"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this (she chuckles slightly)--this is working very well for them."
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1001054719
"What's interesting is that both points are valid in isolation and probably could be made in a much more sensitive manner.
And so it seems to me that what we find objectionable about her comment isn't so much the substance, but rather that the context of the substance (her phrasing, her non-verbal expression) reveals an ugly hidden meaning. This is usually how it is in such things."
This is a very good summation of that insulting episode that I found at the website below.
http://www.metafilter.com/44871/Barb...rina-survivors