Too White To Be Black Too Black To Be White The New Orleans Creole (2006)

If the melting pot theory ever existed in America it happened in New Orleans This presentation examines a group of marginalized mixedrace Americans who are both multicultural and multiethnic This documentary is the first authentic treatment of a group of Americans who proudly identify themselves as creoles It provides firsthand accounts of their experiences in New Orleans After reconstruction the Supreme Court decision Plessy v Ferguson 1896 divided America into two worlds one white and one disenfranchised black The Creole stories they tell in this documentary speak to the social history of the united states where the fruits of the american dream were rewarded to those with European features light skin and good hair Often survival meant giving up ones gens de couleur colored people identity to assimilate into white america The process of becoming a productive american has been fraught with both rejection and racism for creoles of color This is their story