How privilege relates to passion

       Privilege, what exactly is privilege? Privilege is society's law on what is acceptable of certain types of people. When thinking of a man, it is socially acceptable for them to go around and about on the beaches topless. When a woman... well... you get catch my drift. We can also see in people who have higher social standing. If a poor man buys an considerably priced car while owning a trailer as a house in the ghetto, he would be seen as a fool. However, if a rich person were to buy the same car, it would be seen as appropriate considering they have the money to afford it. Also with privilege, plain words can manipulate how a person thinks. If the person looks, or seems knowledgeable to you, you would obviously listen to what he or she says. Comparing the views between a college professor to a random homeless man on the streets, you would unconditionally believe that the college professor is more knowledge able in every aspect. This privilege comes from the fact that the college professor is more successful and has a degree in what they are teaching. The credentials are the credibility that lead you to trust in his words, whereas the homeless man does not have anything to show to prove that he knows what he is talking about. In a novel by Anzia Yezierska called Bread Givers, the father of four girls uses the privilege that he is the man of the house. He controls their lives, telling who they can and cannot marry and how they should their lives. Rather than allowing them to live out their own lives, the suppresses their freedom and causes them to suffer. Three of his daughters follow their father's will and live out their lives in total misery, never knowing what true happiness is. The fourth daughter breaks away from the chain and is called a disgrace in the family even though she becomes the most successful. Using his privilege, he is able to control his daughter's lives and manipulate them to play out the way he wants it to. When he marries one off to a wealthy man, he is able to gain from it, be it self-esteem or a part time match making job where he literally sells off his daughter to an old fishermen. When having this privilege is available, you can make anything yours. Be it a spot in a top paying job or the support of citizens for your campaign.
     How this relates to passion is, if you are privileged, you are welcome to follow that passion of yours. Those with less privilege will have trouble doing so due to the lack of power. For a person to become a scholar, one must have time and money. If the individual has neither, the likely hood of them pursuing the dream will be reduced to nothing. Also, if you are only a beginning artist, you have very few connections and your art will be hard to sell off to make ends meet. However, if you come from a more privileged house hold, you will have more connections and sell off your art fairly easily than the guy who has no one. We get a few of those lucky people who start from scratch and end up successful by following their passions. Such as one of the richest people in the world, Bill Gates. Gates dropped out of Harvard later to start a failing business called Microsoft. By following his passion and gaining connections, he was soon able build this electronic empire of Microsoft later earning money up to the billions. But people that want to acquire a job in theater require connections. There are actors that have children that later become actors because of their parent's influence. An example we have is Will Smith's son, Jaden Smith. Just because his father was an actor, he was able to have an acting job while others out there who struggle and dream to perform on the big screen cannot make it because they "lack" certain capabilities.