NYC Moms/Dads: Is It Possible to Get Into HYP From NYC Without a Hook?

lskinner
Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:30:22 +0000

The article cites as its source for the anecdote a work that was published in 1968. Either it is wrong, or the article you cited, which has the meeting occuring in 1969 or 1970 is wrong, at least as to the date.



It’s also possible (and more likely) that Rosofsky wasn’t the first person to make the donut/bagel observation and that he was just repeating a phrase he had read or heard somewhere else.

In any event, if you want to convince me that the quote is fabricated, you will have to do better.



If you don’t know what an inner city is, and whether there is one in NYC, you can read the pages of the NYT



If bagel = Westchester, Long Island, and north Jersey, then the “hole” – which you equate with the “inner-city” – includes some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the whole country.

I find it odd that you believe that Harvard’s Financial Aid Initiative would be targeting kids on the Upper East Side; the West Village; and TriBeCa, but perhaps the problem lies in your understanding of NYC geography.