Why Are They Called Wasps?

In the United States, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants or WASPs are the white, upper-class, American Protestant elite, typically of British descent. Where did the term WASP come from? Digby Baltzell coined the term WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) in a 1964 book, prompting a letter from Andrew Hacker, who said that he had used the acronym in …

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