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The notion that less of her was worth more in the world had wormed its way into her brain and taken insidious hold over her perception of self.
“Wow them with your smarts, because they think you were a diversity admit and will be extra impressed that you actually know shit.”
“Volunteer only positive attributes about your family, bob and weave around direct questions about your home life, and when backed into a corner, give compliments.”
“It just goes to show,” Mr. Fitzsimmons offered, “the deserving aren’t always those born into opportunity. I can only imagine what someone like Raquel would have done with that same chance. Isn’t that right, Raquel?”
Get fucked Mr. F
No, when I looked in his eyes, what I saw was the most dangerous thing of all in a man: insecurity. Because they will crawl over and push down anyone around them in their desperate thrashing to find themselves comfortably affirmed at the top.
