Famous Louisiana French Creoles

[augustinecomeaux]

@NinaGiavonni ....Oh Really !! Talk is cheap... Get to the point.. I like challenges

[imaStonesFan]

I enjoy all you videos

[7duruisseau]

History is wonderful!!!!!

[perfectochico]

This video was filled with flaws. A lot of these people did not have french creole roots in Louisiana(Joan Bennet, Alexandre Dumas, etc). Furthermore, the video was very narrow being that it only focused on accomplished white & very fair mulatto creoles and ignored everyone in between.

[augustinecomeaux]

@perfectochico It appears Your response is filled with flaws.Joan Bennett is the Great Grand Daughter of Morris W Morris a member of the Louisiana Native Guard & a Mixed Race Creole. Alexandre Dumas also has strong Louisiana Roots as His Ancestors Were Haitian Creoles who migrated to France. I put on My videos whats out there & it's not about skin Color. I suggest You do a bit More in depth Reading on Your Creole History. I didn't make this Video for You to Criticize it but to enjoy it

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

Thank you for listening, I hope we can talk about it again. That way we work together to enlighten people about the culture of both of our people.

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

No harm intended, but whenever Creoles are depicted, they always show mixed race Creoles, and not French Creoles. In the French Creole community of New Orleans, this doesn't sit well. Can you do me a favor, and distinguish the two in your videos. We don't want teach the wrong thing, which would to show that Creoles are mixed race only. But, the definition is evolving again, to mean anyone or anything native to New Orleans. 3 evolutions, White to mixed race, then to native New Orleanian.

[augustinecomeaux]

@WhiteFrenchCreole

Creoles are not anyone who say's He is.We as Creoles are finally beginning to Recognize Ourselves as a distinct group of People. We are no longer living in a Society where someone dictates Who We are & what We should be called .History & Historic accounts have places Us & Our People apart from someone Who says he is Creole simply because it's fashionable.The Creole of Color dates back to 15th Century Africa & Europe as well.We are White French as well as Black African..

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

@augustinecomeaux I don't doubt you, so no need to be defensive. I'm just saying that Creole is not exclusively yours, it is ours too. Creole is a culture more than it is a race of people. I'm not doubting you are White French and Black African, we are White French and White Spanish, but we share the same culture. We still exist. We have a society in New Orleans.

[augustinecomeaux]

@WhiteFrenchCreole Never Never Never has anyone to my knowledge claimed Creoles Were Black only ..Creoles are Black, White & Mixed Race. No one is in denial, however ,Our History ,Culture & Name was not Borrow from the European but rather We lived a common Heritage.Many of My ancestors spoke Creole & Have Roots from West Africa & France. Although We may be Multi Racial Our Ancestors (maybe Not All ) come from the Same mother Country France..I like many Creoles, are able to trace Ours

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

@augustinecomeaux I also trace mine to Monsieur Pierre Dupre' of Royal St. in the French Quarter of New Orleans. I will not our identity be stolen. French Creole is our identity. Creole of Color is yours. I respect yours and acknowledge yours, please do the same for mine. The French Creole society of New Orleans have been putting together pamphlets to send to people in the New Orleans metro area to alert them of their Creole heritage, so it will not be lost or as you said "forgotten".

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

@augustinecomeaux You don't have to say that Creoles are mixed race only, but by showing nothing but mixed race people all the time whenever Creole is referred to will make force it so on people ignorant to what a Creole is. If you type in "definition of Creole" it points to Whites of the New World. That is why it is slowly evolving in New Orleans to be anyone or anything Native to New Orleans. That includes all of us. That way, no one will be exclusive to Creole. It is happening as we speak.

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

@augustinecomeaux Don't you agree that Creole is more of a culture than an actual race of people. Because two Creoles remain, there can not be a "Creole" like you describe as "one" people. If someone says "the Creoles" they could be talking about a White person or a mixed race person. Agree??

[DTGRed]

Are the French Creoles called the Cajan

[augustinecomeaux]

@DTGRed

French Creoles, is a contemporary name for People from Louisiana with a Creole Culture ..Creoles can be Black, White, Multi- Racial and More..

On the other hand " Cajuns " are French Canadians Who relocated to Louisiana in the 18th Century during the Grand derangement..Cajuns are mostly White

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

@augustinecomeaux Hey augustine, Hello I am a White French Creole, and I respect the Creoles of Color, but I have something that sits uneasy with me. Some of these people in video are not Creoles of Color, but French Creoles, which you know are the White Creoles. Good example, which is John James Audobon, who was born to a French Naval officer and a French chambermaid named Jean Rabin. His mother died, and he was raised by his father and his mulatto mistress named Sanitte. Audubon was White.

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

@WhiteFrenchCreole Sorry, I meant Jeanne Rabin. That was Audubon's mother who died, after that, his father had a relationship with his mulatto housekeeper named Sanitte. He was then raised by his father and his fathers new mulatto mistress. Thank you for reading.

