| LC control no. | sh 85033926 |
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| Topical heading | Creoles |
| Variant(s) | Criollo |
| See also | Ethnology--Africa Ethnology--America Ethnology--Asia Ethnology--Australasia Racially mixed people |
| Found in | Work cat: Grigsby, D. Creole, 2022: t.p. (Creole) p. 303 (In the colonial history of France, "Creoles" referred to persons born in its colonies of either European, or African, or mixed European and African ancestry. Excluding the indigenous, Creole identification derived from birthplace, not race; in other historical contexts, Creole was presumed to refer only to whites OR only to people of color; scholarship still confuses these different models; this book traces historical shifts) Britannica online, May 20, 2022 (Creole, Spanish Criollo, French Créole, originally, any person of European (mostly French or Spanish) or African descent born in the West Indies or parts of French or Spanish America (and thus naturalized in those regions rather than in the parents' home country). The term has since been used with various meanings, often conflicting or varying from region to region) OED, May 20, 2023 (Creole, n. and adj.; A. n. 1. Chiefly in the Caribbean, certain parts of the Americas (esp. tropical South America, the Gulf States, and parts of Central America), and in Mauritius and Réunion: a person born in one of these countries, but of European or African descent. (Originally used to distinguish such people from those of similar descent who were born in Europe or Africa, and from indigenous peoples. The following senses are clearly defined in early use, but the distinctions become less clear towards the present day. In modern use, the term is generally used for people with shared European linguistic and cultural heritage, rather than relating to race.); a. A descendant of white European settlers (esp. Spanish or French) who is born in a colonized country; b. Any person of mixed ancestry born in a country previously colonized by white Europeans; (in later use typically) such a person speaking a creole (sense A. 2b) as his or her first language; c. A person of black African descent born in the Caribbean or mainland Americas, esp. (in early use) as opposed to one recently arrived from Africa, (in later use) often speaking a creole (sense A. 2b) as his or her first language) |
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