The refusal to acknowledge the professional acumen of an ethnicity other than one's own, based on a stereotype and position that one's racial/ethnic background is superior.
Ex 1: The intellectual ethno-dismissiveness (IED Complex)of voters who discredit the validity of President Barack Obama's abilities in office, fueled the Tea-Party movement.
Ex 2: A minority expert in his or her field is questioned or double-checked on findings. Meanwhile, the response of someone who fits the challenger's idea of "the expert" may have little or no experience, but is respected and accepted with few questions.
Ex 2: A minority expert in his or her field is questioned or double-checked on findings. Meanwhile, the response of someone who fits the challenger's idea of "the expert" may have little or no experience, but is respected and accepted with few questions.
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DDOI = Distributed denial of intellect
This occurs when many people think they have a clue about a technical issue but do not really, so they converse amoungst themselves excluding anyone with knowledge of the technicality
This occurs when many people think they have a clue about a technical issue but do not really, so they converse amoungst themselves excluding anyone with knowledge of the technicality
Theres billy bob,Margret sue and ralph trying to figure out how to turn there computer on. wonder when the DDOI (Distributed denial of intellect) will end and they ask someone who knows?
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The term intellectual elitism has arisen recently with the birth of the reactionary and racist Tea Party, but there has been a growing bias against informed, educated people since Ronald Reagan was the President of the U.S.
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Fox entertainment news anchor Glenn Beck believes that everyone with more than a fifth grade education is an intellectual elitist.
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