#creoles — Public Fediverse posts
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Over the decades, they established a foothold in business, the building trades and the arts, particularly music, w/significant contributions to the development of #jazz. They continue to be an important strand in the city’s famously #heterogeneous culture.
The revelation of the new #pope’s heritage is a tremendous moment for the history of #Louisiana #Creoles, said Lolita Villavasso Cherrie, a co-founder with Mr. Honora of The #Creole Genealogical & Historical Association.
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#Creoles, also known as “Creole people of color,” have a history almost as old as #Louisiana. While the word #Creole can refer to people of European descent who were born in the Americas, it commonly describes mixed-race people of color.
Many Louisiana Creoles were known in the 18th & 19th centuries as “gens de couleur libres,” or free people of color. Many were well educated, French-speaking & Roman Catholic.
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✊ Jean-Luc Mélenchon: “We Need a New Civic Morality”
https://jacobin.com/2025/04/melenchon-virtue-universalism-humanity-creolization/