Whatever happened to that "white European male privilege" that you were referring to not long ago? Suddenly it isn't relevant that he was born and educated in the center of the western world, and that has nothing to do with why he has one of the top academic jobs in the world, rather than some third world applicant, and purely deserved on his own merits, and you're defending him? LOL!

MY parents also told me to finish my dinner, because it would be shameful not to appreciate how lucky I was to have it, not everyone was so privileged to be born in a rich country. They also told me to do my homework if I didn't want to end up collecting garbage or sweeping the streets.

Sure getting a tenured job is hard these days, a lot harder than it was 50 years ago when universities were expanding. So is getting any kind of decent job.

A guy who has a Boeing can choose to revel in his elite status and look down on workers, or take their side. Most revolutionaries were well off.