<p>Or maybe things like racism and the bamboo ceiling exist. [Deconstructing</a> the Bamboo Ceiling | Asian Fortune](<a href=“http://www.asianfortunenews.com/2013/08/deconstructing-the-bamboo-ceiling/]Deconstructing”>Deconstructing the Bamboo Ceiling – Asian Fortune) </p>
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<p>[Dirks</a>, N.B.: Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India. (eBook and Paper)](<a href=“All Books | Princeton University Press”>http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7191.html) </p>
<p>[JSTOR:</a> An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie](<a href=“The First Century of British Colonial Rule in India: Social Revolution or Social Stagnation? on JSTOR”>The First Century of British Colonial Rule in India: Social Revolution or Social Stagnation? on JSTOR)</p>
<p>The British had no interest in removing the caste system whatsoever. Why would they? It neatly broke up Indian society for them. </p>
<p>I dislike the concept of Chua’s book because she again is making gross generalizations about groups of people (probs to draw people in and get them to read the book). There is selection bias in which Indians or Chinese immigrate to America. That is not to say all Indians have similar values: South Indian Brahmins are probably different than Gujuratis who focus on business. </p>
<p>However, I think some groups have advantages. For instance, the Jews have a really strong sense of community and I think that helps them. Other groups are brought up to value education more: I’d argue there is a strong sense of anti-intellectualism in American society. You should check out “The Smartest Kids in the World” It does a good job discussing education differences in a colloquial manner.</p>
<p>America’s poor kids do far worse than the rest of the world’s poor kids on average. And the rest of the world’s poor are usually far poorer than America’s poor. Similarly, the average PISA scores from students at the Beverly Hills High School are worse than the average score of ALL Canadians. On exam days in South Korea, the traffic is stopped and planes can’t fly overhead. </p>
<p>I like Chua because she brings out really strong reactions in people. It’s entertaining and occasionally insightful.</p>