There is no gene for elitism. If you spot someone who may be considered elite, don't label them thus. Egalitarianism is the antithesis of elitism. Therefore perceived differences must be circumstantial. The buzzwords of egalitarianism are political correctness, victimization, multi-culturalism, and affirmative action, words so common that it is difficult to remember how new they are.
Political correctness shuns the use of that handy tool, the generalization.
Popular culture is, as a whole, worthless excrement. Asian Americans tend to fare better than African Americans. Multi-culturalism says every culture has the same worth and deserves equal attention. And affirmative action says if we can't force everyone to start the race together, we should force them to finish together. We no longer have winners and losers, but exploiters and victims.