"The Cajun story starts in #NovaScotia, where this French-speaking people led a peaceful life, until they didn't. In the middle of the 1700s, the conquering British kicked out the #Acadians — shortened to #Cajuns. Expelled, they found an improbable home amid the backwaters of #French #Louisiana."

#music
#culture

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cajun-zydeco-music-sounds-of-southwest-louisiana-experiencing-remarkable-revival-60-minutes-transcript/

Additionally, the #NYTimes piece must have originally the phrase #Black #Cajun but removed it as a couple articles point to the NYT article for that descriptor. This is a good fix. #Cajuns have also been defined several ways over time but definitely never Black. Today, being perceived as Black is the surest way to be excluded from the possibility of identifying as Cajun.

I ride through the UL Lafayette athletic complex to and from work when I commute by #bike. Today I had to wait for about 150 #football players on the Ragin’ Cajuns to pass before I could continue. Geaux #Cajuns!

#Cycling #Biking #Photography #PhotosWhileBiking

https://gofund.me/7dafd85b

#Louisiana #Acadiana #Acadians #Acadia #Cajuns #Cajun #archeology #anthropology