Sentence examples for had privileged backgrounds from inspiring English sources

Doug Atchison first had the idea of making a film about spelling bees after watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee of 1994 and noticing that most of the contestants had "privileged backgrounds".

Many of the students, despite having privileged backgrounds themselves, were amazed by boarding schools' large campuses and lavish trimmings.

This notion is especially popular with members of the ruling elite, who like to think their position is the result of genetic superiority rather than the fact they have privileged backgrounds.

A number of musicians in the neo-garage movement have privileged backgrounds, including prep schools and celebrity families, and their glamorous upbringings seem to have increased their sex appeal on the college radio scene.

"Manning had privileged access to restricted information.

They really struggle to talk about social mobility, partly due to the awkward reality that many of them had hugely privileged backgrounds themselves.

Keith Joseph, a cabinet minister in the Heath and Thatcher governments, also had a privileged background.

'I knew I wanted to do the AT because I wanted to prove to myself that regardless of my background – I went to private high school; I went to Dartmouth; I had a privileged background – I'm capable of doing something like the AT if I put my mind to it.

He had been targeted by right-wing bloggers who paid for an attack video, accusing him of dressing up as a Nazi at Oxford and having a privileged background.

Many whites saw Ms Carter, who has a privileged background and lighter skin, as the "less black" of the two.In the city of New Orleans itself, the two candidates were almost tied in the number of votes they received.

One government study suggested that, after doctors, journalists had the most privileged backgrounds across a broad range of professions.