Growing up in upper middle class waspland, the
reality was pretty clear . Some people were more valuable than others, and they
needed to be tall, wasps , wealthy , attractive, ruthless at amassing money,
and powerful. They would be entitled , excluding. They got no speeding tickets,
were treated with great regard by the legal system , the local town looked the
other way . They quietly threatened those who would not play along with spoken
threats , or implied threats to job or connections or lies about facts or
reputations. They had long memories and a vengeance for payback .
The essence of WASP is to act one way and be another. Bite backs. Embrace hypocrisy . Trust no one, and be untrustworthy . Have no idea who you are.
Money and power got you into any job , got you any reference you wished, any school, any degree regardless of whether you did the work or not. Any club was yours for the taking, the connections rampant and incisive .
Appearance was everything , and got you married with more connections , won you contracts , increased your inherited wealth , got you out of trouble you didn't want and into the trouble you did .
No one with entitlement and privilege has any idea how much of their life has been afforded them simply on the grounds that those around them must comply with the dominant power. Or else .
No comments:
Post a Comment