Is there really such a thing as a "core" American culture? Is Hawaii any less American than Texas? Is Alaska any less American than Minnesota? Are New York and California any less American than Arkansas and Louisiana? What do you mean by "core" American culture.The point is that I choose a place without a large Hispanic population and demonstrate how there’s no Hispanic influence, meaning that in the core American culture there isn’t a lot of Hispanic influence. Not a lot of Europeans in Africa but one cannot deny the tremendous influence European culture has on Africa (religion, language, etc.). So yeah if you bring a bunch of people from one place and put them in another place, they will influence the region they live in, but that’s very different than influencing the country. Not a lot of Italians in America during 1787 but one cannot deny the influence Rome has had on America’s founding or the renaissance with Robert Bellarmine and Thomas Jefferson.
Edit: considering how the stereotypical American is a cowboy, that's a lot of Hispanic influence in American culture as cowboys have their origins in Hispanic culture. This makes sense as "The origins of the cowboy tradition come from Spain, beginning with the hacienda system of medieval Spain. This style of cattle ranching spread throughout much of the Iberian peninsula and later, was imported to the Americas"
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