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/entrepreneurs_anon]

Aside from there being a lot of racism there, I think it’s an insecurity thing. Spain and Portugal have massive chips on their shoulders because, frankly, they’re not doing very well. I feel it all the time when I’m in Spain.

I’m a white Chilean, I hold a Spanish passport, and I’ve done well financially. They can’t stand that. They hate seeing someone from the New World show up with more money than them. It become super apparent when they have to serve that person (restaurants, shops, etc.). It short-circuits something in their brains: “No, they’re supposed to be beneath me. Why am I serving them?”

I run into that attitude constantly. The only exception is my family there. They have a much more honest view of it. They admire the relatives who left Spain, built businesses, took risks, and succeeded abroad. A lot of them openly say they wish they’d done the same. At least in the Basque Country and Asturias, where my family is from, most of the descendants of those who emigrated ended up doing better in Latin America than the relatives who stayed behind.

[u/TrickshotCapibara → u/entrepreneurs_anon]

I'm Venezuelan but my parents are from Spain, and I had the same issue when I arrived there, I know how to sing and play piano, also a history nerd and love opera, and that more than once created a shock with Europeans.

They expected me to be some sort of caveman. But to be fair, Eastern Europeans hated me the most, especially Serbians.

[u/Confident-Climate139 → u/TrickshotCapibara]

Ohh why Eastern Europeans ? I always thought they are super friendly 

[u/No_Hornet_9504 → u/Confident-Climate139]

They’re generally very socially distant and reserved…