Question To All British Members: Do you consider "WASP" Americans to be British?

[LightHouse89]

It seems that many Americans of a "WASP" background (usually only partially, most are mixed with non-British ancestries) like to consider themselves British, or rather, part of "Anglo-Saxon civilization". They often cite their "Anglo-Saxon blood" as "proof" of their claims. Obviously America is historically linked to Britain in many ways, including language, culture (partially), ancestry (only partially), and political ideals (partially, because of British philosophers like John Locke that influenced the USA's foundation).

But anyway, the real question: is this connection that "WASP" Americans attempt to forge between themselves and Britain simply a one-way thing, or are these feelings of fraternity reciprocated in Britain? Brits, do you consider "WASP" Americans to be your brothers?

There should be a poll along with this thread.

Ofcourse southern euros and eastern euros will say otherwise. I forgot America has to be tolerant of other cultures and peoples...

[Leto]

Jim, you aren't fully British, only 5/8 if I remember correctly. Plus you said you had been baptized Roman Catholic and brought up by an Italian woman.

[Widukind91]

Ofcourse southern euros and eastern euros will say otherwise. I forgot America has to be tolerant of other cultures and peoples...

Please let British members answer the question themselves before trying to make your cheap arguments.

[LightHouse89]

Jim, you aren't fully British, only 5/8 if I remember correctly. Plus you said you had been baptized Roman Catholic and brought up by an Italian woman.

I was baptized by my mother's side but I always attended a Methodist church with my dad. My step mother is Italian.

[LightHouse89]

Please let British members answer the question themselves before trying to make your cheap arguments.

Go fuck yourself before making a thread about me or my in you retarded ass clown.

[Gooding]

They are of British descent, but they have been a separate ethno-cultural group for some centuries now.

Quite right. In fact, descendants of the British in America have developed their own cultural groups, such as the Scotch- Irish Appalachians, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHOyYQ0Wm_I, the English settlements of Virginia and Maryland produced a rather raucous culture all its own ( until the end of the Civil War and the flooding of New Americans into the region) http://www.ukessays.com/essays/histo...tory-essay.php, and the other cultures exemplified by Pennsylvania, New England, the Carolinas and Georgia.http://www.worldtravelguide.net/unit...nguage-culture, http://www.celebrateboston.com/histo...-ethnicity.htm, http://www.publicbookshelf.com/publi...toryco_fj.html, http://www.discovernewengland.org/ne...gland-history/ We are rightly proud of our local cultural heritage, but part of that heritage does involve storytelling about our fathers and the places they came from to brave a wilderness and establish new lives in a New World.

[Longbowman]

Cousins, not brothers.

[LightHouse89]

Cousins, not brothers.

as in WASP americans not people like blacks, caribbeans, and other non british islanders

[Longbowman]

as in WASP americans not people like blacks, caribbeans, and other non british islanders

Depends on the individual but more or less.

[Widukind91]

Jim, you aren't fully British, only 5/8 if I remember correctly. Plus you said you had been baptized Roman Catholic and brought up by an Italian woman.

Ah, a mixed American

True to the ideals upon which America was founded.