Prowler wrote:I guess. I mean it seems tons of Americans have German ancestry.
My parents have a Malayalee friend who lives in California with his white (possibly WASP) wife. They have two children. Once when they were younger, the oldest one said to my brother, "You know what the problem is with this country? Too many immigrants!"
People can be descended from people who come from a certain country and still be prejudiced against people who come from that country. At some point, when you're not really in the minority, the connection between your family and that country becomes rather tenuous.
Seems more common than Anglo Saxon ancestry. Are there even many of what you'd call WASPs in USA nowadays?
Apparently, the population of WASPs has been declining these days, so maybe not that many, but it's kind of hard to say since the distinction doesn't even seem to be all that relevant anymore (yes, even with the remarks about German being a Nazi language and such).
Oddly enough it seems every President except Obama(half-black) and Kennedy(fully/mostly Irish Catholic I think) have fit that category.
Nope. Van Buren was of Dutch descent, Eisenhower was of German descent, Monroe was of Scottish and Welsh descent, the Roosevelts were of Dutch, Scottish, Scots-Irish, English, German, Welsh, and French descent...
Although I've heard Trump is of German ancestry is that correct?
On his father's side yes, on his mother's side no (she's Scottish).
Freedom fries? I had totally forgotten about that. It seems many Americans consider the french cowards and ungrateful for World War 2. As if it was that easy to stop Nazi Germany from invading and taking over your own country.
And I forgot about that.
I wonder how Americans in general feel about Japan.
Weeb country?