“I will take your doll house to the Salvation Army,” Amy Chua threatened her daughter because she couldn’t master the piano piece “The Little White Donkey”. As a result, both daughters are straight-A students, over-achieving and musically accomplished. By the time Sophia, the first daughter, turned 14 she performed Prokofiev’s Juliet as a Young Girl at Carnegie Hall in New York; Louisa, auditioned for the pre-college program at the world-famous Juilliard School by the age of 11.
Amy Chua, a 51-year-old Chinese-American Yale professor, is notably known as the author of the controversial book The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother: a self-documented parenting memoir and an argument of how Chinese women make better mothers. Well the Tiger mom is back with ever-louder roars and fiercer piercing claws with “The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America” , highlighting eight out of many cultural groups in the United States that she argues to be superior.
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Amy Chua’s first controversial book- The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
In her Battle Hymn, she puts a lot of emphasize on comparing Chinese and Western (because the West is all just one big, similar place) parenting methods, arguing Chinese parents are more focused in preparing their children for their life achievements, extreme discipline behavior, and future prospects.
“Western parents try to respect their children’s individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions, supporting their choices, and providing positive reinforcement and a nurturing environment. By contrast, the Chinese believe that the best way to protect their children is by preparing them for the future, letting them see what they’re capable of, and arming them with skills, work habits, and inner confidence that no one can ever take away.” Chua stated in the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.
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- Chua with husband Rubenfeld, and daughters Sophia and Louisa. Image: Penguin Press
In her new book, The Triple Package, Chua and her husband, Jed Rubenfeld, a fellow Yale Professor, have taken their analysis to an even more controversial justification: classifying eight groups that they argue are better than the rest. In The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America that is due to be published in the upcoming month, they claim to have compiled cultural traits that are reciprocally shared by certain immigrant groups; this allegedly led them to prominently survive migration challenges, resulting in wealth and success.
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Chua’s new book;The Triple Package, consisting of analysis towards superiority among race groups in America
Chua argues these eight – Chinese, Jews, Indians, Iranians, Lebanese, Cuban Exiles, Nigerians, and Mormons – embrace the three character traits: superiority, insecurity, and impulse control.
The book received razor-sharp reviews from the New York Post’s review, stating the book uses some “dubious” data in arguing that eight specific groups are superior to others. But that is all juxtaposed to eager readers and fans patiently awaiting the release in order to have their preconceived notions justified.
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Chua and daughters attending TIME 100 Most Influential People Gala in 2011. Source: Flickr
“The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America” will be available worldwide on February 4, 2014 and is already available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Penguin Press online. Is it racist or research, polemics or pot-stirring? Either way, this book promises to rake in the money.