I actually enjoyed my American Institutions class today. We talked about the 1920s and how they transformed America. The invention of plastics, increased use of the Model T Ford, home telephones more than doubled. America became a consumer, urban nation. It just seems like a happy, romantic period. It was a time of change and opportunity. The top 5% of society controlled more than 33% of the nation's wealth. As we were talking about the top 5% of society, I happened to be on Facebook looking at pictures of my sorority sisters at a fraternity formal in Aspen, Colorado this past weekend. Pictures of people walking around the fancy-shmancy condos in robes, well-dressed young adults at a formal dinner and dance, etc. I finally admitted to myself that, okay, I am a privileged, white kid. Maybe it also has something to do with the elite of the Manhattan East-Siders in Gossip Girl, too. I am lucky to be a privileged East-Sider in Salt Lake City. Not to mention how excited I am to spend next summer in Europe and Africa!
Oh, to be a college student...with privileges.
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