From my point of view as an American from New Jersey, USA with a
mixture of roots but many from England, I would say: The
stereotypical WASP would characterize Anglo-American mindset. I
think of Connecticut stereotypes. Phrases like "white bread,
mayonaise". Coming from money. Liberal politically but with a
"Great White Hunter" mindset: that is, "We respect diversity but
please do not infringe on our property if you are a minority
that is not working for us as a housekeeper". It is also the
stereotype that black comedians do a very effective job of
mocking. That is what comes to mind to me. Irish-Scots-American,
I would start to use the Southern USA stereotypes for a basis.
=== A belief in a type of individualism YES Imperial tendencies
YES A privileging of perceived 'logic, rigor, order. control'
etc This depends. I tend to see people-as-people and never
understood control freaks so I can't really answer that. The
tendency to desire a society of deskilled proles, experts and
capitalists I can't answer that. Cultural Racism YES
'Protestant' work ethic YES. Pragmatism is very foundational for
USA thinking. I've traced it back to "Scottish Common Sense
Realism" as the closest basis for a typical American pragmatic
mindset. Class attitudes and gender attitudes We have our
categories and they are usually split up financially. Blue
collar, White collar. Homeless. Everything seems to be split up
by income or perceived income. Gender? I dunno how to answer
that. Bread and circuses for the masses We're an entertainment
culture. If we're not entertained, we break something so that we
can be entertained again. Or we lie to get entertained. It's
similar to British tabloids but on a national scale. == There's
likely many aspects of my own culture that I just can't "see".
Some of it will be due to personal bias but a lot of it is
simply because I'm within the very culture you're objectifying,
so it's difficult to abstract myself from it in areas that just
seem "normal" to me. For example, "The tendency to desire a
society of deskilled proles, experts and capitalists" I can't
see it without some examples, so I don't understand what it's
referring to. == I look forward to more you have to say on the
subject because I need something to respond to and I've
outputted all I can think of at the moment. ==
