elitist

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Ahead of a show at the city's Opera House this month, McLean told BBC Manchester about his experience as a black male ballet dancer from Moss Side plunged into the "elitist" world of professional ballet.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

“He was not exclusive and he was not an elitist, “ Savannah said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

“There’s a reputation that museums, and particularly art museums, have of being kind of stuffy or like elitist or something like that, which is not something that I personally agree with,” says Critchley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

And they become increasingly sympathetic to southern planters who complain about Black labor, and they seem to adopt their elitist attitudes.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

Charles Apatan, Manager of the Tea Haven at the Shoppes at Fairview Court, would have called that elitist too.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram