Colorstruck Ideas

[icebrAKA]

Originally Posted by southernelle25

The POV that 'one ounce of black blood makes you black' is really more popular as myth than it was as reality. In Plessy v. Ferguson, the court addressed this very matter:

"It is true that the question of the proportion of colored blood necessary to constitute a colored person, as distinguished from a white person, is one upon which there is a difference of opinion in the different states; some holding that any visible admixture of black blood stamps the person as belonging to the colored race (State v. Chavers, 5 Jones [N. C.] 1); others, that it depends upon the preponderance of blood (Gray v. State, 4 Ohio, 354; Monroe v. Collins, 17 Ohio St. 665); and still others, that the predominance of white blood must only be in the proportion of three-fourths (People v. Dean, 14 Mich. 406; Jones v. Com., 80 Va. 544)."

And to follow up PrettyGirl03's explanation as to what Creoles are, you may want to visit http://www.frenchcreoles.com for more information.

Websites like this is the reason why these children feel the way that they do. Since when did creole become a race?

[PrettyGirl03]

Originally Posted by icebrAKA

Websites like this is the reason why these children feel the way that they do. Since when did creole become a race?

I did not realize I had already responded to this post some time ago...lol

I think I've seen that site before, and yes I hate the notion that Creoles are some other race...lololol That's like saying southerners are some other race than black or white...lolol

[icebrAKA]

Originally Posted by PrettyGirl03

I did not realize I had already responded to this post some time ago...lol

I think I've seen that site before, and yes I hate the notion that Creoles are some other race...lololol That's like saying southerners are some other race than black or white...lolol

You know!! The one good thing that I did see on the site that I did like is the fact that one of the guys under the being creole section stated that "being creole is a culture"! I couldn't have said it better! Growing up in Southern Lousisiana was very different!

[Exquisite5]

When I saw this it reminded me of the discussion above about the one-drop rule.

[southernelle25]

Originally Posted by icebrAKA

You know!! The one good thing that I did see on the site that I did like is the fact that one of the guys under the being creole section stated that "being creole is a culture"! I couldn't have said it better! Growing up in Southern Lousisiana was very different!

Very true. No one would say that the Gullah of South Carolina and Georgia are a separate race, just because they have been able to maintain their culture. Being Creole is not about being black or non-black, because the majority proudly trace their ancestry to Africa as well as France. Creole is a culture, it is a community, and it is what remains of a history and identity ALL of Louisiana once shared. The unfortunate thing is that there aren’t more communities in (black)America recording and preserving their heritage.