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I think “Anglo-Saxon” is the term you’re looking for
by umanwizard 9y ago
I think “Anglo-Saxon” is the term you’re looking for
- acjohnson55 9y agoProbably not, at least in the sense of literal English heritage. There's definitely a White American identity, which is an innovation owing to suburbaniztion and television. Previously ethnically diverse white people assimilated as they left ethnic enclaves for the burbs. And for white people with deeper American roots, migration broke down regional American identities. It's a concept known as ethnogenesis. While some insular white American identities persist in rural and small town America (Appalachian and Cajun come to mind), it's largely recent immigrants contrasting against a monolithic White American identity.
- umanwizard 9y agoI don't think being part of what I would call "Anglo-Saxon culture" depends on literally descending from the historical Angle and Saxon tribes -- it just means "the culture of typical White Americans" (or New Zealanders, Australians, Canadians, etc.)