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Originally posted by alphaiota
great uncle is correct. but by marriage. my great aunt (my mom's aunt) is married to his brother.
you're right. if they don't know then it doesn't make a difference. but that is sort of my point. i chose not to use my relations as a way to get into college. i chose to go on my own hard work like i said. but if i really wanted to i could have called on family relations. i come from very high society on my mom's side of the family, but my grandfather on my dad's side was a factory worker his entire life. so i'm very blessed to know both sides of it.
it was interesting to grow up with one grandfather who owned his own company and knew all of st. louis' high society and also have a grandfather who worked in the factory of the same type of company my other grandfather owned.
shelley j
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But really the fact that you didn't "pull strings" is the point. If he had gone to Yale or Andover, for that matter, based on merit, I think that at least his words would seem less bogus. While still subject to White privilege the obvious favoritism that being child of powerful alum gave him would not be there. Instead, he got everything he has as the result of favoritism rather than his great mind and hard work.