Is “WASP” culture still a thing?
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Anonymous
| Obviously the world has changed a lot in the last fifty years. Does this culture still exist and if so, how does in manifest in contemporary America? |
Anonymous
| I see it at country clubs and church. |
Anonymous
| WASP culture will always exist. |
Anonymous
| Try to attend a DAR or Junior League meting in any city in the Southeast or New England. |
Anonymous
| Not really |
Anonymous
| Alive and well at our private school |
Anonymous
| I live in New England and it is very much alive here. |
Anonymous
| Of course. |
Anonymous
+1 Certain kinds of WASPS in NE, different than Southern cultures, often confused - unless you pay careful attention. |
Anonymous
+2. I work with a Boston Brahmin, and while he doesn’t bring it up, others at the office do. |
Anonymous
| They’re endangered. |
Anonymous
+1 Boston Brahmin would NEVER bring such a thing up! |
Anonymous
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It exists in small pockets, mostly in New England but eminates out to some cities throughout the US where the NE WASPs have spread - obviously NYC, Philly, DC but also pockets in WASP-acceptable cities like SF.
Characteristics include private schools, country and yacht clubs, lots and lots of cocktail parties. Being social is very much part of WASP culture. Other markers include having a second home at a NE enclave, having a mean backhand, a good golf game, knowing your way around a boat and good skiing ability. Kids play lax and hockey (but this has spread to the Catholics and Jews so no longer exclusively WASP). Having a messed up kid or two, or at least one who works at a sailing shop rather than Wall St. is pretty par for the course. And, of course, not being showy with one’s money is the number one characteristic. |
Anonymous
| It's everywhere. I'm from Kansas City and it is alive and well there. Junior league, DAR, cotillion, etc. it is definitely a thing here and in all the major east coast cities. |
Anonymous
Hardly. |