Political Correctness Hobbles America's WASP Ruling Class
"Little
by little, American WASPs are losing their elite
status. … With the retirement of John Paul Stevens there will be no Protestants
left on the Supreme Court. Despite representing almost 60 percent of the
American population, the once dominant Protestants will soon be gone from the third
branch. The other members are Catholic (5) and Jewish (2)."
American WASPS ancient and modern: from top, left: Benjamin Franklin, Douglas MacArthur, James Monroe, Thomas Paine, Butch Cassidy, James Madison, Christopher Hitchens, Rick Rescorla.
Little by little, American WASPs are
losing their elite status. For those unfamiliar with this acronym, it means
White, Ango-Saxon and Protestant [Americans of British-American
descent]. In the past, they were the richest, the academics, the politicians, the
athletes, the justices of the Supreme Court and essentially the entire American
upper class. Jews and other immigrants prospered economically throughout the
first decades of the 20th century. Their children sat in the classes of Ivy League
universities like Harvard and Yale. Blacks and Hispanics have become stand-outs
in sports. But in politics and the law, White Protestants continued to dominate,
except for rare cases like as that of Jewish Justice Benjamin Cardozo.
Until the last presidential
election, candidates had always been White and male. The only non-Protestant president
was John Kennedy, who was a Catholic. Obviously, the first Black man is Barack
Obama. New York has already elected Jewish and Black mayors, as has Washington
D.C. California has an Austrian governor. But that still isn't enough to allow
us to say that WASPs don't dominate politics. But what if we look at the
Supreme Court? With the retirement of John Paul Stevens, which was announced
last week, there will be no Protestants left on the Supreme Court. Despite
representing almost 60 percent of the American population, the once dominant
Protestants will be gone from the third branch [the judiciary]. The other
members are Catholic (5) and Jewish (2). Of course, that is, if a Protestant isn't
named this time.
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The U.S. isn't the only
country to see a ruling elite lose ground. Based on the Lebanese Constitution, Lebanese
Maronite Christians still hold the post of president.
But, divided since the civil war, today they hold less political power than Sunnis
and Shiites. The Afrikaners (Whites of Dutch origin) of South Africa who controlled the country during Apartheid, today
see political power in the hands of Blacks and economic power in the hands of Whites
of British origin.
Among Americans, the change
occurred within the civil rights movement, which has always sought equality
among races and religions in the U.S. - and today this is a reality. Being
Jewish or Muslim impedes no one from obtaining a job in the U.S. I agree, it
would be complicated for Americans to vote for a Muslim as president, but Muslims
do have per capita incomes higher than the average American. Blacks have already
had a president and two secretaries of state - both within the conservative
government of George W. Bush. The last three presidents named women to lead
their diplomacy. It's only a matter of time before one becomes president.
At the same time, protecting
minorities ends up hurting those who are born male, White and Protestant. The
majority of these WASPs aren't born to a wealthy family from the Upper East
Side of New York, didn't study in a private school in Connecticut or graduate
from Princeton. They are ordinary people, unemployed in Detroit or Chicago, who
end up suffering because they don't belong to a minority. They don't hold
special places in universities nor are they on lists of politically-correct nominations.
There were so many, that in recent years they forgot to put Protestants on the
Supreme Court.
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THE OTHER SIDE - The majority
of the American Congress is still White and Protestant. Blacks still suffer
discrimination in the United States. Muslims complain of the treatment they receive
from the media. Jews fear the strengthening of neo-Nazi groups. The percentage
of Blacks in prison is much higher than for Whites. Obama may be Black, but his
mother was White and his dad came from Africa. He had no part of the great
movements of Blacks in Harlem or the south. So the presence of women, Blacks,
Jews and Catholics on the Supreme Court could be seen as progress, and not as
the decline of the WASPs. Sometimes being politically correct helps.
