do hispanics feel closer to spaniards then to indigenous americans?

[Baluarte]

It's hard to be mestizo and at the same time fully european.

Mestizo means 50/50 for me or at least broadly similar percentages 45/55 or 60/40

Some people can however be 85/15 or 90/10

[Anglojew]

I'd like to know if Spaniards feel closer to mixed-racial Hispanics (regardless of race) in Latin America or White North Americans (English Speakers)?

[Empecinado]

The ones with pred Spanish origin integrate much better here than the ones with pred Amerindian or Black origin. The first are culturally very similar, while the seconds have customs, superstitions and behaviours which are strange here, even being both from the same country.

[Gaita]

Good question IM!

There is no simple answer here. In my case, because I've lived the majority of my life in the US, I feel closer to a white, English speaking American, why?, because we share the same culture. When it comes to my Spanish heritage, I only find this connection with other Spaniards.

Now, I would think a Spaniard coming recently to this country would find more of a connection with a Hispanic person, because of the shared language, and to a certain extent some culture.

[Lábaru]

I'd like to know if Spaniards feel closer to mixed-racial Hispanics (regardless of race) in Latin America or White North Americans (English Speakers)?

Nótese la sutil manipulación para provocar enfrentamiento, típica actitud de quienes todos sabemos

[Baluarte]

Ja, en efecto.
Pero quedandonos en el hilo, me gustaría dirigir una pregunta a los amigos peninsulares: ¿A la hora de comparar hispanoamericanos, el fenotipo juega un rol de importancia para facilitar la identificación/simpatía?

Gracias.

[Gauthier]

mestizos, or mestizos with a bit of SSA do you feel closer to indigenous american culture or to spanish culture?

In my province, despite the fact that our overall culture is more European influenced, we don't give preference to our European or Amerindian ancestry. However, if I was in a situation where I had to choose a side between an European and an Amerindian influenced group I would go with the first one, it would be a lot easier for me to adapt to that particular group.

[Lábaru]

Es la actitud sana de los individuos, no el físico. No solamente entre hispano hablantes sino con todos.

[BLUEU]

As a Mestizo, I feel closer to other Latin Americans who live a Western lifestyle regardless if they look Native American, Mestizo or Criollo in phenotype. I don't feel close to the isolated Native Americans who practice their own lifeways or Spaniards.

[Aredhel]

In my case, I don't feel completely closer to spanish people since it has past some time without an important immigration from spain and hence it hasn't influenced the modern mexican culture a lot (the colonial influence came from colonial times and it's still pretty strong actually) as well as I don't feel closer to native americans to be honest, I respect their culture but I didn't grow up within their culture, I don't celebrate their traditions or believe in their religion.

If I had to choose one, I'd go more with the spanish (it's the mainsteam though). I think latin american culture is mainly spanish (not the modern spanish though) with some indigeneous elements.

I don't think the phenotype has a big influence in this topic, I've meet people predominantly native american who feel closer to the spanish and the opposite people predominantly caucasic who admire and feel closer to indigeneous people.