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Atlas Obscura<p>Gumbo Hut Shioya in Naoshima, Japan</p><p>Enjoy traditional Louisiana-style gumbo and the spirit of Southern hospitality 7,000 miles from New Orleans.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creole</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=cajun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cajun</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=restaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restaurants</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-GastroPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-GastroPlace</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gumbo-hut-shioya" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Gumbo Hut Shioya</a></p>
knizer<p><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonWeekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonWeekend</span></a> 24/x<br>Fri 3p Cabo Verdean Independence Festival Boston @ City Hall Plaza - "Get ready for a day filled with vibrant cultural performances, delicious food, and festivities as we honor Cabo Verdean heritage and independence. Mark calendars &amp; invite friends &amp; family!" <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1613045892690762/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/events/1613045892</span><span class="invisible">690762/</span></a><br><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/CapeVerde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapeVerde</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/CaboVerde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CaboVerde</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/CapeVerdean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapeVerdean</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Portuguese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portuguese</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a></p>
Betsy Roberts Miller ⁂<p>Free Zoom event MONDAY 9 July 2024 @ 8PM ET with the National Genealogical Society &amp; Jari Honora,, whose work uncovering Pope Leo's Creole ancestry captured national attention. <br>Jari C. Honora, a Certified Genealogist, is a New Orleans native &amp; resident &amp; proud Louisiana Creole with 2 decades of experience researching families &amp; institutions in south Louisiana &amp; the Gulf Coast, regularly sharing research findings on the CreoleGen blog. </p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geneadons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geneadons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://upfront.ngsgenealogy.org/2025/06/join-our-culture-conversation-with-jari.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">upfront.ngsgenealogy.org/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/join-our-culture-conversation-with-jari.html</span></a></p>
John Colagioia<p>Why the Black pope matters—from New Orleans’ 7th Ward to South Los Angeles and beyond <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/5/25/2323801/-Why-the-Black-pope-matters-from-New-Orleans-7th-Ward-to-South-Los-Angeles-and-beyond" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/story/2025/5/25/2</span><span class="invisible">323801/-Why-the-Black-pope-matters-from-New-Orleans-7th-Ward-to-South-Los-Angeles-and-beyond</span></a></p><p>It’s remarkable enough that Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Robert Francis Prevost, is the first pope from the United States...But the real revelation is that this man from Chicago has roots in Creole Louisiana, specifically the 7th Ward neighborhood of New Orleans.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a></p>
Nevis Island<p>The last two decades have seen an incredible rise in the world of music festivals in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caribbean</span></a>. Over the last five years, the likes of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StKitts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StKitts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MusicFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicFestival</span></a> as well as the World <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> Festival in Dominica have seen rapid growths in popularity. <a href="https://www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainment/2025/05/23/caribbean-festivals-are-keeping-the-standards-high/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">voice-online.co.uk/entertainme</span><span class="invisible">nt/2025/05/23/caribbean-festivals-are-keeping-the-standards-high/</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>Leo’s maternal ancestors were Creoles of color- listed as “mulatto,” a term used at the time for people of mixed Black and white ancestry <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pope</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mulatto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mulatto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creole</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/popeleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popeleo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://religionnews.com/2025/05/09/pope-leo-xivs-previously-unknown-creole-roots-are-a-most-american-story/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">religionnews.com/2025/05/09/po</span><span class="invisible">pe-leo-xivs-previously-unknown-creole-roots-are-a-most-american-story/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>If they knew that one of the spouses had even a drop of "black" blood, they'd report them to the authorities, since miscegenation was still against the law.</p><p>And so it goes…. Racial classification is a totally artificial scheme of dividing people into groups, about as credible and arbitrary as dividing people into big-foot and little-foot people, or large-nosed or small-nosed people. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <br>/8</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>He told me that he had relatives who would go to get a driver's license and depending on how they looked, they'd be registered as white or black.</p><p>The one-drop rule was still alive and well when I was in school in New Orleans. There was a group of Catholic women called something like the Catholic Daughters who considered it their mission to scan the newspaper daily for engagement announcements.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <br>/7</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Like many of the students I'd teach when I began teaching at Xavier University, she was classified as black in the crazy scheme used to classify people as black or white. Though she looked totally Caucasian….</p><p>Another of my close friends at Loyola grew up on an island In Mobile Bay whose inhabitants have long been Creoles of mixed racial ancestry. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <br>/6</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>One of my friends when I was in college at Loyola was a beautiful young woman who was blonde and blue-eyed. We went on several dates together. When I happened to ask her what high school she went to, she told me she went to Xavier's high school. Naively, I was surprised and said, "But that's a Black school, isn't it?"</p><p>She then said, "But I'm Black!"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <br>/5</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>None of this is news to me, either, because 1) I have some family roots going back to New Orleans and surrounding areas in the early 1820s, 2) I went to college at Loyola in New Orleans and then returned to teach at the historically black university Xavier there, 3) researching family history has made me very aware of how common it was for white families to have biracial relatives.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"'Passing' for white has also been the subject of several best-selling novels over the years and well-documented by historians, anthropologists, and sociologists.