Spain Latin American Relations
Nov 2, 2023 2:09:48 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Nov 2, 2023 2:09:48 GMT -5
Spain Latin American Relations
I recently viewed a YouTube video where the African American commentator claims that Latin American visitors to Spain are treated in racist ways. Well, as a Latino myself, I have spoken to many Latinos who have visited Spain, such as my first cousin, and others, and have never heard any of them mention that kind of attitude from Spaniards. In fact, quite the opposite, they say that Latin American tourists in Spain are treated in a very hospitable way.
Neither does the Spanish government express such a negative viewpoint towards Latin Americans. Quite to the contrary. It not only constantly strives to maintain close and friendly diplomatic relations, but it also makes Spanish citizenship exceedingly easy for Latin Americans to obtain because of mutual cultural affinities of language, religion, music, and a shared history which they themselves claim cries out Brotherhood.
For example, Puerto Ricans who who visit the Canary islands, are often mistaken as Canary Islanders because of speaking identically to them. Why? Simple! Because many Canary Islanders immigrated to Puerto Rico, and as a consequence, there are many Puerto Ricans of Canary island descent.
Thousands of Canarians moved to Puerto Rico where the Spanish monarchy felt that Canarians would adapt to island life better than other immigrants from the mainland of Spain. Deeply entrenched traditions, such as the Mascaras Festival in the town of Hatillo, Puerto Rico, are an example of Canarian culture still preserved in Puerto Rico. The Canary Islands of Spain has had the most influence on Puerto Rico, and is where most Puerto Ricans can trace their ancestry. It is estimated up to 82% of persons in certain parts of Puerto Rico descend in part from Canarian people. (Source: Wikipedia.)
Moreover, Andalusian Spaniards immediately recognize how Caribbean Latinos use the same pronunciations as they do via not pronouncing the letter s and other such peculiarities.
So, instead of feeling superior, as this disgruntled African American claims, Spaniards express fascination on the variety of ways in which Spanish has diversified into so many colorful varieties in Latin America, and although they cannot identify racially with Mestizos, Black, Native American and East Asian Latinos, there are indeed millions of Latinos with whom they can and do identify racially with. These Latinos are the Latinos who are descendants of French, Germans, Poles, English Irish, etc., who also immigrated to Latin America in large numbers and who managed to remain either to totally, or else predominantly of European descent.
In short, this claim that just because a person is from Latin America he cannot identify with Spaniard and that Spaniards vehemently refuse to identify with them, is pure, unadulterated, hogwash motivated by resentment, and a need to lash out. Nothing more.
Neither does the Spanish government express such a negative viewpoint towards Latin Americans. Quite to the contrary. It not only constantly strives to maintain close and friendly diplomatic relations, but it also makes Spanish citizenship exceedingly easy for Latin Americans to obtain because of mutual cultural affinities of language, religion, music, and a shared history which they themselves claim cries out Brotherhood.
For example, Puerto Ricans who who visit the Canary islands, are often mistaken as Canary Islanders because of speaking identically to them. Why? Simple! Because many Canary Islanders immigrated to Puerto Rico, and as a consequence, there are many Puerto Ricans of Canary island descent.
Canary Island Migration to Puerto Rico
Thousands of Canarians moved to Puerto Rico where the Spanish monarchy felt that Canarians would adapt to island life better than other immigrants from the mainland of Spain. Deeply entrenched traditions, such as the Mascaras Festival in the town of Hatillo, Puerto Rico, are an example of Canarian culture still preserved in Puerto Rico. The Canary Islands of Spain has had the most influence on Puerto Rico, and is where most Puerto Ricans can trace their ancestry. It is estimated up to 82% of persons in certain parts of Puerto Rico descend in part from Canarian people. (Source: Wikipedia.)
Moreover, Andalusian Spaniards immediately recognize how Caribbean Latinos use the same pronunciations as they do via not pronouncing the letter s and other such peculiarities.
So, instead of feeling superior, as this disgruntled African American claims, Spaniards express fascination on the variety of ways in which Spanish has diversified into so many colorful varieties in Latin America, and although they cannot identify racially with Mestizos, Black, Native American and East Asian Latinos, there are indeed millions of Latinos with whom they can and do identify racially with. These Latinos are the Latinos who are descendants of French, Germans, Poles, English Irish, etc., who also immigrated to Latin America in large numbers and who managed to remain either to totally, or else predominantly of European descent.
In short, this claim that just because a person is from Latin America he cannot identify with Spaniard and that Spaniards vehemently refuse to identify with them, is pure, unadulterated, hogwash motivated by resentment, and a need to lash out. Nothing more.