[augustinecomeaux]

@WhiteFrenchCreole

Simply because He's depicted as a White Creole does not set the Records straight. His Mom, His Fathers Mistress, was a Creole of color. His Father could not Legally Marry anyone of the Black Race.I'm sorry but You are living in the past.The U.S. Postal Service has so honored him with Stamps in his honor & as a Person of Color. How skewed History can Be.Maybe it's time You woke up & smelled the Coffee.The very word Creole is defined as a Created Race.Lets share Society equally

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

@augustinecomeaux Look, I was trying to have a friendly debate with you, but you are not being friendly. You don't want to be, because you hate us, because you want Creole to be yours exclusively. That is horrible. Creole does not just belong to you. John James Audubon's mother is on record as being a White chambermaid from France named Jeanne Rabin who died of disease His STEPMOTHER was a mixed race woman named Sanitte, who was a housekeeper. Those women were two different people. He was White.

[augustinecomeaux]

@WhiteFrenchCreole I believe You got the story all backwards.Audubon's Mulatto Mother was killed in the Slave uprising in Revolutionary Haiti & He was Raised in France by His Fathers new French Wife.He eventually found his way to New Orleans .Remember in Colonial Louisiana Racism did not rare it's Ugly head until Americans took possession of this Poor French Colony.I do Read the History of My people & I never speak anything that doesn't make sense.We are French European as well a Black Creoles

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

@augustinecomeaux I'm sorry augustine, but that is incorrect. His mother was a chambermaid from France that moved to Haiti, named Jeanne Rabin, his father's mistress in Haiti was named Sanitte, which was a Mulatto woman, was not his mother. His fathers new French wife in France was named Anne Moynet in Nantes, France. These are three different women. The first was his biological mother, the second was his father's mistress who cared for him as boy, and the third was his new step mom.

[augustinecomeaux]

@WhiteFrenchCreole You are trying to re live an Era gone & forgotten.I'm not concerned about the few Remaining White Creoles that still cannot accept the Creoles of Color as Before the invasion of the Anglo American.Creoles are more often depicted as Creoles of Color because since the Occupation of Louisiana by the Americans & their policy of Racial separation caused White Creoles to separate themselves from the Creole of color as to Claim their Heritage would hold some concept of Blackness

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

@augustinecomeaux Gone and forgotten? Don't you think that is disrespectful. We are not forgotton, everytime you go to the French Quarter and see Creole on everything, that talking about us. Everytime you go to the French Quarter and see those style of buildings we are not forgotten. I don't have anything against Creoles of Color, but they are trying to erase any evidence of us to retain Creole as exclusive to themselves. This is wrong. We still remain. We have societies in New Orleans.

[WhiteFrenchCreole]

@WhiteFrenchCreole I do not want to be your enemy, rather I'd like to be your friend, because we share the same culture. I have more in common with you than a redneck from Alabama. So please don't feel as if you need to be defensive with me. Ok?

[champagnealex]

creole is most popular in the south...

up north, we have no clue who or what they are... i

any ways...

[Jurbaga]

Boo, no Amede Ardoin! :(

[elainebmack]

Great job! I especially love the music. A general comment: Americans are so obsessed with race and color. They don't realize that there are places on this earth in which culture speaks louder than race, and the Creole culture is a striking and lively example of this. Simply accept the Creole culture and its people for what they are, and stop going on about hair texture and complexion, "percentages" of this or that. Everyone is beautiful. End of story!

[Drogyne]

Great post! We seem to be coming together all the time. Some of the original community in Haiti came across the Mona Channel to Kingston, Jamaica--it was closer than Louisiane. I am descended from that early community, and we all speak French as a second language. It's weird, when you look in the island's telephone directories, there is a handful of French surnames in a sea of English names. Laissez les bon temps rouler, indeed!

[mrssummerf]

my people are beautiful love the fact im creole

[TifNieB]

So, Im from New Orleans and am well aware of my creole roots right...

... but on last week while being bored I went to the New Orleans Museum next to the St. Louis Cath. OMG, I felt like I knew nothing bout my city or roots... cause I was running round that place like a kid in a candy store

Just wanted to share.

Liked the slide show

[infiniteflux]

so are creoles black or something else? what are the creole traditions

[augustinecomeaux]

@infiniteflux

Creoles in General are Multi-Racial but then again We come in all Colors..Creoles can be Black, White and Mixed Race...Creole is a Culture nor a Racial connotation

[VoodooCreole]

@infiniteflux There are Aristocratic Creole and Creole of Color... blacks and mixed race fall into Creole of Color. Descendants of wealthy Frenchman are Aristocratic.

[ginjared]

well i think your music is fantastic, your accents are beautiful , and you are an extremely good looking mix of people. Personally i prefer a lovely lively healthy mongrel dog of mixed heritage rather than the often sickly so called 'pedigree' dog.I believe robustness and creativity are born out of diversity and mixed blood. So all my best wishes to you, T.Y for making my world more fascinating.

[For3verCreole]

Laissez les bon tempz roulez ! :) <33

[breacola]

Awesome video! Thanks Augustine!

[l7ary]

So creole is a heritage not a race?

