Nigerians named amongst 8 superior groups of people in the US

Nigerians named amongst 8
superior groups of people in the US
Writer Amy Chau, who gained notoriety 2 years
ago as 'Tiger Mum' after publishing her
controversial book 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger
Mother" where she claimed that Chinese mums
make the best parents and ultimately have more
successful children, is back in the news.
Chau and her husband, Jed Rubenfeld, just
released a controversial (and some say racist)
parenting guide called 'The Triple Package', where
they declared there to be only eight successful
and superior groups of people in the US.
They eight are: Chinese, Jewish, Indian, Iranian,
Lebanese-Americans, Nigerians, Cuban exiles and
Mormons
'That certain groups do much better in
America than others, as measured by
income, occupational status, test scores and
so on, is difficult to talk about,' Amy and Jed
write.
The couple identify three distinguishing features
these eight peoples have that guarantees them
success over others; superiority, insecurity and
impulse control. Continue...
Amy Chau, 51, breaks down the 'Triple Package'
for her readers as follows:
1) A superiority complex: Chau believes that any
cultural group who innately thinks they are just
better than others has an advantage.
Ignoring the wars, genocide and abject human
misery this kind of thinking has caused, Chau and
her husband declare that 'the superiority complex
is antithetical to mainstream liberal thinking...the
stuff of racism , colonialism, imperialism, Nazism.'
2) Insecurity: Chau and her husband believe that a
deep seated insecurity can be a motivating drive
to achieving success.
'That insecurity should be a critical lever of
success is another anathema, flouting the entire
orthodoxy of contemporary popular and
therapeutic psychology,' they write according to
the New York Post.
'Note that there’s a deep tension between
insecurity and a superiority complex,' the authors
continue.
'It’s odd to think of people being simultaneously
insecure but also convinced of their divine election
or superiority.'
3) Impulse Control: Chau thinks that perseverance
and patience are virtues that have been lost to
most Americans - but still exist among her eight
golden cultural groups.
'Impulse control refers to the ability to resist
temptation, especially the temptation to give up in
the face of hardship or quit instead of persevering
at a difficult task.'