Editing Cajuns (section)

===Cajun Country/Creole City usage===
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After the Civil War, urban Creoles began referring to the [[peasant]] class (''[[Habitants|petits habitants]]'') as "Cajuns". Cajuns inhabited the "Cajun Countries" of [[Cajan Country|Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Cajun Country|Louisiana]].<ref name="nationalurbanleague">{{cite book |title=Opportunity, Volumes 11 to 12|publisher=National Urban League|year=1933|location=United States of America|pages=312}}</ref><ref name="edwardthomasprice">{{cite book |title=Mixed-blood Populations of Eastern United States as to Origins, Localizations, and Persistence|author=Edward Thomas Price|publisher=University of California|year=1950|location=Berkley, United States of America|pages=73}}</ref><ref name="timemagazine1934">{{cite book |title=Time, Volume 24|author=Briton Hadden|author2=Henry Robinson Luce|publisher=Time Incorporated|year=1934|location=United States of America|pages=51}}</ref><ref name="balboanlewis">{{cite book |title=What God Loves|author=Balboa N. Lewis|publisher=Balboa Press|year=2020|location=United States of America|pages=210}}</ref>

At the same time, "Creole" increasingly referred to Creoles of the middle class (''[[bourgeoisie]]'') or aristocratic class (''[[Seigneur|grands habitants]]''), and served as a designation for inhabitants of the "Creole Cities": [[Mobile, Alabama]] and [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref name="ricejournal">Rice Journal, Volume 21. Page 21. 1918.</ref><ref name="internalrevenuerecordandcustoms">{{cite book |title=The Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal, Volume 36|publisher=P. V. Van Wyck and Company|year=1890|location=United States of America|pages=65}}</ref><ref name="thomascooperdeleon">{{cite book |title=Creole Carnivals: (Madri Gras) : Their Ancient Origin, American Growth and Business Outcome, with Sketches of Outside Carnivals|author=Thomas Cooper De Leon|publisher=De Leon|year=1978|location=United States of America|pages=13}}</ref>

Carl Brasseaux notes in ''Acadian to Cajun, Transformation of a People'', that:

<blockquote>''Cajun'' was used by Anglos to refer to all persons of French descent and low economic standing, regardless of their ethnic affiliation. Hence poor Creoles of the bayou and prairie regions came to be permanently identified as ''Cajun''. The term ''Cajun'' thus became a socioeconomic classification for the multicultural amalgam of several culturally and linguistically distinct groups.<ref name="Brasseaux" /></blockquote>

====Alabama Cajans====
Cajans inhabited a region of Alabama called the '''Cajan Country''', which was all of the bayou country surrounding Mobile. To the north, the Cajan Country reached the hills of [[Mount Vernon, Alabama|Mount Vernon]] and [[Citronelle]], and to the east, it reached through the bayous and forests around [[Daphne, Alabama|Daphne]] to the [[Perdido River]].<ref name="nationalurbanleague" /><ref name="edwardthomasprice" /><ref name="timemagazine1934" />

Cajans were of varying racial mixtures; during the [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregation era]], some Cajans under Alabama's new racial laws were considered black, others were considered white, and others yet designated as Indians. Cajans were discriminated against due to their racial ambiguity, and many did not have access to public schools. Cajans tended to stay among their own communities.<ref name="federalwritersproject">{{cite book |title=The WPA Guide to Alabama: The Camellia State|author=Federal Writers' Project|year=2013|publisher=Trinity University Press|location=United States of America|pages=Tour 9:2, 3, 4}}</ref>