"These 'old' Americans possess, for the most part, some common characteristics. First of all, they are 'WASPs'—in the cocktail party jargon of the sociologists. That is, they are wealthy, they are Anglo-Saxon in origin, and they are Protestants (and disproportionately Episcopalian)." - Upgoat - "what's upgoat!"

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"These 'old' Americans possess, for the most part, some common characteristics. First of all, they are 'WASPs'—in the cocktail party jargon of the sociologists. That is, they are wealthy, they are Anglo-Saxon in origin, and they are Protestants (and disproportionately Episcopalian)."
submitted by Joe_McCarthy to OccidentalEnclave 5 hoursMay 13, 2025 18:19:36 ago (+0/-2) (OccidentalEnclave)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestants

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Joe_McCarthy 0 points 3 hours ago

Honestly, Baltzell, being probably the main to go guy here and the guy that coined the WASP acronym, is someone whose whole corpus of WASPy books is worth a look:

https://www.google.com/search?q=baltzell+books&rlz=1CASLJZ_enUS1162&oq=baltzell+books&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yDQgCEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgDEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyCggFEAAYgAQYog