When Culture Becomes Commodity: Who Profits from New Orleans’ Authenticity?
April 11, 2025
New Orleans culture is labor. It’s been stitched, played, danced, and shouted into existence by generations of Black, Indigenous, and working-class communities. But today, that culture is being sold back to us—often by people who had no hand in creating it. Culture as Cash Crop Every year, millions visit New Orleans looking for “authenticity.” They […]
