Like #47: Arts Degrees

"When white people go away to college, they tend to study what are known as the Arts."

Although Zooey Deschanel did not graduate from college, she began her studies as an arts student. She studied theater at Northwestern University for most of a year before dropping out to pursue her acting career.

It is likely that Zooey’s affluent background played an important role in her decision to pursue a degree in the arts. Her parents’ comfortable financial situation likely paved her way to follow her own passions. She did not necessarily have to obtain a degree in order to gain a better financial standing. Rather, she could rely on her parents to support her if her decision to pursue a degree in the arts led her into any financial difficulties. As Lander so sarcastically points out in his blog, “if the pay is low, no problem, [affluent] parents will happily help out with rent until [their children] magically start making six figures or non-magically turn 40.”