Word: classist
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...ceases to amaze me that Harvard students, pursuing their education at a place that claims to teach them to think critically, continue to rely on tired cliches and useless generalizations when referring to final clubs and final club members. The rants are familiar: Final clubs are "sexist," "elitist," "racist," "classist," "homophobic," etc. If we are to believe the tirades of Crimson writers and the submissions of certain well-opinionated students, final clubs are also responsible (along with investment bankers) for the moral corruption which plagues our University and our country. Have I covered all the bases? It really doesn...
...ceases to amaze me that Harvard students, pursuing their education at a place that claims to teach them to think critically, continue to rely on tired clichs and useless generalizations when referring to final clubs and final club members. The rants are familiar: Final clubs are "sexist," "elitist," "racist," "classist," "homophobic", etc. If we are to believe the tirades of Crimson writers and the submissions of certain well-opinionated students, final clubs are also responsible (along with investment bankers) for the moral corruption which plagues our University and our country. Have I covered all the bases? It really doesn...
...ladies come to your clubs because, at three in the morning, you're the only game in town? How can Kahn consider others to lack the social skills common to the majority of our nation's college students, when the final clubs can be described as sexist, racist, elitist, classist and homophobic...
...Latin] is not specifically classist or racist," she added. "We have lots of traditions at Harvard...this is one of them...
...think it's a legitimate complaint to say that this is classist or elitist. To say that is to assume that this [bill] is directed to exclude...I don't think that's what it proposes," he said, adding, "This is a return to the classic ideal of a liberal arts college...