Word: elitists
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...nation, their reckless exuberance and glamour--and family tragedy beyond measure. The founding father of the clan, Joseph Kennedy, came from immigrant stock with all the eccentric genius and anger of his blighted kin, but he was touched by the magic of America. He went to the elitist Boston Latin School; on to Harvard; and then in the Roaring Twenties, with little regard for ethics or even the law, plunged into the worlds of banking and moviemaking. He cashed in before the market crash of 1929. When Franklin Roosevelt called Joe to Washington to clean up the Securities and Exchange...
...that the name "signifies women's advancement." The Seneca seems to be a noble idea with positive intentions. However, the resolutions from the Seneca Falls Convention called for equal participation of, and an enlarged sphere of opportunities for women, but did not aim to achieve this goal through inherently elitist means...
...appropriation of the name Seneca seems a blasphemous move by an organization that not only establishes itself as single sex but also proceeds to whittle its potential female members through an application process, and possibly even through dues, which only further an elitist theme. The Seneca Falls Convention called on all women, rather than a select few, and a full third of attendees and signatories were male. I am left wondering for which lucky women at Harvard the Seneca Club seeks to improve life at the expense of which unlucky women...
...that the name "signifies women's advancement." The Seneca seems to be a noble idea with positive intentions. However, the resolutions from the Seneca Falls Convention called for equal participation of, and an enlarged sphere of opportunities for women, but did not aim to achieve this goal through inherently elitist means...
...appropriation of the name Seneca seems a blasphemous move by an organization that not only establishes itself as single sex but also proceeds to whittle its potential female members through an application process, and possibly even through dues, which only further an elitist theme. The Seneca Falls Convention called on all women, rather than a select few, and a full third of attendees and signatories were male. I am left wondering for which lucky women at Harvard the Seneca Club seeks to improve life at the expense of which unlucky women. CHRIS J. PERRIELLO...