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Originally, the W in the acronym may have meant "wealthy" rather than "white," as the term ''WASP'' has historically referred only to an elite group, not to all people of English descent. A man may be white, but that does not make him either of Anglo-Saxon origin or a Protestant, or wealthy. The American people in the sixties broke with the tradition of WASP [[hegemony]] when they elected [[John F. Kennedy]] as president. He was white, wealthy, and of Anglo-Saxon ancestry, but he was not Protestant: he was [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]. The term is usually used by [[Elitism|elitist]]s to distinguish upscale WASPs from ordinary folks of various other White ethnic origins, predominantly [[Italy|Italian]], [[Corsica]]n, [[Sicily|Sicilian]], [[Malta|Maltese]], [[Crete|Cretan]], [[Eastern Europe]]an, and northern [[Middle East]]ern ancestry from around the [[Caucasus]] and the [[Ural Mountains|Urals]] around the [[Caspian Sea|Caspian]] and the [[Black Sea]]s, none of whom had Anglo-Saxon ancestry. The term is also used in Australia, New Zealand and Canada for similar elites.<ref>C.P. Champion, ''The Strange Demise of British Canada: The Liberals and Canadian Nationalism'', 1964-68, publisher MQUP, 2010.</ref><ref>Margery Fee and Janice McAlpine, ''Guide to Canadian English Usage'' (2008) pp. 517-8</ref><ref>"WASP" in Frederick Ludowyk and Bruce Moore, eds, ''Australian modern Oxford dictionary'', 2007.</ref> Today it is used more broadly. Sociologists sometimes use the term very broadly to include all Protestant Americans of Northern European or Northwestern European ancestry regardless of their class or power.<ref>Ronald M. Glassman, William H. Swatos, Jr., Barbara J. Demballs, ''Social Problems In Global Perspective'', 2004, University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, page 258.</ref>

Originally, the W in the acronym may have meant "wealthy" rather than "white," as the term ''WASP'' has historically referred only to an elite group, not to all people of English descent. A man may be white, but that does not make him either of Anglo-Saxon origin or a Protestant, or wealthy. The American people in the sixties broke with the tradition of WASP [[hegemony]] when they elected [[John F. Kennedy]] as president. He was white, wealthy, and of Anglo-Saxon ancestry, but he was not Protestant: he was [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]. The term is usually used by [[Elitism|elitist]]s to distinguish upscale WASPs from ordinary folks of various other White ethnic origins, predominantly [[Italy|Italian]], [[Corsica]]n, [[Sicily|Sicilian]], [[Malta|Maltese]], [[Crete|Cretan]], [[Eastern Europe]]an, and northern [[Middle East]]ern ancestry from around the [[Caucasus]] and the [[Ural Mountains|Urals]] around the [[Caspian Sea|Caspian]] and the [[Black Sea]]s, none of whom had Anglo-Saxon ancestry. The term is also used in Australia, New Zealand and Canada for similar elites.<ref>C.P. Champion, ''The Strange Demise of British Canada: The Liberals and Canadian Nationalism'', 1964-68, publisher MQUP, 2010.</ref><ref>Margery Fee and Janice McAlpine, ''Guide to Canadian English Usage'' (2008) pp. 517-8</ref><ref>"WASP" in Frederick Ludowyk and Bruce Moore, eds, ''Australian modern Oxford dictionary'', 2007.</ref> Today it is used more broadly. Sociologists sometimes use the term very broadly to include all Protestant Americans of Northern European or Northwestern European ancestry regardless of their class or power.<ref>Ronald M. Glassman, William H. Swatos, Jr., Barbara J. Demballs, ''Social Problems In Global Perspective'', 2004, University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, page 258.</ref>

The first published mention of the term WASP was provided by [[Political Science|political scientist]] [[Andrew Hacker]] in 1957, indicating WASP was already used as common terminology among American sociologists, though there the "W" stands for "wealthy" rather than "white", as the term originally referred only to elite individuals, not to everyone of English descent:

The first published mention of the term WASP was provided by [[Political Science|political scientist]] Andrew Hacker in 1957, indicating WASP was already used as common terminology among American sociologists, though there the "W" stands for "wealthy" rather than "white", as the term originally referred only to elite individuals, not to everyone of English descent:

