>>17672320here's a better answer, it's because in America the """ideal""" person to look like is the "self-made man", you're self sustaining, you have a steady job, now ask yourself, well, why is that a big deal? Shouldn't that be everyone in an ideal world?
Because when you tell people you "came from nothing" they look at you like you're a hardworker who worked your way up the ladder of life and finally found solace after putting your nose to the grindstone. But when you tell people you were born in a middle class suburb with a private religious school education and the free ability to test out your merit in the arts (considered an actual privilege in America), nobody will think the same as above.
Basically, it's a con job of her self image. Why act like you've had a good life when you can just feign poverty like most Americans actually are suffering through?
