One problem is that in the Israel of 50-60 years ago, Sefardim weren’t considered as ‘up there’ in the social strata as the Ashkenazim, many of whom were there since the first yishuv. The Ashkenazim were the dominant people (in the secular world especially, many times they still unfortunately are) and most yeshivos were Ashkenazi. In order for a Sefardi to get into one he needed to kind of blend in. I assume that from there it spread.
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