They cannot seem to believe that anyone else may have a sad story to tell. Valles says she was the first person in her family to go to college. She thinks that entitles her to discriminate against others on the basis of race. I'm white, Jewish and male. I am a prime target for Valles.
Feminists are particularly good at it.
This is another illustration. It seems beyond her ken that I, too, grew up disadvantaged. But being of the wrong race, gender and ethnicity, I am a target for discrimination by the likes of Valles. Let me continue. They were upwardly mobile, exceeding their origins and living the American dream.