I am not any kind of Cajun or Creole, and I am not in Cajun and Creole Studies. I have no academic expertise to bear on the question of what is a Cajun or a Creole, what Cajun or Creole history is. My own work on Latin American identities is very different.
I do not wish to be interpellated into collective “dialogue” which engages Cajuns and Creoles of various stripes, and attempts to teach them to identify in a new way. I really do not consider this my place.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 
Too much of this going on. It’s wise to steer clear of it.
Vietnamese “boiling points” story in the NYTimes! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/dining/28united.html?pagewanted=2&sq=cajun&st=cse&scp=1
Joanna – what a well written article!
Hattie – Aha, so this is going on elsewhere! It’s a black hole for psychic energy, I swear!