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Is Hispanic Latin American culture (within their original countries) language aside....?
- Thread starter d.m.
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It depends on the Latin American country. They all are the conglomeration of many distinct cultures across Africa, Europe, the Americas and sometimes Asia.
For example, some countries have stronger African influences than the others. The Spanish Caribbean (Cuba, PR, and DR) have strong African influences when it comes to music, food, their dialects, and even the appearance of many of the people on the islands. They also have pretty strong European influences as well. I would say the native (Taino) influence is not as strong as African and European in these places even though others suggest otherwise.
I think South and Central America has more native and indigenous influences with some European and occasionally African. For example, Mexica strongly identifies with indigenous (Aztec/Maya heritage). They even have lots of indigenous languages (like Nahautl)
Also, in South America there is a widely spoken indigenous language called Quechua. The people look more native and some are mestizo. Whereas only a few are mulatto or black (exception being Panama and Colombia).
On the other token, Argentina is mostly white and has strong cultural influences from Europe including Italy, Spain, Germany, UK, etc.
It really depends on the country you are referring to.
For example, some countries have stronger African influences than the others. The Spanish Caribbean (Cuba, PR, and DR) have strong African influences when it comes to music, food, their dialects, and even the appearance of many of the people on the islands. They also have pretty strong European influences as well. I would say the native (Taino) influence is not as strong as African and European in these places even though others suggest otherwise.
I think South and Central America has more native and indigenous influences with some European and occasionally African. For example, Mexica strongly identifies with indigenous (Aztec/Maya heritage). They even have lots of indigenous languages (like Nahautl)
Also, in South America there is a widely spoken indigenous language called Quechua. The people look more native and some are mestizo. Whereas only a few are mulatto or black (exception being Panama and Colombia).
On the other token, Argentina is mostly white and has strong cultural influences from Europe including Italy, Spain, Germany, UK, etc.
It really depends on the country you are referring to.
It depends on the Latin American country. They all are the conglomeration of many distinct cultures across Africa, Europe, the Americas and sometimes Asia.
For example, some countries have stronger African influences than the others. The Spanish Caribbean (Cuba, PR, and DR) have strong African influences when it comes to music, food, their dialects, and even the appearance of many of the people on the islands. They also have pretty strong European influences as well. I would say the native (Taino) influence is not as strong as African and European in these places even though others suggest otherwise.
I think South and Central America has more native and indigenous influences with some European and occasionally African. For example, Mexica strongly identifies with indigenous (Aztec/Maya heritage). They even have lots of indigenous languages (like Nahautl)
Also, in South America there is a widely spoken indigenous language called Quechua. The people look more native and some are mestizo. Whereas only a few are mulatto or black (exception being Panama and Colombia).
On the other token, Argentina is mostly white and has strong cultural influences from Europe including Italy, Spain, Germany, UK, etc.
It really depends on the country you are referring to.
For example, some countries have stronger African influences than the others. The Spanish Caribbean (Cuba, PR, and DR) have strong African influences when it comes to music, food, their dialects, and even the appearance of many of the people on the islands. They also have pretty strong European influences as well. I would say the native (Taino) influence is not as strong as African and European in these places even though others suggest otherwise.
I think South and Central America has more native and indigenous influences with some European and occasionally African. For example, Mexica strongly identifies with indigenous (Aztec/Maya heritage). They even have lots of indigenous languages (like Nahautl)
Also, in South America there is a widely spoken indigenous language called Quechua. The people look more native and some are mestizo. Whereas only a few are mulatto or black (exception being Panama and Colombia).
On the other token, Argentina is mostly white and has strong cultural influences from Europe including Italy, Spain, Germany, UK, etc.
It really depends on the country you are referring to.
Within every Spanish speaking nation or Hispanic community within a nation their are different races and classes. Wealthier Hispanics tend to have higher levels of education per capita and they tend to be lighter skinned since many of them descended from caucasian Conquistadors and wealthy merchant settlers from Spain from the 1500s onward. White male Spaniards eventually brought white female Spaniards with them to the New World and had white children who married other whites of Spanish descent. Meanwhile, the white male Spaniards who could not afford to import white females from Spain or elsewhere intermarried Amer-Indian women and produced 'Meztizo' children. Meztizos are now the largest population in Mexico and other Latin American countries. Many white male Spaniards and descendants of Spaniards who absolutely had to have white brides, but couldn't afford them, would often kidnap white women from the U.S. and force them to be their wives in Mexico. See the movie "The Missing", as it addresses this phenomena of American women being kidnapped as a commodity.
In many Spanish speaking nations it is difficult to differentiate which cultural influence is the most salient.
In many Spanish speaking nations it is difficult to differentiate which cultural influence is the most salient.