</p><p>I did research on the subject for an anthropology dissertation and have written frequently about 'race' as a social construct, racism as a harsh reality, 'miscegenation,' and free people of color in New Orleans and other parts of the South in past stories here at Daily Kos."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>That is, his family members on that side of his family would have been classified as Black under the one-drop rule that long obtained in US culture. One drop of African ancestry, and you're black….</p><p>She writes, </p><p>"What I find fascinating is the media’s sudden interest in a Creole history that is not news to me, or to many other Black people familiar with issues of 'race,' color, and ancestry in Louisiana and the larger Black community."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Denise Oliver Velez, whose ancestral family circle includes Creoles of color in south Louisiana, has written a fascinating article about how the media are now covering the discovery that Pope Leo is descended from Creoles of color in New Orleans: </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/17/2321695/-Caribbean-Matters-Exploring-the-new-pope-s-Black-Caribbean-ancestry" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/17</span><span class="invisible">/2321695/-Caribbean-Matters-Exploring-the-new-pope-s-Black-Caribbean-ancestry</span></a></p>
Laurent Duval<p>(Conversation entre amis dans les Terres du Milieu)<br>- Legolas : tu arrives encore à manger <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cr%C3%A9ole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>créole</span></a> dans le Mordor ?<br>- Gimli : tous les jours, je me fais un Uruk-hai saucisse !<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cuisine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cuisine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LOTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LOTR</span></a></p>
Betsy Roberts Miller ⁂<p>The new pope's Louisiana roots — which are reportedly being investigated by the Archdiocese of New Orleans — are just part of the Black Catholic intersection quickly taking shape in the media and elsewhere.</p><p>He chose his papal name, Leo XIV, in honor of Pope Leo XIII, who reigned in the late 19th century, pioneered in Catholic social teaching, and condemned slavery in two papal documents.</p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/popeleo14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popeleo14</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/BlackCatholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCatholic</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyHistory</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/black-catholics-on-pope-leo-xiv/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">blackcatholicmessenger.org/bla</span><span class="invisible">ck-catholics-on-pope-leo-xiv/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Okay, yeah, you all know that I don’t share any information that might identify me. Not in this America. Still, some things are more important than <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a>.So here is a nugget.<br>Funnily enough, we are all full blown <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheists</span></a>.</p><p>Anyway, please read a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> that includes my closest relative &amp; friend <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkRoudan%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkRoudané</span></a> about historic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> culture, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FamilyMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyMythology</span></a> &amp; the deep weirdness of “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/passing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passing</span></a>”.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fact</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/creole-identity-history-pope-new-orleans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GU8.dFiy.fR34VUAXbV5y&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/creo</span><span class="invisible">le-identity-history-pope-new-orleans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GU8.dFiy.fR34VUAXbV5y&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Joshua McNeill<p>So, even this <a href="https://h4.io/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a> piece, despite using valid historical sources, gets things wrong. <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> was never really shorthand for "Creole people of color", and this focus on skin color was really not the issue at all, as it isn't generally when talking about <a href="https://h4.io/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a>. A race is simply a group of people who have been <a href="https://h4.io/tags/racialized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racialized</span></a> in order to justify exploiting them.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope-leo-creole-new-orleans.html?ref=levelman.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope</span><span class="invisible">-leo-creole-new-orleans.html?ref=levelman.com</span></a></p>
Joshua McNeill<p>4) In the 20th century up to the present, South <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Louisianians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisianians</span></a> use <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Cajun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cajun</span></a> generally as a synonym for <a href="https://h4.io/tags/White" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>White</span></a> and <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> generally as a synonym for <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a>.</p><p>But while the revisionist history put forth in (3) did not hold for how locals define <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Creoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creoles</span></a> today, it has become the prevalent misconception about what <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> meant in the early <a href="https://h4.io/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> years. Also, in the 21st century especially, there have been activists who've sought to recapture the original use of <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> as just meaning 'local'</p><p>..</p>
Joshua McNeill<p>1) <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> meant 'local' even into the 19th century (i.e., all native-born <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Louisianians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisianians</span></a> were <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Creoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creoles</span></a>)</p><p>2) The <a href="https://h4.io/tags/LouisianaPurchase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisianaPurchase</span></a> and <a href="https://h4.io/tags/racial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racial</span></a> tensions before and after the <a href="https://h4.io/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilWar</span></a> complicated the picture in the 19th century</p><p>3) Post Civil War, <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Whites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whites</span></a> made concerted efforts to revise history so that Creole meant <a href="https://h4.io/tags/White" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>White</span></a> Louisianian of <a href="https://h4.io/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> ancestry, and therefore collapsed former Free people of color in with former enslaved people as Black.</p><p>...</p><p><a href="https://h4.io/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a></p>