ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Creole peoples

Creole people are those who are born in a place where different groups of people come together and mix their cultures. It's like when you mix different paints together and make a new color!

In the past, some places had a mix of native people, African people who were brought over as slaves, and European people who came to live there. When all these different groups of people had babies together, those babies became "Creole".

Creole people usually have a mix of different cultures in their families. They might eat different foods, speak different languages, or have different customs than other people around them. But the Creole people have created their own unique culture by bringing all these different cultures together.

Today, many places have Creole people, and their culture is celebrated and respected all over the world.