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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just admit it. The circles that the schools cater for have their own pecking order. [/quote]

I think that there is something to the above poster's comment whetehr that is interpretted as racism or SES snobbery. I think, in reality, it is just Washington attracts a very ambitious and driven type of person, and part of " working their way up" is who they socialize with.

Now, I am white, and very middle class, and don't have a "sexy" job , which in Washington means: POTUS cabinet, Editor of Atlantic, WAPO, head producer at ABC, CNN, Head of WB, , Head of IMF, partner in top law firm, lobbyist, senator, CEO of multi-million dollar corporation.

Now , just below those peole are the junior partners, the media hacks, the lessor lobbyists, and the just one million a year earners, but not more. Now those people will work VERY hard to get to be invited to dinner parties, vacations, etc.. with that top group. Not ALL people are like this, but enough, that at some schools it sets the tone. Now, if you are just a doctor or some other perfectly respectable prfession, you might find it odd that no one is TRYING to get to know you, but really it is not becuase you are AA, its just because well, you are not Barak Obama or our Atty Gen, and so, what can you do for them?

Same goes for me. I'm middle class, and what do I have to offer? who can I introduce them to ? Who can they meet at my house if we become friends? So, you become like the "back up friend"

Its got NOTHING to do with skin color. Its just social jockeying Washington style. In NYC, its same but with stock brokers and financial people.[/quote]

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