Southeast prep/WASP culture

[Anonymous]

Q: What is the WASP Lifestyle?

A:  There’s no strict definition of what the WASP lifestyle entails, but for the purposes of this blog, we’ll take it to generally include the culture, style, leisure activities, and etiquette associated with the following types of people:

The Old-Money, Upper Class Northeastern Establishment
The British
James Bond
Are there other groups of people out there, doing their best to carry the WASP torch?  Sure, tons of them!  But here’s the thing, they’re simply living the WASP lifestyle that was initially defined by the groups listed above, just like you’re about to do.

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[Anonymous]

Just want to say that I am an Asian woman currently dating a Southern prep from Georgia and I have loved reading this thread. The experiences and observations that have been documented here are so true.

[Anonymous]

Where in DC do you work. This must be the most insulated group here. I've been here since '68 and I've encountered every group there is BUT that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Agreed. I feel like southerners are a lot more open/blunt about -- I've never met a Jew/Muslim, I've never had a black friend, I only want to socialize with people from my own race/religion/church etc. While in the north it is PC to want diversity, but we all know many do not REALLY want more than surface level contact; the difference is in the north it comes out in subtle comments, rather than bluntly stating it. I don't even mean those in rural Pa. who have never seen a Jew/Muslim -- I have run into it in places like NYC. Was interviewing last month at one of the top 5 investment banks in NYC. As part of the process, I had to have coffee with this worldly woman in the department -- the typical wealthy NYC upper east side type of person -- though given that she kills herself in I-banking at the age of 50, I suspect she is not old money. Anyway she was engaging and spent half the time talking about her awesome travel experiences, the last time she was in Italy blah blah. We seemed to be getting along great, but she could not contain herself from asking how often I get to go home. I said -- every 4-6 weeks. She looked puzzled. I looked puzzled as I explained -- well my parents are in Philadelphia, it only takes 90 min to get there -- as she said "oh I meant home-home -- India." Nice attitude. A brown person who was born and raised in Pa. certainly cannot be as "American" as her and think of Pa as home, they have to think of India as home -- where they last visited about 15 yrs ago and where their parents came from almost 40 yrs ago. So the attitudes are no different in the north -- just the presentation is different.

As a fellow Indian-American who lives in DC and aspires to work in New York, this is shocking and disheartening. : /

The quicker you realize how racist northern whites are the better. Their racism comes out in some of the weirdest ways. Also, you don't have to look too far because DC is full of them. I suggest that you learn about this group because their white priviledge will reel its head like a cobra snake in the workplace and in social settings.

The difference between folks in the south is that they don't sugar coat their racism and they're more upfront about their hatred. The folks in the north are what I call backstabbers. They will smile in your face, welcome you into their homes, pretend to value diversity, have Obama signs in their windows, but just when you think that you're cool with them, they will remind you about their white supremacy. Watch out for these folks because to me they're the worst kind of racists. I had an older black lady tell me once that the reason she preferred to live in the south was because she knew who the racists were and that she could just leave them alone. However, she said that in the north the racists pretend to like minorities and they hide behind PC nonsense. It was difficult for her to tell who was truly a friend or an enemy.


It's definitely disheartening! Word of advice: Always be cautious and never let your guard down especially in the workplace. And never ever ever ever put your trust into people (this includes all races) whose sole purpose is to demise you in the workplace. It's better to learn now than to be blindsided.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 very different things. The Northeast elite prep culture is much different from the Southern Alabama Sorority.Fraternity culture. Get your facts straight.

I totally agree.