New Orleans Culture

How has migration, and subsequent contact between diverse people in urban America, led to innovation in American music?

The Feast of All Saints, written by Anne Rice: A historical fiction based story about the New Orleans society of free men of color (Gens de couleur libres), before the civil war living within the laws of the white men that surround them. Between 1810 and the Civil War, there lived in New Orleans a strange, Varying mixtures of the black race and French ethnics (half breeds, quadroons, and octoroons, mostly), they had a special place--or non-place--in Louisiana society. Even before the civil war, New Orleans has been a mixture of cultures and ethnics. They could own property (including slaves), but they could not vote; they had

On the morning of August 29, 2005 was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the United States, known as Hurricane Katrina struck the south coast of New Orleans, leaving thousands of African American whom lived in Treme homeless, missing and hundreds dead. Way before the hurricane Treme, which is one of the oldest African American neighborhoods in New Orleans. “The city of New Orleans is officially divided into 73 neighborhoods grouped into 13 planning districts. Among these, the 4th district is of interest because of its central location, cultural history, and socio-economic challenges confronted prior to the catastrophe”(Barrios, 2). The reason why the 4th district was so

The city of New Orleans, Louisiana is known as a human gumbo due to the assortment of people, cultures and year round festivals. New Orleans, Louisiana has become a renowned tourist attraction primarily due to its delectable food, night life (Bourbon Street) and adult entertainment industry. The population for the city of New Orleans in the year of 2015 was projected to be 389,617 while the population in the entire state of Louisiana was 4,670,724 (United States Census Bureau, 2015). To clarify, the state’s population is 63.2% Caucasian, 32.5% African American and 5.0% Hispanic or Latino as of July 1, 2015 (United States Census Bureau, 2015). In addition, 5.9% of New Orleans population is foreign born persons which has divulged the city and states issues of Human Trafficking (United States Census Bureau, 2015).

Growing up in a city known as the big melting pot, or big gumbo; New Orleans, La has many different cultures and is a very diverse city. Personally, I love the mixed culture of people from different background, beliefs, and way of living. At the same time, this intangible mixture can cause a lot of trouble and disagreements. From inside school grounds, to outside, cultures clash. During this month of August everyone is reminded of Hurricane Katrina and I cannot help, but to think about how during that experience so much trouble was going on between the different cultures in the city. Through that experience I also saw the entire city bind together and unify during the historic New Orleans and Atlanta Monday night football game. During that

Lafayette Louisiana witch is the capital of the Cajun Country. Has the second biggest Mardi Gras celebration. This celebration has lost its meaning. More of a tourist profit to the state this celebration would be a very hard challenge to get the state to bring its meaning back. In the old days, Mardi Gras was not just the day before Ash Wednesday. It was a day that people rode on horseback or in their trucks going to town’s businesses and neighborhoods. Once the owner of the homes or businesses allowed these people to come in the masked people started to sing, dance, play around or even play pranks on the people who allowed them in. Before the masked people left the begged the owners of the business or home for rice or other things. If they gave them something such as money or things to make a gumbo, they allowed that person to a gumbo feast that was held that evening. And if they did not the masked people would destroy their home or business. They might even mock them for years to come.” This group of masked people was known as classed Les Mardi Gras, or in English the Mardi Gras.” (Ware, 2003) Today Cajun’s don't celebrate it this way anymore. Mardi Gras is considered to be paradise, festivals, drinking and getting as many beads as you can. The masked people can still be seen but not asking for things to make a gumbo or money but as a symbol in the

Those who aren’t in the entertainment and tourist attraction business are described as criminals. They aren’t just committing crimes in their own poor or middle class communities but they also commit them in the richer parts of New Orleans as well, where the majority of residents are white. Perry goes on to provide statistics on how New Orleans is one of the most criminalized cities and has one of the highest urban homicide rates in America. Hurricane Katrina took the biggest hit on African Americans. The state put their basic rights and protections on hold and reduced funding on public programs that helped poor and working class African Americans. The “new” New Orleans, as Perry put it, became more dedicated to the white and richer class in which majority of the lost jobs went to white people. However there are some African Americans that have become successful. Some bands from New Orleans have done pretty well and have even gone on tour. The article then goes on to to mention that Indians are also a huge part of Mardi Gras as well. Just like the African Americans who are involved in entertaining, Indians who practice their culture and perform are usually the ones that stay off the streets and out of prison.

African-Americans have created a unique cultural tradition from African and European influences in Louisiana. However, religion to medical care also language. African-rooted traditions were transformed in Louisiana to form a vibrant ethnic culture. With them, African slaves brought their cultural identities languages, religions, oral traditions, and became evident in Louisiana. Perhaps the most flamboyant of these, continuities are seen in religion, particularly Voodoo.

In the city of New Orleans emerged one of the most influential music genres in the history of the United States of America. At the time, New Orleans was known for being a "blending pot" of people or rather, a location where people from all over the world came together in one place. This city served as a key seaport in the U.S. allowing for goods to be imported and exported. The purpose of this city was not only strategic to the growth of the country, but also allowed for the incredible mixing of cultures, customs, and traditions that led to the creation of one of our nations most cherished genres of music: jazz.

French concepts are all over America. Everyone who lives here experiences French elements in their daily life. The root of these French influences come from when the French immigrated here hundreds of years ago. The city with the most French influence is New Orleans. New Orleans adopted many traditions and customs from the French. This is due to it once being France’s territory. Even today, New Orleans still has many French qualities,

The employment rate in New Orleans for persons 16 and over includes a total of 307,039 residents. Of this population, the employed persons include 287,586, making up 93.6%. The number of unemployed persons equals 19,523, making up 6.4% of the eligible working population in Orleans Parish. The socio-economic breakdown of New Orleans shows the majority of the working population having an annual income of less than $25,000 (Figure 4). New Orleans has a mean income of $63,703 and a median income of $36,792 (U.S. Census Bureau,

recreation. It is not about restoring New Orleans’ authenticity. It is about preparing an atmosphere that

On August 29, 2005, one of the largest hurricanes ever recorded hit the city of New Orleans, devastating millions and changing their lives and their city forever. The category 3 hurricane created mass displacement and mass destruction that the city has yet to fully recover from. The residents of this once lively and culture-filled city are still attempting to rebuild what was washed away for them ten years ago.

When Hurricane Katrina slammed onto the gulf shores of Louisiana in 2005, few people understood what impact the storm would have on the city of New Orleans. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Katrina caused an estimated $108 billion dollars of damage, displaced 250,000 residents and killed over 1800 lives, most being African-American and the poor ( Downey, 2011). To present a sociological view of how Hurricane Katrina affected the people of New Orleans, one must first understand how the people of New Orleans lived before Katrina caused its mass destruction. The focus of this paper will be to uncover how race and class affected the people of New Orleans pre-Katrina and how post-Katrina has altered their cultural

When I think of New Orleans, I am overcome with emotion, as there are no words that can truly capture the feeling I associate with the city. Growing up, my family drove to Louisiana at least twice a year to visit my father’s college hometown of Lake Charles, and every time, regardless of how hectic our schedules were, my sister and I would convince our parents to drive the extra couple of hours to what we considered the epitome of all things wonderful- New Orleans. During these visits, I sought to immerse myself in the vibrant and completely unique culture of the city. From walking through the French Quarter to shoveling jambalaya into my mouth, New Orleans provided me with an escape from the mundane small town life that I was accustomed to.