Famous Tiger Mom Says Certain Cultural Groups Are Superior

[MessiahDecoy123]

Amy Chua, the self-proclaimed “Tiger Mom” who, in 2011, published a book arguing that Chinese women are superior mothers — thus their offspring superior children — has even more to say.

In “The Triple Package,” Chua and her husband, co-author Jed Rubenfeld, gather some specious stats and anecdotal evidence to argue that some groups are just superior to others and everyone else is contributing to the downfall of America.

Unsurprisingly, the Chinese Chua and the Jewish Rubenfeld belong to two of the eight groups they deem exceptional. In no seeming order of importance, they are:

Jewish
Indian
Chinese
Iranian
Lebanese-Americans
Nigerians
Cuban exiles
Mormons

These groups — “cultural,” mind you, never “ethnic” or “racial” or “religious” — all possess, in the authors’ estimation, three qualities that they’ve identified as guarantors of wealth and power: superiority, insecurity and impulse control.

http://nypost.com/2014/01/04/tiger-mom-some-groups-are-just-better-than-others/

 

[NickNitro]

as an Italian...I shall break her kneecaps

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Does she have valid points or is she just trolling for book sales?

 

[Breogan]

Certain Cultural Groups Are Superior... Cuban exiles

as an Italian...I shall break her kneecaps

And you still win by way of Pacino.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I wonder why "ambition" is listed as an indicator of wealth.

That makes more sense than "insecurity".

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

as an Italian...I shall break her kneecaps

You guys are so violent.t:

Must be due to your inferior culture.

 

[Chance Jackson]

2 parts of her triple threat are contradictory, You need to have a "Superiority complex" and you must be "Insecure"...

 

[Duke]

You guys are so violent.t:

Must be due to your inferior culture.

Of course, Tony Montana in Scarface is Cuban, not Italian.

 

[NickNitro]

You guys are so violent.t:

Must be due to your inferior culture.

That's right, you better ninja away

 

[Feenix]

What a load of crap.

 

[SuperSonics]

She has got it all wrong! The most superior people are the Anunnaki! Don't believe me?! Just ask Giorgio Tsoukalos! haha t:

 

[charl_huntress]

Does she have valid points or is she just trolling for book sales?

I believe she is trolling for book sales and she's doing it by drumming up controversy.

 

[SuperSonics]

I believe she is trolling for book sales and she's doing it by drumming up controversy.

I agree 100%

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

I'm Jewish and I have no impulse control (for example, I have 8 infractions ). She's nuts.

 

[Feenix]

Which is what everyone does. Trolling is the money maker in America. It's sad and it makes you suspicious of everyone and their opinions.

People just need to shut up and try an honest day's work.

 

[Pink Ranger]

as an Italian...I shall break her kneecaps

as an Asian ... I would let you do it.

Seriously, this woman is like the Kim Kardashian of academics. She's a law professor, not a sociologist or anthropologist. She's the worst kind of educated bougie Asian-American. Your 15 minutes of fame are over, sister, go back to raising your inevitably self-hating daughters who will likely end up pole-dancing for a living to get back at mommy.

Asian have good impulse control? Has she ever been to a casino?

 

[TheBat812]

2 parts of her triple threat are contradictory, You need to have a "Superiority complex" and you must be "Insecure"...

Eh not really. You can be insecure about your abilities as of now yet feel like you're capable of being better than anyone else. This is what drives many successful people to work harder than others in an almost obsessive way. In our culture it's most easily visible in athletes. Kobe, mj, etc.

It's about a reaction to your insecurity/fear though, just being insecure is not an advantage.

 

[Feenix]

as an Asian ... I would let you do it.

Seriously, this woman is like the Kim Kardashian of academics. She's a law professor, not a sociologist or anthropologist. She's the worst kind of educated bougie Asian-American. Your 15 minutes of fame are over, sister, go back to raising your inevitably self-hating daughters who will likely end up pole-dancing for a living to get back at mommy.

Asian have good impulse control? Has she ever been to a casino?

This post makes me so happy.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Wait, if I'm already Chinese ... and I convert to the LDS church ... ka-ching! Pink's gonna make it rain!

 

[Feenix]

Wait, if I'm already Chinese ... and I convert to the LDS church ... ka-ching! Pink's gonna make it rain!

Jews are at the top, be a Jew!

They let Asians in, right?

 

[Pink Ranger]

Jews are at the top, be a Jew!

They let Asians in, right?

I had a cousin who went to conversion school. Too much reading, damnit!

 

[Thundercrack85]

Hmm, well depending on how we define culture and being "superior", I would have to agree. Certainly some are more prosperous than others (I assume that's what they mean).

Culture isn't genetic, it's social, and constantly changing.

Though I think part of it is also the fact that immigrants in America, regardless of background, are generally encouraged to make something of themselves far more than non immigrants.