
Anthony Abraham Jack

For Students Who Grew Up Poor, An Elite Campus Can Seem Like a Sea of Wealth and Snobbery
“Where are the other poor black kids?” This is the first question I remember asking myself, a chubby freshman with my hair in cornrows, while walking across the Amherst College campus. I was in the center of the main quad, standing outside Johnson Chapel. The lawn was freshly mowed. It
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