Not content to assert that “Tiger Moms” are the bestest, meanest, and most self-sacrificing of mother’s (and ignoring all the subsequently reported factual evidence that refutes her claim), Chua and her hubby are back to tell us that some peoples are just frankly superior. The very special people that made their list are:
Jewish
Indian
Chinese
Iranian
Lebanese-Americans
Nigerians
Cuban exiles
Mormons
If only Chua’s daughters would marry Indian, Iranian, Lebanese, or Nigerian immigrants (the Cuban exiles are much too old for these girls) and convert to Mormonism, Chua could have not just superior but exceptional descendants.
While completely anecdotal (much like Chua’s data), my first hand business encounters with people from two of those groups did reveal an exceptional component. Exceptionally dishonest.
Other than Cuban exiles, I’ve known and mostly liked a number of people from each of those groups. And yet never noticed that they were more successful and/or accomplished and had superior children than those from any other similar socio-economic group.
The real story here — the less controversial one, the more interesting and possibly instructive one — is that historically, immigrant groups tend to experience upward mobility in America until the third generation, and then, for reasons unknown, tend to level off.
Not a mystery at all. The rigid class and economic structure of the US and most countries leaves few gaps for upward mobility. The immigrants and/or their children that succeed far enough to get the third generation into a growing family enterprise or business, law, or medical school is the exception and not the rule. Not much upward mobility from the third generation on regardless of the immigrant’s and/or first generation’s success or failure moving up the socio-economic ladder.
Chua and hubby could have titled their book, “The Superiority of Republicans that Graduate from
College.” Still begs the question of how the “superior” Mitt could lose to the “inferior” Barack, but perhaps Chua like Mitt still doesn’t believe that Mitt didn’t win.
Liz Cheney doesn’t meet any of Chua’s special people criteria. And apparently the good people of Wyoming aren’t that her daddy made her special either. (Somewhat forgot to tell Liz that WY isn’t NY and taking campaign advice from daddy and fashion advice from mommy isn’t a good idea.)
How a “tiger mom” can earn a fortune and grab media attention with such a biased, racist theory is beyond me. That’s the weakness of America and will ultimately lead to its downfall from within.
Forgive me, you don’t want to discuss this nonsense do you? A new era, new history in the making and the social fabric of what makes America great is being torn to shreds with divisive writings like this woman. Superiority and thereby making large groups an outcast of society is a lead-up to fascism. This mentality and individualism is what led to the financial crisis of Wall Street with the tab picked up by Mainstreet through wage decrease and jobs loss. Profits must be preserved for the bonus culture of top level managers and corporate shareholders.
It’s not dishonesty, these people are ruthless and lack compassion, ideal for an economy based on pure capitalism.
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Chua is another version of Ann Coulter. Both attorneys looking to cash in with the racism of the right. Coulter’s schtick has gotten stale — only so many ways to rant against the left and give lip service to the glories of Christianity. Palin owns the white hot mama space. Chua’s tack is to praise those that she identifies as superior instead of getting there by tearing those in the out group.
She’s a dangerous and deluded woman — but no more so than those like Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley. All fellow travelers along with Wendi Deng, Michelle Rhee, Palin, and Coulter.
What those on the left should note is that the term racism isn’t fully descriptive of the rightwing in this country. It’s a lazy trope and failed completely even to explain the brief popularity of Herman Cain in the 2012 GOP primary.