foreground
v.— «I have tried to close the gap between us. I walk in, I’m female, I’m an egghead, I’m older, I have a Ph.D.—for some reason, they foreground that. My response is “La-di-fucking-da, I have a Ph.D. Whatever.”» —“Dr. Garbage” by Ben McGrath New Yorker Nov. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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