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ivory tower noun used as a metaphor for an attitude that is elitist, intellectual and removed from the real world US, 1911- “Nobody”, said Pearl, “can accuse you of being an ivory-tower professor. Political science is a living, breathing subject, and the way you teach it is real and vital.” — Max Shulman, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, 1951
- The piece was crutched and flawed by the usual contrived soul shit that white writers and Ivory Tower black scribes use when writing about street Niggers. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim, p. 199, 1971
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