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The Exclusionary Power of Boston's Anglo-Saxon Elite

In the 1930s, Tom Forbes felt that even if he was the smartest, some of the people there, because he didn't have like their upbringing, that he was somewhat inferior. One can overstate the exclusionary power exercised by Boston's Anglo-Saxon elite. You could have the wrong accent and no table manners, and be possessed by psychological oddities, or worse, so long as you belonged amongst Nuth's 2%. He's referring to Donald Nuth's last name spelled K and UTH.

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