What is White Anglo-Saxon Protestant?
{{Refimprove}} [[File:One World Trade Center and Trinity Church.JPG|thumb|[[Trinity Church (Manhattan)|Trinity Church]] in [[Manhattan]] has been seen as embodying the White Anglo-Saxon [[Protestantism|Protestant]] culture in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Religion in America|first=Peter |last= W. Williamls|year=2010| isbn=9780252009327| page =744|publisher=University of Philadelphia University Press|quote=}}</ref>]] '''White Anglo-Saxon Protestant''' ([[acronym]]: '''WASP''') is a term describing White [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[Protestant]]s. They are a social group of white protestants in the [[United States]]. They are often of [[British]] descent, and typically wealthy and well-connected.{{cn}} They are not so influential as they were.<ref>Kaufmann, Eric P. 2004. The decline of the WASP in the United States and Canada. In Kaufmann E.P. (ed) ''Rethinking ethnicity: majority groups and dominant minorities''. London, New York: Routledge. pp. 61–83. ISBN 0-41-531542-5</ref> However, WASPs are still well placed in major [[financial]], business and [[legal]] firms, and in universities. Most U.S. presidents belong to this group. Exceptions include [[John F. Kennedy]] (who was a [[Catholicism|Catholic]]), [[Barack Obama]] ([[African Americans|African American]]), and [[Joe Biden]] (also a Catholic).{{cn}} ==Naming and definition== {{Empty section}} ==Related pages== *[[White Americans]] *[[English Americans]] *[[British Americans]] *[[White people]] *[[British people]] *[[English people]] *[[Christianity]] *[[Non-Hispanic whites]] *[[Christianity in the United States]] *[[Ku Klux Klan]] *[[Anti-Romani sentiment]] *[[White Mexicans]] == References == {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} {{White people}} [[Category:Social groups]] [[Category:American culture]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in the United States]]