From
a class discussion in Introduction to Critical Feminist Studies I, a
student at Bryn Mawr College, became interested in the possibility of
the attitude of elitism not only existing on campus among students
but also being fostered by faculty, administration and other
influential people at the college. The Compact Oxford English
Dictionary gives as a definition of elitism: "noun 1 the belief
that a society or system should be run by an elite. 2 the superior
attitude or behaviour associated with an elite (elitism)." From
this I gathered that I was more interested in the first definition
and that I needed to know what 'an elite' was. The same dictionary
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