Folks in Northern and Western Europe have a favorite saying about Spain anyway ~ it goes "African begins at the Pyranees", the implication being that Spain and Portugual have much more in common with Africa than with Europe.
Americans have a different opinion of Spain, Spaniards and other Spanish speaking people ~ for one thing we tend to differentiate among them ~ for Europeans they are considered all the same thing.
BTW, don't you live in formerly Mexican territory anyway?
BTW, don't you live in formerly Mexican territory anyway?
Actually..........it is a former Native American terrirory.