Despite Black residents comprising roughly one in three #Louisianians, only one of six congressional districts emerged with a Black majority.
#Corruption #Bribery #Blackmail #Gifts #FederalistSociety #AntiAmerican #Conservatives #CitizensUnited #AbuseOfPower #POTUS #SCOTUS #Project2025 #Espionage
4) In the 20th century up to the present, South #Louisianians use #Cajun generally as a synonym for #White and #Creole generally as a synonym for #Black.
But while the revisionist history put forth in (3) did not hold for how locals define #Creoles today, it has become the prevalent […]
1) #Creole meant 'local' even into the 19th century (i.e., all native-born #Louisianians were #Creoles)
2) The #LouisianaPurchase and #racial tensions before and after the #CivilWar complicated the picture in the 19th century
3) Post Civil War, #Whites made concerted efforts to revise history […]
