In this episode, I discuss the GG and where they are located. I also discuss the process of decreolization that the Gullah language has been experiencing for decades now. Because of decreolization, many GG people, even the in the rural islands, will not be found speaking a Creole that approaches the more basolect forms of English Creole found elsewhere. This has led a lot of people to believe that the Gullah language is essentially the decreolized form promoted online nowadays.

In this episode, I discuss how I take a realistic approach to my work, which can sometimes put me at odds with colleagues who take a more "idealistic," romanticized approach. Realism attracts me as a scientist because of its objectivity. I go by the evidence, not the feelings.

One unfortunate evidence-based opinion is Louisiana Creole is dying and is currently functioning dead.

I eventually talk about the bigotry in the community. Some Creoles have dismissed me even from professional groups because I have different views than they do. This is odd to me because it is contrary to the very ideals that many of these very individuals support such as diversity.

Is it right to have a diversity of gender, race, etc but not diversity of thought?

I was going to make this just a trailer but...yeah lol

PICS:

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Left: The Gullah Woman cooking Rice (traditional staple) (Black Southern Bell @Pintrest)

Right: Mulatto woman(FWOC) with her enslaved person and her child in Barbados in 1770s (Agostino Brunias)

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Left: Creole girls in likely Haiti (unknown artist)

Middle: Afro-Cuban woman with Creole headresss (La Cubana by Dumna Bank)

Right: Creole women in Louisiana (Frenchcreoles.com)

We often hear a lot of comparisons between Creoles and Cajuns. However, this discussion can get further complicated when we explore that the Creoles can be further divided by historical ethnic separations. At first, it was the Free People of Color vs the enslaved Black Francophones. After the civil war, the Free People of Color lost their distinction, as now everyone was free. Therefore, they needed something else to distinguish them- or at least they tried.

Photo Credits

Left: Marine Family of South Louisiana (Ancestry: Littlewhitejeep)

Right: Unidentified family of South Louisiana (FrenchCreoles.com)

Here I review some statistics and research limitations. I explain how AncestryDNA and company work to determine your ethnicity update. I also review the history to explore why matching with a cousin in Africa is very slim for the vast majority of Black Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and Afro-Latinos.

I cite some of the numbers from thednageek.com. Dr. Leah Larkin and other contributing members have several cMs calculators and articles detailing the use of cMs in determining genetic relationships.

I do believe with the right tester, you can match with African cousins perhaps. That will be my research question if I get my grandfather to test.

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In this episode, Marc and Malala explore identity, race, and culture on the island nation of Madagascar.

Madagascar, like most Creole nations, is a former French colony. Yet, we see that the Malagasy a proximal relationship to "Creole" but maybe most do not identity as such.

ART: USC International Mission Photo Archives

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In Louisiana, the Creoles of Color tried hard to keep themselves isolated and distinct from a group that looked like them and sounded like them: The Black Francophone Freedman. Were the latter Creoles? Does this distinction even matter? Here I will explore a distinction included by the Creoles of Colore of Bayou Country novel.

White People mixed these two group up and historically wanted to avoid both of them at all cost. Many Americans would also confused and conflate these two groups into one. Yet, we must remember. Technically.....many of those black francophones were owned by Creoles of Color. So, is it shocking that the Creoles of Color did not want to mix with them?

Here I address the concept of Linguistic Reinforcement. Saint Lucia, a creole nation just south of Martinique, appears to be retaining its creole identity, especially from interactions with the French Creole island Martinique. Saint Lucia's sister island, Dominica, is just south of Guadeloupe. Creole culture and language appears to be reinforced in Dominica by interactions with Guadeloupe. Despite Dominica and Saint Lucia both being anglophone, a far greater portion of their populations speak Creole compared to that of Louisiana. Louisiana Creoles are farther away, yes, and have undergo repressive Americanization efforts. Yet, it appears many Louisiana Creoles are largely unaware of their Creole cousins around the world. Even more, it appears many of these Creole populations are unfortunately largely unaware who Louisiana even is and whether she even speak Creole...