German? Thought it was Mediterranean or irish. Like that great gatsby conversation where mr asshole talks about how everything good in the world comes out of northern europe.
Until like the mid-20th century, American-ness was specifically tied to being "Anglo" and "Protestant". Pre-WW1, German Americans were definitely seen as a little "off", especially if they were Catholic. Those heathens didn't speak English, they drank (remember late 19th century America, good Protestants didn't drink), celebrated Christmas with too much gusto like a bunch of Roman savages, they worshipped their evil Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin,
a demigouge who allowed Socialist rabble-rousers to intimidate him into a welfare state.
Honestly that sounds like a better description of how it's used, but traditionally it has always been short for white anglo saxon protestant.
It comes from a time when being German or Catholic made you less white
German? Thought it was Mediterranean or irish. Like that great gatsby conversation where mr asshole talks about how everything good in the world comes out of northern europe.
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They were certainly viewed more favorably than the Irish, but they weren't whiter than white if that makes sense.
Until like the mid-20th century, American-ness was specifically tied to being "Anglo" and "Protestant". Pre-WW1, German Americans were definitely seen as a little "off", especially if they were Catholic. Those heathens didn't speak English, they drank (remember late 19th century America, good Protestants didn't drink), celebrated Christmas with too much gusto like a bunch of Roman savages, they worshipped their evil Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin, a demigouge who allowed Socialist rabble-rousers to intimidate him into a welfare state.