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...main problem originally was the potential elitist connotation," Yarowsky says. "We didn't want a 'Guide to Muffy and Chip's Prep School.' We worked with Chris and were satisfied that it conveyed the information and tone in an acceptable...
...remain an influential part of the school's social life. They shouldn't. After all that has been done in the way of democratizing this school in the last 20 years, there is no reason that each semester hundreds of undergrads desperately should seek admission to these self-consciously elitist clubs--while countless others, usually women, wait for friends to invite them to club functions...
...having no debate with the African National Congress (ANC), alleges that it is not a "legitimate body," according to a report in The Crimson. What constitutes a "legitimate" speaker or body? Who are the members of the Conservative Club to decide this? This qualification in and of itself is elitist and contradicts the principle of Freedom of Speech. In addition, in the question and answer period there was no guarantee that our questions would be addressed since we were forced to submit them to the scrutiny of Conservative Club members beforehand. Who is to say that they had not already...
...impartially, to be making no judgment on their comparative merits, but somehow the quasi-liberal unconstrained vision often seems to lead to positions that few liberals would accept as their own. Sowell cites John Stuart Mill's admiration for "the most cultivated intellects" to suggest that the unconstrained are elitist, and hypocrites as well. "It is consistent for the unconstrained vision to promote equalitarian ends by unequalitarian means," he writes, "given the great differences between those whom Mill called 'the wisest and best' and those who have not yet reached that intellectual and moral level...
...involved in any overtly political activity, but his novels continue to wrestle with social problems. "`Political' doesn't mean anything anymore," he says. "When a novelist takes on social issues, his work is dismissed as a diatribe, not taken seriously." More than American apathy, Reed criticizes the "white elitist media" for being overly "under-class happy...