Category Archives: WASPs

The Rescue (2021)

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The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America: the Decline of Dominant Ethnicity in the United States

Here are some highlights from this 2004 book by Eric Kaufman: * Even as late as the 1960s, 90 percent of white Protestants, Catholics, and Jews married members of their own faith. * I single out cultural and ideological changes … Continue reading

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WASPS: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy

Here are some highlights from this 2021 book: * You find comparatively few murderers among WASPs. * WASPs are creatures of guilt and self-questioning, more likely to kill themselves than kill others. Suicide blighted whole families. There were the Sturgises, … Continue reading

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When The Anglo Began To Self-Hate (8-24-21)

Background.

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WSJ: ‘The publisher pushed hard for admitting Jewish refugees and took two into her own home’

From the WSJ: But it wasn’t just party affiliation that made Alicia such a maverick in her family. She spurned its militant isolationism, becoming an early advocate of aiding beleaguered Britain as it faced up to Hitler alone. She even … Continue reading

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