[augustinecomeaux]

For someone who knows nothing about Creoles and their Culture You seem to be full of negative comments..The way it's done is You read up on something and then You criticize..Lets stop the criticism and lets appreciate other people and their Culture..We don't criticize You and Your Culture so why are You jumping all over Ours ..We know who We are and We have a well documented History..We are Multi Racial so that means We have multiple Cultures and what about You

[l7ary]

wow your defensive

I was asking a question

Hence the "?"

you said yourself creoles include many diffent races

but you are tied together by history/heritage

Also how come there are lots of multiracial people who aren't considered creole

[augustinecomeaux]

so It's OK for you to say that "Creoles Frustrate the Heck out of Me" but it's not good for Me to respond in kind...Again and again Creole is a Culture that emcompaces Religion , Language, Food choices , Music, People from a different Society and Culture..Creoles are from "Louisiana", a French Colony that was sold to America..We and Our Ancestors are the baggages that came along with the territory...If you knew anything about Creole History You would know that

[amastara]

@l7ary to answer ur question they are people who share a culture that is a that is derived from a mixture of africa/african american, native america, french arcadian, french and spanish culture. theyre a mixture 3 or all of these ethnicities but it has more to do with your family history and such. they were at one time associated with the elite class in some circles.

[MyriamFrench]

I love being Creole ! Beau Jocque was my Cuzan !

I am a mix-race Creole !

[Creole24Titia]

VIVE LE CREOLE jhabite a paris et ya beucoup de noir et blanc ki parle le creole

[Angrygumballl]

Why are these people so mad. LOL! Keep on bringing the knowledge Augustine. God bless

[augustinecomeaux]

I guess a lot of People are upset because they think Light skinned Creoles are trying to distance Ourselves from Our African American brothers and Sisters..What they don't understand is that We just want to be recognized as Mixed race Creoles that We are

[MyriamFrench]

That is right , we just want to be recognized as Mixed race Creoles , we are our own people . Augustine I am Myriam , I know Dr. Andrew Jolivette , I was supposed to be at the get together you all had in September I pray I can make it to the next one .

[pvtlee00]

Loving my creole culture

[Buggerlugz]

I would like to get the track listing for this great video

[Neanyboo]

I'm so proud to be a Creole! This makes me smile!

[phoenixhoneybee]

im creole and this video made me proud of my heritage. i grew up in california so we don't really have a lot of access to creole culture.

[rhomeaforever]

Interesting video.

[strtthshw]

Any other Lousisia Creole get frustrated when people say "You're Creole? You're not black? What's a Creole?" Lol. I get that all the time. Maybe it's because I live in California. Anyway, great vid :D

[Fuzzbabby]

you can be black and creole, creole has no specific race

[OnFiya4Jesus]

We are from New Orleans and get that all the time cause I'm dark and my husband is fair....THANK YOU!

[constance380]

@Fuzzbabby

yep and there were many mulatto creole people who were creole;p

[creolebeauty17]

i love être créole. im spanish africains et français. i aller à la créole tous les festivals d'été à la Nouvelle-Orléans en Louisiane, mais maintenant est détruit de façon ils délocaliser les festivals

[MyriamFrench]

My ancestors are Creole . My family comes from Louisiana . Francois Lebon met and married Marie Lafils in the late 1700's . He was school teacher and he was born in St. Esprit Dept. de Gard, France. She was Haitian and a free woman of color. They had two sons. Francois Esprit and Jean Louis Esprit. He gave his children the last name of the village from where he came from. We all go by the last name Esprit til this day. Our family is huge , mainly in Louisiana, Texas, and California.

[multiculturalbella]

so who is the girl that starts your video because I've seen her several times when I was looking at research for my heritage- creole heritage

[augustinecomeaux]

Really don't know who she really is but for sure she's Creole...She is a Cane River Creole who was present at the anual Creole Heritage Celebration ..You can find her photo in their 2005 photo gallery...

[augustinecomeaux]

never said all were Louisiana Creoles,All are clearly Frenchcreoles with strong Louisiana Roots.Most Creoles have strong Haitian roots As you are certainly aware.Many of Our ancestors migrated from Haiti during the slave insurrection including My Ancestors so We call them Louisiana Creoles.they are our Brothers/Relatives. Alexandre Dumas not from Louisiana shares our Racial/Ethnic

make up.Its like telling me that a Frenchman born outside of France is not French.But of course You know it all

[Fuzzbabby]

That was insightful.Look ...mr. Comeaux, Maybe you're alright

[dawnye1]

your so right about that

[albrown34]

jean baptist pointe du sable was born in haiti his father in france so he isnt a louisiana creole neither is alexandre petion because he is haitian too and so is alexandre dumas he is of haitian descent as well so who ever made this needs to get their facts straight

[MyriamFrench]

I have a question for you . Are you Creole?

And what is your family history . You are very informed it seems.

[albrown34]

no but my step dad is and i am haitian and so is all my family. i also am a history teacher and i love my country haiti's history and louisiana's history because it also stems and goes with haitian history after our revolution.

[sodlo]

@albrown34 Don't forget W.E.B. Dubois

[Angrygumballl]

Good work Augustine. You could have had that list go all day.

[misspilatus]

Awesome! I hate what the Anglos did to our people. Imagine all the other great things Creoles could've done had the Anglos not marched in and change things!