![]() 'In this paradoxical sense, equality isn’t fair to African-Americans,' they write. While it became a best-seller, Chua’s book was roundly criticized for being 'racist' and perpetuating negative stereotypes about race.Ĭhua's latest book takes her premise a step further, with commentators saying its exploration of family seeks to play on the growing fear of the middle-class never booming again.Ĭontroversially, Chua and her husband say that African-Americans don't make the superior race list because the Civil Rights Movement destroyed their chance of any superiority. 'The Triple Package': The new book by couple Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld argues that certain groups do better than others in AmericaĬhua believes anyone can be successful but must help themselves.Ĭhua became a media sensation in 2011 when The Wall Street Journal published an extract from her book 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother'.Īlthough she was raised in the Midwest, Chua used her Chinese heritage and some of the worst stereotypes of Chinese women - cold, rigid and hostile towards their own children - to criticize Western methods of parenting.Ĭhua wrote unabashedly about calling one of her two daughters 'garbage' for being rude and refusing to let her girls watch TV or participate in school plays or have sleepovers. ![]()
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