Word: elitists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They're sexist, elitist and pointless--unless you consider it useful to shelter the partying and bonding activities of young, over-privileged men already graced with admission to Harvard and all the glory that entails, including the right to live in beautiful Harvard housing. But that does not seem enough for some men. Some men need a home away from home, away from women, away from men less worthy of their company, a place to relax and bask in the glow of patriarchal privilege...
...dorm room, or anywhere, really. Most of the men at Harvard don't belong to final clubs and they all seem to be doing just fine. Actually, they seem to be doing a hell of a lot better than their clubby counterparts, because they don't need an elitist seal of approval to enjoy life at this school...
Harvard and Yale will play today to decide the winner of the Big Two, the elitist of the elite Ivy League schools. Meanwhile, 400 miles away in a small town in upstate New York, Cornell will battle the University of Pennsylvania for the real championship. The Big Red can earn a share of the Ivy championship with a victory today. If Penn wins, it will finish with a perfect record for the second time in three years and capture its sixth championship in seven years...
...right to control its membership. If a club decides not to admit women, it's no better than a club deciding not to admit Jews. I have heard the argument that these clubs provide business connections, but those who join clubs usually have connections through their families. Clubs are elitist, I do not deny that. As far as I know, elitism and snobbery are not crimes...
...foreground the themes of cultural, not economic, populism: patriotism (the flag and the Pledge) and toughness on crime. His campaign has cynically mined the white fears and racism that feed this form of cultural populism. At the same time, the Bush campaign depicted Dukakis as a "Harvard elitist." Dukakis' initial lawyerly defense of the flag issue played right into that perception...