Creole Explained
by Marc L.
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“You’re not Haitian; you’re a Caribbean American”
“You’re not Haitian; you’re a Caribbean American”
About this podcast
This podcast will discuss genealogy, linguistics, and history within the Creolophone world.
I’m a native New Yorker of Louisiana Creole descent. I have a B.A. in French Linguistics w/ a 'concentration' in Creole studies. I study genealogy on the side. Contact: [email protected]
I have a French language Podcast: Rêve Américain. Go check it out; Maybe even subscribe.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 43 episodes
- “You’re not Haitian; you’re a Caribbean American” · 50 minIn this episode I discuss a lot! • Minority Caribbean countries culturally get absorbed by larger Caribbean countries. Especially in the case of 1st gen Americans from these…
- Where I have Been & Whats to Come · 42 minHey guys. I never imagined that I would get burned out to the point where I’d stop recording for… 8 months almost. But here we are. I talk about some personal things as well as…
- Which Indo-Caribbean group creolized the most? · 12 minI made this Audio for my friends, but it got somewhat informative, so I decided to share it here. If you didn’t know, another complex layer of my identify is I was born & raised…
- ‘ I can’t understand my mom, but at least I’m white now!’ · 41 minHere I explore and comment on the shared language erosion phenomenon. The children of immigrants often acquire English quickly, even if they themselves immigrant as young…
- Genealogy tips: Why I found my 2nd Cuz 3x Removed! · 28 minLightly edited, casually discussion. Here I talk explain the benefits of looking outward in your family tree. I used my 1C3R & 2C3R to help me confirm some genealogical theories…
- AncestryDNA: Men are No Longer Safe · 27 minHere I present the phenomenon of mystery children and how direct-consumer ancestral dna test have been linking people to families in ways never seen prior
- Ancestry ‘25: Acadian? Are we indigenous? · 43 minHere I discuss the controversy of placing Acadian and Quebec as ethnicities, as this population is largely white settlers. This directly erased the ingenious people who inhabit…
- Gullah Geechee TikTok: Do y’all even speak Gullah? · 37 minIn this episode, I discuss some comments I’ve heard on gg TikTok. I explain the difference between GG English and Gullah. I also explain whether GG are a subset of Black…
- Creole-Creole Bilinguals 🤯 · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 2In this episode, I first discuss my absence (sorry guys . Then, I discuss two phenomena 1. People who speak both English Creole & French Creole 2. People who speak 2+ French…
- I found my enslaved 3rd great grandfather’s 1848 baptism! · 27 minHere I talk about how I connected with Catholic archives to find the marriage record of my 3rd great grandfather, which I’ve been looking for …. For years. This lead me to find…
- Pointe Coupee Creoles: The Most “Creole” LA Creoles? · 29 minIn this episode, I share some reflections and insight that I gained from reading another chapter of Thomas Klinger’s: If I can turn my tongue like that. The Pointe Coupee…
- Why Jamaicans Refuse to be Bilingual · 30 minIn this episode, I discuss neocolonialism and how this phenomenon leads Creole speakers to deny the value of-or even- the existence of their language. Jamaica is only one example…
- Are Louisiana Creoles Latino? · 38 minIn this episode, I discuss South Louisiana's connection to the Latin world as well as my own personal connection to the Latin world, which has reinforced my Latin identity…
- Bounce Music: A New Orleans-style Dancehall?? · 29 minBOP IT. Here, I contextualize Bounce music from New Orleans as an afro-creole genre that diverges quite a bit from its Rap predecessor... so much so that it bare a number of…
- My missing 2nd ggf & Fake Thrulines via Ancestry · 28 minI'm sorry for the long absence. My studies were getting intense, but I have returned with a new episode where I discuss 1. My mysterious 2nd great grandfather 2. Some genealogy…
- Creoles of Color Vs Afro-Creoles · 18 minThis is an update to creoles of color vs black Francophones. I’m now realizing a better moniker for Louisiana’s “ black Francophones” really would have been Afro creoles. These…
- Is New Orleans Mardi Gras a fake Carnival? · 33 minHere I discuss the Catholic and French connections to Carnival. I compare the carnivals throughout the Creole world.
- Your family’s from Louisiana, but they ain’t Creole · 25 minHere I discuss the complex Creole designation and go into our some people who were in the south Louisiana descended from non Creole families … even one of my ancestors!
- Without French, There's NO Creole · 28 minHere I discuss learning French first vs learning Creole first. I also talk about anti-white agendas becoming anti-French at the expense of Creole heritage.
- Jamaica is Creole ( Intro) · 18 minWhat do we think of when we hear Creole? France? French? Well, Creole is often not into expanded to English-based Creoles but to Anglo-derived cultures such as that of Jamaica
