Tigers Mom Stirs the Pot By Saying 8 Clutural Groups Superior to the Rest

Well it seems more controversy will soon follow.

But the reality, notes the book, co-written by Chua's husband and fellow Yale professor Jed Rubenfeld, is that "uncomfortable as it may be to talk about," some "religious, ethnic, and national-origin groups are starkly more successful than others." Those groups, according to the authors, are Mormons, Cuban exiles, Nigerian Americans, Indian Americans, Chinese Americans, American Jews, Iranian Americans and Lebanese Americans. And the reasons they excel, the book declares, is because of a basic "triple package" formula: a superiority complex, insecurity, and impulse control.

Hmm, left off Scotch Irish and Vietnamese from this list but it is true that those groups have seriously done well in America. These groups also have a very supportive climate from members of the same group as well. They work together to succeed. In any case I love how much of this criticism is based on everything else except what is written in the book. If it is full of eugenics and such then condemn the book. But read the thing first.