X-Men nerdiness: Thieves Guild= Cajuns, Assassins Guild = Creoles?

[xenokattz]

Thanks to lithiumlaughter's mad enabling skills, I've been researching the Creole & Cajun culture in order to create a Thieves Guild/Assassins Guild/Unified Guild tattooing language. By "researching," I mean googling the living heck out of anything to do with a) Roman Catholicism, b) Roman Catholic art & symbolism, c) New Orleans and d) Creole vs Cajun culture.

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[xenokattz]

Perhaps the reason for the differences in specialization is, under this theory, that since the Thieves were mostly Cajun, and Cajuns are found in rural areas, perhaps they controlled trade routes in the northern parts of the state way back when?
-- Perhaps? I don't want to make it seem like culture/ethnicity is the major reason for the two gangs. I kind of think the two groups formed gangs with the people they knew who happened to be doing many of the same things they were. In which case, yes, Cajuns living in rural trade routes --> smuggling --> organized thieving to fill a criminal niche so to speak. Whereas the Creoles who can & did hold political office, went into the military, had the money and/or education to learn a vast array of skills (poisons, marital arts, gadgets) would be socially in a "better" place to learn to be an assassin.

I'm not too familiar with Bell, Ianni's or the Alien Conspiracy Theory, but I could talk about Merton and Sutherland until the cows come home.
-- Oh please do! I don't have much theory to back this up; I don't even know where to start googling. *L* So I'd love your input.