<blockquote>They are 'WASPs'—in the cocktail party jargon of the sociologists. That is, they are wealthy, they are Anglo-Saxon in origin, and they are Protestants (and disproportionately [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalian]]). To their Waspishness should be added the tendency to be located on the eastern seaboard or around San Francisco, to be prep school and Ivy League educated, and to be possessed of inherited wealth.<ref>Andrew Hacker, "Liberal Democracy and Social Control", ''American Political Science Review'', 1957 volume 51, issue 4, pp. 1009–1026 [p. 1011]</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>They are 'WASPs'—in the cocktail party jargon of the sociologists. That is, they are wealthy, they are Anglo-Saxon in origin, and they are Protestants (and disproportionately [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalian]]). To their Waspishness should be added the tendency to be located on the eastern seaboard or around San Francisco, to be prep school and Ivy League educated, and to be possessed of inherited wealth.<ref>Andrew Hacker, "Liberal Democracy and Social Control", ''American Political Science Review'', 1957 volume 51, issue 4, pp. 1009–1026 [p. 1011]</ref></blockquote>

* Irving Lewis Allen, "WASP—From Sociological Concept to Epithet," ''Ethnicity'', 1974</ref>  

* Irving Lewis Allen, "WASP—From Sociological Concept to Epithet," ''Ethnicity'', 1974</ref>  

Those American citizens of any race or background in the United States who know nothing about Anglo-Israelism, and who are uncomfortable with the thought of electing to the office of the President of the United States a poor or lower-middle-class, non-white person, who might not be a practicing, Bible-believing, regular church-attending, Christian Protestant, are almost certainly influenced unconsciously by Anglo-Israelism.<ref>[https://www.amren.com/features/2012/01/where-are-the-english-americans/ Where Are the English-Americans? </ref>

Those American citizens of any race or background in the United States who know nothing about Anglo-Israelism, and who are uncomfortable with the thought of electing to the office of the President of the United States a poor or lower-middle-class, non-white person, who might not be a practicing, Bible-believing, regular church-attending, Christian Protestant, are almost certainly influenced unconsciously by Anglo-Israelism.<ref>[https://www.amren.com/features/2012/01/where-are-the-english-americans/ Where Are the English-Americans? Robert Henderson, ''American Renaissance'', January 20, 2012 (amren.com)] "''But as their numbers increase there will come a point where there are enough immigrants and their descendants to overthrow the native culture. Quantity will have forced a qualitative change. That is the very real danger the United States faces.''"</ref> The election of [[Barack Obama|Barack Hussein Obama]] to the [[White House]] prompted speculations by a majority of U.S. citizens that he might try to change America.

The [[Christian Identity]] movement (also known as Identity Christianity) has roots in a reinterpreted Anglo-Israelism doctrine which excludes the [[Judaism|Jews]] and all of the darker-skinned races. It is a [[Racial Supremacy|racist]] and [[White supremacy|white supremacist]] [[Protestantism|Protestant]] interpretation of [[Christianity]] which holds that only Germanic, Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Nordic, Aryan people and those of kindred blood are the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and hence the descendants of the ancient Israelites (whose emigration and dispersal abroad was primarily a result of the Assyrian captivity) and the divinely appointed and chosen heirs of the promises of God to Israel. Their roots are deeply embedded in movements such as the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and the [[National Socialism|Nazis]]. They consider themselves the true Israel and view the Jews as half-devils and arch enemies. They believe all but the white race are inferior creations.  

The [[Christian Identity]] movement (also known as Identity Christianity) has roots in a reinterpreted Anglo-Israelism doctrine which excludes the [[Judaism|Jews]] and all of the darker-skinned races. It is a [[Racial Supremacy|racist]] and [[White supremacy|white supremacist]] [[Protestantism|Protestant]] interpretation of [[Christianity]] which holds that only Germanic, Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Nordic, Aryan people and those of kindred blood are the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and hence the descendants of the ancient Israelites (whose emigration and dispersal abroad was primarily a result of the Assyrian captivity) and the divinely appointed and chosen heirs of the promises of God to Israel. Their roots are deeply embedded in movements such as the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and the [[National Socialism|Nazis]]. They consider themselves the true Israel and view the Jews as half-devils and arch enemies. They believe all but the white race are inferior creations.  

[[Prophecy]]

[[Prophecy]]

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