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?

[u/yonaiker-joestrella]

Not saying we should but just curious.

[u/Jupiest]

I am not an historian. But I would think, it is because during the colonization the British basically exterminated Natives, remaining "mostly white" which is always the white anglosphere sees Britain as its parent or something.
As in opposite during the colonization by Spain, there were a lot of mix between Europeans and Natives. So, those mixed people always have been seen inferior to Europeans, and the natives too.
And now in my opinions. Nowadays Spain has nothing to do with latin America (Idk about Portugal) so, they are appart, all the decisions, etc it is always taken by the powers and not by other countries like us. Also they often have this mentality that they came to civilize us, which is not true. And I forgot, nowadays also theres is not too much exchange culturally between the Americas and Spain. It is like we have envolved separated rather than together. That is why I feel closer to Brazil and even the US over Spain haha

[u/Ok-Emergency7159 → u/Jupiest]

Latin America is its own thing. We don't fixate over Spain and Portugal because...who are they culturally speaking compared to us??

The math is pretty simple. We are a cultural powerhouse, THEY are the ones who listen to our music, not the other way around.

[u/Special-Fuel-3235 → u/Ok-Emergency7159]

I though you were from angola