Why do Mexican people call themselves spanish when they are 99 percent amerindian?

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I find it very funny when Mexican people claim they are spanish. If you ever go to Spain you will notice that Spanish people have much much much more in common with those hated gringoes than ANY mexican. Why dont they just come out and call themselves native american? Because they are more native american than most if not all native american tribes in the United states.

A well traveled man.

All I am saying is that Spanish people and culture is very very very different to Mexican people and Culture. Its like calling haitians french, it makes no sense.

Pepe those 60 percent mestizos are like 95 percent amerindian. and those 10 percent "spanish" are like 50 percent amerindian

If you EVER GO TO SPAIN, the people are much much closer to "gringoes".

Mexicana your analogy is 100 percent wrong. Mexicans are to Spaniards as Haitians are to French. GO TO SPAIN and you will see what I mean, everyone is gringo.

Answer 1

They don't even speak Spanish. I've got friends from Spain who can barely understand Mexicans.

Answer 2

Why does everyone make it sound like there's something wrong with being Native American? I honestly believe MOST Mexicans are nor native nor Spanish. Most Mexicans are Mestizo YES some Mexicans are white (Castizo, Criollo) some are Native American (Amerindian/Indigenous) but that's NOT the case here. I never hear Mexicans say they are Spanish or Native American I ALWAYS hear them say they are M E X I C A N. Even the most white looking Mexicans ESPECIALLY the most white looking Mexicans say they are Mexican. Get over Cortez and the Aztecs. What's done is done. Some Mexicans are of European descent...they have the right to call themselves what ever the f*ck they want. I can't say they are all Europeans!! But I also can't say they are all Natives!! THEY ARE MESTIZO. A blend of both European and Indigenous. It's already written. Learn the true history of Mexico.

Answer 3

Believe it or not I am mostly Western European having ancestors both French and Spanish, but I do have Native American blood as well. You probably think that because they are tanned copper beautifully colored people that they have no reason to think of themselves as Spanish. Very similar to Hitler believing that a true German had blue eyes and blonde hair, If you think about it. Just like most African Americans they don't realize that they have European blood, White man blood. So yeah, in their own right they are.
And to the person who thinks Mexicans are not Native American, dude read your history, both your ancestors and my ancestors were here before the white man came. North America, AMERICA, American, Native... Just like yours my ancestors labeled themselves through tribes. Trust me they're the same Native Americans because in the end Arizona, Colorado, Texas, California, all these states were part of Mexico once. I do wonder how many reservations are located in these states, eh?

Answer 4

Funny Mexican People

Answer 5

Obviously Mexicans speak Spanish you DODO but they speak it differently from the Spaniards like the Americans do from the Brits. If you don't know Spanish don't even make a comment about the language.

Answer 6

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.

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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.

Answer 8

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."

Answer 9

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.

Answer 10

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..

Answer 11

why do you speak english if u arent from england pendejo