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WASP: WASPs Days are Numbered

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PLAY IT UP WHILE IT LASTS WASPS
Blogging for Topless Miley Cyrus outfit Vanity Fair, Born Rich rogue blue blood Jamie Johnson posits that WASP culture is on the decline. Blacks and Jews are like, finally. (Related: Hispanics are now 15 percent of the population.) Johnson, who's just getting started on the series, points to evidence of WASP decline in things like intermarriage and poor money management, and the fact that he, a WASP, is blogging (even if it is for VF Daily). He talks to the "most prominent WASP elder" he knows, David Netto, who points to an example of poor money management in his own family. Johnson writes:

"An errant uncle who had a history of mental instability left the entire fortune to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in violation of family agreements. Considering that it was the largest unrestricted cash gift the Met had ever received, they naturally wanted to keep it. But so did David. Lawyers were brought in to resolve the matter, and eventually a settlement was reached that enabled both parties to part on good terms."

What an Indian giver.

By Tyler Gray   05/01/08 1:20 PM
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