I’m sorry you took that so personally…I don’t think you heard what I was trying to say.

What I’m saying is you’re projecting goals and opinions on a group of very different people based on traits they loosely have in common.

You can criticize academia all you like, but what you did isn’t that.

You’re framing “them” as an enemy declaring “poors and POC are inherently bigots”. That group doesn’t exist.

Are there elitist assholes and people with a savior complex? Sure. I’m sure plenty of people have said similar statements, there’s a lot of really dumb individuals

But anyone who makes the statement you accused “them” of making would be torn apart both in academia and from any even slightly progressive group (not only is it not a true statement, it’s extremely bigoted)

What is true is that bigotry is more common in lower socio-economic regions for inherent reasons - but that’s reasons inherent to the group, such as less opportunities for travel, higher education, or relocation. There’s plenty of sociology studies that explore that with nuance and statistics to back it up.

Somehow, you’ve reframed that (or more likely had it presented to you) as a group of “them” with goals that are in opposition to you. As an accusation against you and your community.

The group you speak of doesn’t exist, someone made it the fuck up. It’s a harmful idea that you’ve internalized.