Why do Mexican people call themselves spanish when they are 99 percent amerindian?
A well traveled man.
Answer:
They don't even speak Spanish. I've got friends from Spain who can barely understand Mexicans.
They probably like being Spanish, gives them some historical backround...I have no idea...why does it matter? =)
Why do we say we speak "English" when we've been American for over 200 years? The predominant language and government in Mexico is Spanish; hence, they are a Spanish culture (which includes many native cultures as well).
Last I checked, Mexican people call themselves Mexican. How do I know this? I am Mexican!! The difference in dialects are similar to English/American differences, so no surprise there for anyone. I'm not sure where you get this 99% native figure, but, I can most assuredly tell you that figure is pretty far off. It really depends on what region of the country you go to. And for good measure you can go ahead and add some German and Italian into there somewhere as well. How do I know that? My great-grand father emigrated from Germany to Mexico around the time of the first world war, and he didn't come by himself.
I don't know where you have traveled, who you have talked to, but they obviously know about as much as you do concerning cultural, and language differences, which is to say not much at all.
actually mexicans are a mix of spanish with indian.
60% of mexicans are mestizos
30% are amerindians
10% are spanishes.
if you go to Mexico, you'll find a lot of "white mexicans" who don't look like amerindian at all..
They really are Mexicans, and I personally refer to them as Mexicans. I say do you speak Mexican, because that is what it is, not Spanish.
Sorry you dont know much about native americans.. I am native and not mexican.. ,, I have nothing against mexicans... but the are a total different race than native american.. so i suggest you study your native american better.... cause i know my history and where i came from .. AND MEXICANS ARE NO WAY CONSIDERED NATIVE AMERICAN....
They want a heritage. Aztec isn't what they want to be associated as even thought that, and some other breeds of Aztec culture are their roots. Cortez and his troops "MINGLED" with them.
Mexicans are to Spaniards as Americans are to Brits. There are some Americans that have very little in common with Brits. Sometimes, they have trouble understanding one another.
Mexicans are not 99% Amerindian. There is quite a bit of racial diversity in Mexico. There are whites with blond hair and blue or green eyes. There are blacks. There are Asians. If you were sufficiently well traveled in Mexico, you would have run into some of these people. Watch the you tube video I've linked--it shows the many faces of Mexico, that most Americans unfortunately do not know exist.
Mexico was a country of immigration as well. For example, there was a sizeable Lebanese immigration to areas of Mexico such as Puebla. There are communities of Mennonites and Mormons in the north.
They are not frequently the Mexicans that leave Mexico in order to perform menial jobs in the US, and therefore when they do come to the US (as tourists or students), are not noticed because they "don't look Mexican."
Wealthy Mexican tourists spend millions in the US every year. On designer brands, expensive vacations, etc. They go skiing in Vail, Colorado and shopping for designer clothes in Houston, Dallas, Miami, and New York.
And some Spaniards don't understand some Mexicans? I'm sure that there are some Brits that would have a very hard time understanding Americans from the south. I know Americans who could barely understand people from Scotland. That means nothing. Its called difference in dialects, has nothing to do with one group being "Amerindian". Mandarin-speaking and Cantonese-speaking Chinese don't understand each other--that doesn't mean that one group is any less Chinese.
They do so because they are delusional.
Mexican people don't call themselves Spanish, and they are not "Amerindian". I don't even know what an "amerindian" is.
America is a white man's name, and Indian is a white man's mistake. Before the white man came to our shores, we were people who identified ourselves by our tribes. We were not Americans. We were never Indians. The indigenous tribes of what is now Mexico were Mayans and Aztecs.
I am not an Indian, I am a Oglala Lakota, the French called my tribe Sioux "Savage" which is an insult. *None* of my grandparents bred with the white man. I am 100% Oglala Lakota, (Awww...this fact has annoyed the poster below twice now. LOL!) and unlike my ancestors I am an American citizen. So I am a Native American.
Blame the Spanish for enforcing their language and religion upon the indigenous tribes of what is now Mexico, if it offends you so much.
Sioux means enemy in French and there are no 100% native Americans left, just those who are too afraid to admit that what they hate is what they are.
It's not a fact. The fact is: "In 2000, eight of ten Americans with Native American ancestry were of mixed blood. It is estimated that by 2100 that figure will rise to nine of ten."
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