In your country, which foreigners are not really seen as foreigners as such?

[Damião de Góis]

Italians are more similar to Spaniards than the Portuguese ? Or you forgot to mention ?

In Portugal I don't think there is a nationality we don't consider as foreigners, just the Galegos might be considered half-portuguese and of course the rest of Spaniards (especially those from the "raia"), and some Brazilians are seen as less foreigner than other peoples.

I agree, everyone is considered foreign here mainly because of language barrier. Our language is too difficult to grasp so those who can't do it will always be seen as foreigners.
But i would also say spaniards and brazilians (especially portuguese descended ones) are considered less foreign than others.

I even did not know about the differences between North and South Italians until that I arrived to this forum (Apricity, source of wisdom... ).

I didn't know either before joining these forums and the average person here doesn't make any distintion between north or south italians, or north or south anything (germans, french, etc).

[Cristiano viejo]

Oh common Cristiano viejo... We know italians because they are the only competition of Spain in UNESCO heritage, food and rich culture.

TROLOLOL.
The average Spaniard knows a shit about the own Spanish UNESCO heritage and culture... imagine about the Italian ones
I think the average Spaniard would be able to name the tower of Pisa, the Vatican and with a bit of luck, the Coliseo. Period.

[Viriatus91]

In the U.S. I would say that Anglo-Canadians are not seen as foreign at all, and vice-versa when I studied in Canada. You often forget that they are foreign. French-Canadians here in South Florida (and there are a ton during the winter) are most definitely seen as foreign. The English are also not seen as being very foreign because they tend to mix with Americans with relative ease. Aussies can be in this category, but I notice that even when they live abroad they tend to be very "cliquey", Kiwis are few and far between but I would put them in the same category along with Anglo-South Africans. Irish and Scots are kind of foreign because they have unique cultural aspects, but again they are not as foreign as a non-English speaker.

Growing up as a child in the Portuguese community in Connecticut, the views amongst our diaspora were as follows: Brazilians and the few Cape Verdeans mixed with ease with the Portuguese community, and many Cape Verdeans would tell people they were Portuguese. The Italian, French Canadian and Cuban immigrants (unlike Puerto Ricans) were also seen as sort of cousins. If a Portuguese married a non-Portuguese person, they tended to be from one of those three groups. In fact the Portuguese whom arrived beginning in the 1950s, settled in the French Canadian neighborhood, as did the Cubans. Polish and Greek immigrants were definitely foreign, but were respected though a bit more distant. Anglo-Americans were seen as the most foreign, in their foods and religion and customs etc. Puerto Ricans, however had the same reputation as gypsies did in Portugal.

[Cristiano viejo]

In the U.S. I would say that Anglo-Canadians are not seen as foreign at all, and vice-versa when I studied in Canada. You often forget that they are foreign. French-Canadians here in South Florida (and there are a ton during the winter) are most definitely seen as foreign. The English are also not seen as being very foreign because they tend to mix with Americans with relative ease. Aussies can be in this category, but I notice that even when they live abroad they tend to be very "cliquey", Kiwis are few and far between but I would put them in the same category along with Anglo-South Africans. Irish and Scots are kind of foreign because they have unique cultural aspects, but again they are not as foreign as a non-English speaker.

Growing up as a child in the Portuguese community in Connecticut, the views amongst our diaspora were as follows: Brazilians and the few Cape Verdeans mixed with ease with the Portuguese community, and many Cape Verdeans would tell people they were Portuguese. The Italian, French Canadian and Cuban immigrants (unlike Puerto Ricans) were also seen as sort of cousins. If a Portuguese married a non-Portuguese person, they tended to be from one of those three groups. In fact the Portuguese whom arrived beginning in the 1950s, settled in the French Canadian neighborhood, as did the Cubans. Polish and Greek immigrants were definitely foreign, but were respected though a bit more distant. Anglo-Americans were seen as the most foreign, in their foods and religion and customs etc. Puerto Ricans, however had the same reputation as gypsies did in Portugal.

Cuban immigrants being white, true?

[Viriatus91]

Cuban immigrants being white, true?

Yes in Connecticut all of the ones I knew looked Iberian. Up there though they were few, most were business owners. My uncle's wife was born there and her parents owned a bakery, she is around 70 now, her father came to Cuba as a child from Lugo and her mother's parents were also from Galicia.

[marioneira]

In Spain obviously Portugueses and White Latin Americans.

Hi, a better term can be Ibero-Americans

[Erronkari]

Edited.

[marioneira]

Since I don't live in my country of birth (Havana,Cuba)I will name the places I visited and lived where I feel at home.

1- Puerto Rico-- This Island and its people are almost equal in all aspects to Cuba except for the Communism and Colonialism.
2- Spain -- Here I pass as a Local until I speak, they ask if I am from the Canary Islands because of my Cuban Accent. My favorite places are A Coruña,Galicia and Madrid.
3- Miami -- It's just another Cuban province.(We are getting back our lands little by little)

That's it.

[Cristiano viejo]

Since I don't live in my country of birth (Havana,Cuba)I will name the places I visited and lived where I feel at home.

1- Puerto Rico-- This Island and its people are almost equal in all aspects to Cuba except for the Communism and Colonialism.
2- Spain -- Here I pass as a Local until I speak, they ask if I am from the Canary Islands because of my Cuban Accent. My favorite places are A Coruña,Galicia and Madrid.
3- Miami -- It's just another Cuban province.(We are getting back our lands little by little)

That's it.

Are you 100% Spanish by blood?

[marioneira]

Are you 100% Spanish by blood?

81 % Gallego mainly