I don’t why your post prompted me to think of this famous 1970 column by Tom Wolfe in New York magazine decades ago. Maybe the same people who make such decisions as the one you reference never change.
Anyway this is how a great writer see the class. “Radical Chic: That dinner at Lenny’s.” This is very long, funny and great writing.
https://nymag.com/news/features/46170/