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These are constructed categories that a given person might agree or disagree with. You are free to identify cultural similarities between an Andalusian and a Ne

These are constructed categories that a given person might agree or disagree with. You are free to identify cultural similarities between an Andalusian and a Neapolitan, but that does not make the change the fact that those two people may view themselves as coming from entirely disparate cultural and linguistic backgrounds. For example, your decision to categorise "Latino" as non-European is very arbitrary. There are lots of Latinos who speak European languages and participate in European cultural traditions.

searealist 2y ago
Do you think the average Andalusian and Neopolitan would disagree that all Southern Europeans share more culture and genetics than themselves and a German or Russian?
- anthk 2y ago
  And what's a typical milk-white Asturian/Galician with freckels for you? An alien? Wait until you find towns in Andalusia with far more blondes than in London, because, oh wait, something-someting Reconquista happened from North to South. To a mid-Northern Spaniard, Flamenco it's as alien to us as it would be for a Central European, because our folk traditions aren't Morisco/Gypsy at all. For instance, Northern Spain has Celtic culture with bagpipes, rain, green fields, cider and music pretty much non-Flamenco. Fast, uplifting and uprooted on happiness instead of sorrow and despair.
  - searealist 2y ago
    That doesn't answer my question. It also confuses clustering with perfect homogeneity.
    - anthk 2y ago
      Ah, so my answer rooted to the ground isn't valid? Ok, keep being deluded. For most Spaniards Andalusia it's anything else with alien culture, totally alien to the Northern (and even the Castilles, as Castilians are infamous of being reservated and rural-calm as they were basically the Farmlandia of Spain) and if you tried to picture Galicia with some flamenco guitarist we would stare at you as it you had a stroke.
      - searealist 2y ago
        You continue to argue against a strawman.

searealist 2y ago

Do you think the average Andalusian and Neopolitan would disagree that all Southern Europeans share more culture and genetics than themselves and a German or Russian?

anthk 2y ago
And what's a typical milk-white Asturian/Galician with freckels for you? An alien? Wait until you find towns in Andalusia with far more blondes than in London, because, oh wait, something-someting Reconquista happened from North to South. To a mid-Northern Spaniard, Flamenco it's as alien to us as it would be for a Central European, because our folk traditions aren't Morisco/Gypsy at all. For instance, Northern Spain has Celtic culture with bagpipes, rain, green fields, cider and music pretty much non-Flamenco. Fast, uplifting and uprooted on happiness instead of sorrow and despair.
- searealist 2y ago
  That doesn't answer my question. It also confuses clustering with perfect homogeneity.
  - anthk 2y ago
    Ah, so my answer rooted to the ground isn't valid? Ok, keep being deluded. For most Spaniards Andalusia it's anything else with alien culture, totally alien to the Northern (and even the Castilles, as Castilians are infamous of being reservated and rural-calm as they were basically the Farmlandia of Spain) and if you tried to picture Galicia with some flamenco guitarist we would stare at you as it you had a stroke.
    - searealist 2y ago
      You continue to argue against a strawman.