Which was the point I was disputing.

He came from a pretty privledged, upper middle class background. His mom was an executive. He went to private school until he asked to go to public school instead.

This goes again the perception he's spun about being poor. I recall him saying something to the effect of "I don't think race is a big issue. To me, what's bigger is poor and rich, and so I think a poor white guy has more in common with a black guy who's likely poor as well than the rich white guy", as his way of sort of alligning himself with blacks.

His mom came from a shitty background, but he did not. QT might be white trash, but it's by choice.