'I'm sorry my father likes to provide for me and I don't have to go to a state school': Rich girl college student faces online wave of hate over essay complaining about poor people making her feel bad

  • Meet 20-year-old Rachael Sacks - who complained in her blog after a grocery store clerk frowned at her large shopping bag from Mulberry
  • She wrote: 'People shouldn’t make others feel bad about their own personal finances. How people spend their money is their own choice'
  • The student had 'no idea' she was rich until some nicknamed her 'Rachael Sacks of cash' at the age of 14

By Michael Zennie and Louise Boyle

PUBLISHED: 22:32 EST, 17 October 2013 | UPDATED: 14:32 EST, 18 October 2013


A 20-year-old New York college student is facing heaps of Internet scorn after she published an essay demanding that poor people stop making her feel bad because she's so rich.

Rachael Sacks describes how a cashier at her local grocery store in the affluent West Village neighborhood was unfriendly and frowned at her because she was carrying a large shopping bag from the high-end handbag designer Mulberry.

'I am sorry that I was born into great financial circumstances and my father likes to provide for me. I am sorry I don’t have to go to a state school to save my parents money. What do you want from me?' she writes in an essay, published on Thursday, for Thought Catalog. 

Scorned: Rachael Sacks, 20, has received endless online vitriol over her essay about privaledge

Scorned: Rachael Sacks, 20, has received endless online vitriol over her essay about privaledge

Miss Sacks attends the New School's Eugene Lang Liberal Arts College - one of the most expensive universities in the country

Miss Sacks attends the New School's Eugene Lang Liberal Arts College - one of the most expensive universities in the country

Miss Sacks is seen here with her father, Dr Preston Sacks, a prominent fertility doctor in Bethesda, Maryland

Miss Sacks is seen here with her father, Dr Preston Sacks, a prominent fertility doctor in Bethesda, Maryland

'People shouldn’t make others feel bad about their own personal finances. How people spend their money is their own choice.'

She continues: 'It just seems really petty and makes you look bitter and unhappy with your own life if you are casting nasty glares at college girls in Gristedes because you’re a cashier.'

 

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The 20-year-old then argues: 'I’m not one of those people who try to be poor to relate to people.

'I think that’s honestly really disgusting behavior, it’s as if you’re saying that you have to make yourself into something you think is beneath you to get others to like you.'

She later claims she had no idea that she was rich while growing up because her family went to McDonalds and she wore clothes from Old Navy.

She added: 'I went to private school when I was younger and there would always be someone so much richer than me.

'There were kids who owned their own horses and whose parents were billionaires, so I had no idea that I had any money until I was about 14 and people called me ''Rachael Sacks of Cash''.

The student has penned other articles entitled '13 Things That Should Exist For New York Women In Their 20s' and 'Confession: I'm a chronic female masturbator'.

Classy lady: The 20-year-old New York college student says that it's petty to be bitter about college girls if you're a cashier

Classy lady: The 20-year-old New York college student says that it's petty to be bitter about college girls if you're a cashier at a grocery store

Let the good times roll: Miss Sacks, who is 20 years old, has a wealth of pictures on her social media accounts enjoying beverages
Let the good times roll: Miss Sacks, who is 20 years old, has a wealth of pictures on her social media accounts enjoying beverages

Let the good times roll: Miss Sacks, who is 20 years old, has a wealth of pictures on her social media accounts enjoying beverages

On her blog, her ambition is stated as: 'Working on my goal of being a rich eccentric old person by writing a lot of things.'

Calls to a cell phone number for Miss Sacks went to answerphone when contacted by MailOnline today.

Her younger sister Caroline told MailOnline today that her sister is currently in New York and going to school. She said that she was unaware if her sister had any part-time work or internships.

Within hours, Miss Sacks was flooded with deriding, mocking comments from people who didn't appreciate her take on wealth.

'Yes, let's all pity and feel bad for poor, judged, not smiled at,' one twitter user commented sarcastically.

