I've always (perhaps mistakenly) had the impression that the term
'creole' was a social distinction to separate (and ostracise?) 'white'
Caribbeans from their white European counterparts. I had the
impression that there was some social slur attached to being a white
person born in the Caribbean as there was always a suggestion that
such births were the result of miscegenation - somewhere along the
line.
Or have I read too much Jean Rhys and Kate Chopin?
|