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i found it interesting because people in north america could care less about having ties to the UK or at least don't make a big deal about it
This is not really true of Canadians. Americans made a sustained and deliberate effort after the revolution to culturally and psychologically distance themselves from Europe as part of their process of nation building. Canadians on the other hand are very aware of our federation's roots in the French and British empires and believe they are very important parts of what make us who we are as a society today. We probably have closer connections and awareness of our European heritage then Latin America does, actually, considering our imperial history is still within living memory and more of our population is European born or second generation then in those other countries. Consider that we have Westminster style parliamentary system based of British jurisprudence and are a monarchy. Do also consider the now strengthening cultural ties of Quebec to France after centuries if cultural isolation and apathy, and that Newfoundland was ruled from London as recently as 1949.
ive noticed that in most of the hispanic countries in the caribbean & south america till this day are so big on having ties to spain. which is weird because i usually hear of spaniards looking down on hispanics.
i found it interesting because people in north america could care less about having ties to the UK or at least don't make a big deal about it
How do you notice this?
I have never seen this sentiment before. Have you ever spent time in South America or do you have friends that are actually from these countries?
I am a Spaniard, have travelled throughout Latin America and I've never felt like being looked up at, nor being looked down upon. I made some acquatainces and, some loved Spain and some were blunt and told me Spain was not their cup of tea. However, I got called Gachupin in Mexico and Gallego all over Latin America, especially Argentina and Uruguay, but most times the person didn't mean to offend me and said it in a friendly way.
In fact, I've always been under the impression English-speaking countries were very close to the UK, to a greater or lesser degree, the US being an exception.
I do not think that 'go out' of the way. However, I have noticed they are more quick to claim it due to the negative stereo-type that Americans put on people with a naturally darker complexion/features. On some level it is the same with the few who are completely unable to deny their roots. In some way it sounds like "sure im brown, but I am more so European (white) than...black".
ive noticed that in most of the hispanic countries in the caribbean & south america till this day are so big on having ties to spain. which is weird because i usually hear of spaniards looking down on hispanics.
i found it interesting because people in north america could care less about having ties to the UK or at least don't make a big deal about it
Nope, sorry. Not true at all.
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Originally Posted by Almeida93
oh shut up you are only saying this because you dont like Hispanics
.one only needs to look at your previous post to know this.
and alot of people from like to know more aboue their ancestors and motherland. like England Ireland Germany Italy Spain etc.nothing wrong with that.
Eh, we are not so interested in our heritage. That's more of an American thing. If we are not dark skinned indios, we're probably only from Spain.
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Originally Posted by Aztecgoddess
More than Spain itself, I'd say a big chunk of people from Latam, like to share their "connection" to Europe.
For some reason Hispanics loveeeee and look up to Europe like a god continent. I've met countless people from all over the region, who would tell you about their French last name, or the great grandmother who came from Italy, or how at home they keep a family seal from Spain, among others examples.
The older members of my mother's side of the family are this way. They like to emphasize their recent German heritage a bit too much. The rest of us couldn't give a darn. I'm Puerto Rican/American. That's what I'll always be. I'll let the poor and lower middle class mestizos fight over who is whiter than the other, I'll be busy stepping on them to get ahead in life
Does it though? I lived in Miami, and the only thing I saw were a bunch of Latinos waving their flags. I never saw any mentions to Spain.
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