Posted on 01/05/2014 5:27:03 AM PST by BlueStateRightist
She’s doubling down. 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.
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Yes, I agree, it won’t work for long.
“Check out upper Main Street, Broadway (of Queens) or College Point Blvd.”
Yea, I have been in the neighborhood a bit and yes, it can be crowded down around the LIRR stop in what I tell my family is “little Beijing”. Almost no English spoken. However, up in Bayside and up around 150th in Flushing it isn’t anything like that. Depends on the person and their own view. The students vary like anybody but on average they have stronger pressure to do well in school and have stronger family pressure to not misbehave. Else, they real bad negative reactions. It depends on the person.
They are in need of conservative education. Ignore the bad ones—most of the Chinese do. And, they DO care what you say about school and role models. They don’t act like it but they need to know those things. Later, it might make a difference.
Sorry to hear about the messy neighbors.
And we’ve gotten so low into the gutter of ignorance and incoherence that we no longer know that the Israelis, the Turks, the Saudis, the Russians from East of the Urals, the Indians from India, and so many others, are all GASP! Asians!
Agreed. I worked with these folks in pharmaceuticals. Problem is their kids and/or grand kids. Many become the “n” word they so despise("N" word being a social condition not a race determination).
That’s really sad. I’m sorry to hear that. I guess they live in the wrong neighborhoods.
People here will not want to hear this but our Chinatowns can be notoriously dirty. I’m always leery using any of the restrooms in Chinatown in NYC because the conditions are often shocking. Oops, more anecdotal evidence!
The real funny thing is that they both choose to live in a society built and largely maintained by a group of people they consider inferior.
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