By the 1980s, brands such as Lacoste and Ralph Lauren, which ironically are of French and Jewish extraction respectively and their logos became associated with the preppy fashion style …

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) is a term that describes individuals from a historically dominant British ethnic background, particularly influential in shaping mainstream American …

While not every Anglo-American is an Anglophile, very many are, and there is heritage, pride, and an endearment to almost every aspect of being a WASP. At its core, the love of our …

Since a majority, albeit a slim majority, of Americans are both white and Protestant, WASP covers a lot of demographic ground. They can be either liberal or conservative politically (fiscally …

Proper Wasps still rule in tight little enclaves of high society that are rarely cracked by newcomers. Yet anyone with a will—and money—can find a way to outflank Wasp society, which is often...

Aug 4, 2021 · More than ethnicity or faith, what defined the WASPs was a mixture of ancestry, affluence, and idealism. WASPs were mostly descendants of colonial-era merchants and …

Dec 1, 2023 · Through the sketches of these men and their descendants, he assembles a picture of how WASP culture came to be and the virtues it embodied—including, at its best, modesty, …