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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure if I qualify as a WASP and I don't really care whether I do or not.

I'm white, some of my heritage is Anglo-Saxon but not the majority of it, and I went to a Protestant church when I was a kid but haven't been in over 20 years. I never belonged to a Country Club and I'm not rich. My family is from Ohio, not New England. Are Midwestern, Scandinavian-desent, agnostics "WASP"s?[/quote]

No. [/quote]

I digress.

It's always mistaken to think that WASPs must only be of Anglo-Saxon heritage. That specific heritage is less important than adhering to the set of cultural values espoused by the WASPs. The country clubs, private schools, social registers have always had plenty of non-Anglo-Saxon names, especially in the Midwestern cities. But even on the East Coast. Some of the "oldest" New York families are Dutch, for example. And WASP Baltimore and Philadelphia have plenty of German heritage families.

Just as being of a white Anglo-Saxon and Protestant background doesn't automatically make you a WASP as the term is understood, being a WASP doesn't necessarily mean you're of Anglo-Saxon heritage, or even strictly Protestant heritage. [/quote]

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