole, Marie Thérèse Carmélite Anty, milat, milatrès, Mitch Landrieu, mulâtre, mulâtresse, nèg, nègre, négrès, négresse, Physical descriptors, quarteron, quarteronne, Racialization, Shawanda Lewis, Valerie Jarrett

Creole Identity in Louisiana

Yesterday débuted International Creole Heritage Month. At first glance, folks in their particular locales may think: “International, though?” Well, yes; international. While weRead More

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Filed Under: Identity, Language, Slavery Tagged With: Americanisms, Americanization, Creole identity, race and ethnicity, Racialization

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