“Keith Lewinsky”

The Inheritance Project (managed by Barbara Blouin) uses WordPress to add new content to this site. Unfortunately, until I find a way to get rid of it, WordPress does not allow me to delete “… by Barbara Blouin.” However, this was written by “Keith Lewinsky” — a pseudonym.

A man of short stature, my father drove a Porsche in the 1970s, a big, showy Jaguar in the ‘80s, then a black, souped-up Saab in the ‘90s. My mother was obsessed with brand names and luxury products. When I, the youngest of three, Read More→

I grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba in a Jewish Family. My father and his five brothers grew up working class. They established SAAN stores/Gendis and were successful financially. My life however, was complicated. I grew up as a survivor of violence, abuse and trauma. I experienced directly how money and power were used to keep me silent. I struggled with being wealthy and often hid my privilege. Read More→

In July 17 Globe and Mail, an article entitled “U.S. State Department analyst, wife jailed for spying for Cuba,” reports:

“In a sentencing memo to the judge, prosecutors said Mr. Myers, a descendant of Bell, the inventor of the first practical telephone, was a child of wealth and privilege, attended a private boarding school in Pennsylvania and Brown University and obtained a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. ‘Kendall Myers could have been anything he wanted to be,’ they wrote. ‘He chose to be a Cuban spy.’”

These words, and the story behind them, put in glaring focus attitudes widely held by the majority of North Americans. Read the full article Read More→

When I think of not having the money, I get terrified. It’s a really undefined terror. I guess I’m afraid that I would just moulder away in drudgery, like some character in a Russian novel. Read More→