They're not more important. They have advantages and money, and they misuse and abuse them too much.

Imagine shallow rich people thinking you should be grateful to them if they give you some money or an opportunity just because they might treat you better than a bunch of people they were trained by their Entitled Patriarchal White Supremacist Culture to unsee, but only if you act like they're far more important than all these other people you met in your life.