Are Louisiana Creoles Black?

[00:00:00][Applause] none of them are the same shade then she shows her uncle and I'm like what that when we try to break people up by color groupings by crayon color groupings what happens is that you're going to start splitting up kids in the same family into different sections and that doesn't make any hi I'm Danielle Romero thank you so much for being with me here on my channel where we talk about American identity and family stories and I haven't seen you guys in like two weeks I took a little break I went to see the Eclipse I drove from Nashville to Missouri which was 3 and 1 half hours that way it was incredible it was my first Eclipse but then the drive home was like almost 8 hours I wasn't prepared for the eclipse traffic um and I feel like I the I I have to say this because every time I make a video and I spend any time in the sun I always get comments on black fishing so just as to get it out of the way I was in the sun yesterday for a couple of hours um in case anyone is concerned um so that being said I was on X I don't do Tik Tok I don't know how I had I made an account but I do not know how to get back in which is probably for the best but I saw this post I wanted to share with you guys actually there were two it was this lady from from Louisiana I think from New Orleans but definitely from Louisiana and she was responding to someone else and her handle's actually like something cre baby and someone's comment to her was if both of your parents aren't black you not black okay I want to share what this woman says with you because this is something I have been learning over the past year but I want to save that I'll get to that I want to just share with you what what is going on because this is going viral I think this video has almost 8 million views right now which is crazy so let's hop over there so uh if you're not following me on X I'm down here I'm finding Lola I'm trying to use it more um so come over there so here she is and let's listen to what she has to say it's one minute long and we'll talk about it after let's do some education okay if both your parents aren't black you're not black did I say my parents weren't black no so why'd you get that from Tik Tok this is for educational purposes only let me scool you on something about Louisana folks so first off my parents was born in the 50s and because you had the 1% rule I know I know they on their birth certificates says colored what does colored mean a pre of colors but colored also back in the day meant black so if vote my parents have colored on their birth certificates don't they mean they colored they black according to the government so um try again what you comment thank you all right and she had one other one um that was really funny that I want to jump to before we chat so she she has one where she shares pictures of her parents but what was really interesting is you see her dad and you're like okay then she shows her uncle and I'm like what so I want to show you this she says um this is my Louisiana Creole black family argue with your mama not me all right so here it is let me show you this this is me and my dad Creole now this is my dad's brother Creole same parents my M my poo and this is my M poo with all my aunts and uncles none of them are the same shade this is me and my cousins when we were little and none of us are the same shade my mama papa and me and my first cousins and my brother down at the bottom right none of us are the same shade or have the same hair I'm not going to argue with these people let me show you this so let's I'm going to hop over the full screen in a second um I I honestly I feel like I could get a little emotional I think there's so much here one this woman should not have to defend herself in any way and I think that there are a lot of ethnic groups in United States that shine a light on how ridiculous the black and white divide is and we've talked a lot about that but really creel I feel like Creole Creole makes it look ridiculous it makes it look absolutely ridiculous because you have family members and I have it on my family as well on the census some family members were like the dad's marked as black and the kids are marked as white and molato I'm like I'm sorry the siblings are are are different um and this has something to do with being multi-generational mixed as well and I'm going to bring my friend Victoria on to talk about this she has written a plethora of books on and I can't wait to talk about it but multi-generational mixed that means that you got a whole bag of marbles of all different colors and every time a child is boring is like and you pull it out and and the marbles are all going to be different and there's so many colors in there to choose from and I see this evident in my own children I can't remember what it's called I know there sometimes called throwback genes is it called activism I don't remember let me know in the comments but I have I have three kids and all three kids are different different colors all the same both parents are the same um my husband also has mixed Heritage his mom is English and his dad has indigenous Mexican and Puerto Rican and Spanish and so the kids came out looking pretty different um to the so different that with one of my children who is a lot fairer than me I have been asked if I was her nanny I was asked if I was her nanny which first of all why are you asking that uh Second of all I was flattered because I felt like an old Haggard mom that day but you can't we can't just make the snap judgment on someone's entire ancestry story based on how one person looks uh in front of you case in point This Woman's father was a lot fairer than his brother it's like well you know what I'm saying and so I'm I'm just really enjoying this conversation I love that she's bringing this to light because this is something that America needs this is something that the world needs to hear and see that when we try to break people up by color groupings by crayon color groupings what happens is that you're going to start splitting up kids in the same family into different sections and that doesn't make any sense and I think this is absolutely beautiful I'm so proud to be learning about my Creo Heritage and and honestly it has brought so much healing for me because I think a lot of times either if you're disconnected from your ancestry or whatever if you were adopted or you don't know your parents or any number of things that could happen maybe you just don't know it like I just didn't know sometimes you're wondering well how do I fit in what if I don't have the right hair texture what if I don't have the right nose shape what if blah BL all those things and when you're looking especially at groups like like the Creole Community we see on that it's like everyone fits in whatever you are if you're cre you fit in and I have I just think that's the most beautiful Incredible Gift and and I love how it shines a light on the Ridiculousness of the breaking things up by race I actually want to talk about something else that's been going on in the news there's an NBA player his name's like Isaiah I'm G have to look it up he's got a German last name but basically a lot of people just thought he was like a white German guy and turns out his father is identifies as African-American and he grew up seeing himself as black and when you look at this guy if you're looking at him and saying okay well what Crayola Color is he most people are going to say well he's the white crayon but that was not his cultural experience that was not his upbringing so I'm excited we're going to talk about that in another video so let me know if you've heard about him super interesting but I just I love this woman um I'm on Tik Tok so I can't connect with her but if you know her if you know her family I'm going to get in contact with her I think I think this is incredible I think it's beautiful to reconnect your roots and I think that this woman should be able to say she she is whoever she is however she was raised or however she has reconnected or whatever that looks like for her awesome like that's great but the idea that she has to get on here and defend herself and show pictures of her family is frustrating but I also completely understand it because when people are constantly questioning you how you see yourself or how you who you know yourself to be and having to like pull out the the facts like well check out this picture it's I have been there I completely understand that and I don't know so let me know if if you have experienced that and what you think about this woman like great I want to see if I can bring her on I'd love to talk with her some more and it's so good to be back with you all I took a little bit of a break I am working on a couple of new projects I just want to take some time to decompress and think about it and and just get my head straight so but it's so good to be back I've missed hanging out with you let me know what you think about this if you've seen this on Tik Tok we'll talk soon