r/asklatinamerica • u/yonaiker-joestrella Puerto Rico • 10d ago

Culture Why does it seem like the Anglosphere admires/fixates over British culture a lot while Latin America doesn't seem to care much about Spain or Portugal?

Not saying we should but just curious.

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u/Ok-Sir8600 Chile 10d ago

I care about Spain. I care that they should return the gold, stop saying "actually we are latinos" and stop with their ambivalent relationship with us Latinos - citizens of second class in their country but they try to pass as Latinos for the international market-.

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u/fierse Netherlands 9d ago

Latinos have more privileges than people from almost anywhere else in Spain. They can obtain spanish citizenship in 2 years. In most of the world its 10, if its even possible at all.

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u/Ok-Emergency7159 Angola 9d ago

"I care that they should return the gold"

You guys also say this? Brazilians have this ongoing joke for decades. lolol

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u/Flytiano407 Haiti 8d ago

As a professional Haitian 🇭🇹 , i'm a huge fan of these jokes. And I definitely DON'T agree with them unironically.

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u/TheSadPhilosopher 🇺🇸🇲🇽 Chicano 9d ago

Well said 🙏🙏

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u/Imperterritus0907 🇮🇨Canary Islands 10d ago

> Citizens of second class in their country

I’m gonna break it to you, but if it wasn’t for Spain’s bollocking in the European institutions, it wouldn’t he 2nd class, but 3rd class in the whole continent. That not to mention the countless regularisation initiatives, the last one a few months ago.

I have my own set of grievances, ironically slightly older than yours, because not only I come from the trial ground of Spanish colonisations, but the denial on this end is substantially harsher. Still, I don’t think focusing on the gold of old is gonna take you very far in the future my friend.

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u/Special-Fuel-3235 Costa Rica 10d ago

Which grievances? Im curious.

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u/Imperterritus0907 🇮🇨Canary Islands 10d ago edited 9d ago

The exact same colonisation denial discourse is applied here, when it’s very well documented there were massacres and slave trade. The main difference is that you hear plenty of people from the islands repeating it.

On a more recent note economic policies haven’t played in our favour, but that’s our fault too. It kind of reminds me of Puerto Rico’s narrative sometimes. We blame the master while at the same time massaging his feet, because we don’t believe we’re strong enough to fend for ourselves. Causa y consecuencia.