A commenter on her story wrote: 'What a spoiled brat. Your parents did a horrible job of raising you. The level of entitlement in this article is mind blowing. No one is born spoiled, entitled and snobby.' 

'That is a learned behavior. And it's repugnant. I hope that you can modify your behavior before you pass your horrible and selfish attitude down to your children,' another commenter adds.

The selfie generation: The 20-year-old is dedicated to her own blog and social media accounts where she shares details about life as a Manhattan college student
The selfie generation: The 20-year-old is dedicated to her own blog and social media accounts where she shares details about life as a Manhattan college student

The selfie generation: The 20-year-old is dedicated to her own blog and social media accounts where she shares details about life as a Manhattan college student

Miss Sacks responded in fury at the negative responses her personal essay had drawn on Thursday.

She posted on Twitter: 'I've been dealing with b****** since the third grade I've always been ready for haterz.'

She adds: 'I'm just an obnoxiously loud voice of idiocy amongst billions.'

Gossip site Gawker piled on with a post headlined 'Rich Girl Not Going to Pretend She's Not Rich Just to Make Poors Happy.'

Miss Sacks attends the private Eugene Lang Liberal Arts College at the New School in Manhattan.

With tuition and fees totaling nearly $40,000 a year and annual cost of attendance estimated at more than $61,000, it has been ranked as one of the most expensive college in the country.

Her father is Dr Preston Sacks, a prominent fertility doctor in Bethesda, Maryland. The family lives in a $700,000 home in Bethesda, Maryland.

Despite the massive influx of online criticism, Miss Sacks doesn't appear to have changed her mind.

She tweeted: 'I'm rolling my eyes because I definitely don't deserve this much attention.'

Adding later: 'La la la everybody hates me guess ill eat some worrrrmmmsss. Suck it.'

Miss Sacks seems unrepentant in the face of criticism, telling her 'haters' to 'suck it'

Miss Sacks seems unrepentant in the face of criticism, telling her 'haters' to 'suck it'

Miss Sacks lives in the affluent West Village neighborhood of New York City but can always retreat to her family's vast $700,000 home in Bethesda, Maryland

Miss Sacks lives in the affluent West Village neighborhood of New York City but can always retreat to her family's vast $700,000 home in Bethesda, Maryland

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Can everyone give me some green arrows just to see if there is nice people out there :)

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spoilt is the word we use over here in little ole england

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If her daddy is so rich how come he could not get her into an Ivy League school?

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Her parents home isn't even worth a million and she thinks she is rich???? HHHHHaaaaaaaaaaa

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Jesus her parents address is posted on this site.

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Good thing her daddy DOES have money, cause she's obviously not gonna get anything by using her looks!

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Am I the only person that thinks a 700k home isn't rich? Ready to get blasted!

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Nobody begrudges her father his income (she isn't wealthy). However, if she uses that large Mulberry shopping bag to carry around a big ego and nasty attitude, I don't blame anyone for disliking her. I've got a friend who is very well off and would never think of flaunting it. I don't envy her any of it, because she's always been a nice person and gets by on her merit--not the bank account. Perhaps Miss Sacks never learned that to have a friend, one must be a friend.

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...i don't agree with anything this girl has said, but maybe DON'T post her home address online? if that is her home address on the map...

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Hate to say this but she is right. Unfortunately she is too young to grasp the concept of discretion, but so are most young people. That is, just because something is true doesn't mean you should state it. Anytime someone is well-off financially they are bound to be disliked and judged, especially 20 year old girls who are rich by daddy's money. Now, most Americans are extremely jealous people. But they're still not as bad as some other cultures- like Russians. There is a reason why most people will say things like "she may be rich but I guarantee they're not happy". Well, how do they know that? Why can't rich people be extremely happy? It's a mental maneuver to feel better about one's lot in life. However, she should know not to point out her wealth and criticize those less fortunate- though she is right. I'm pretty poor but that's the breaks. Rich people mostly have a better and more fulfilling life than I do. But my job is to get over it as people here should get over Ms. Sacks.

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