Amy Chua Defends Noticing

02/16/2014

Michael Smerconish, who scored the highest (i.e., least elite) of any journalist who took Charles Murray’s Coming Apart class quiz, interviews Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld. Chua says:

"Now we do state facts, and I think that’s what makes people uncomfortable. You know, we say things like, 'Asian American SAT scores are 140 points above the average.' That’s a fact. Or Indian Americans have a national household income of almost double the national average. Mormons are hitting it out of the park

I'd characterize Mormons as more singles and doubles hitters than homer sluggers.

, and we say: 'Look, they're doing something different from mainstream America. Let’s look at them.' Let’s look inside — people don’t know what goes on — and learn from them, and, honestly, I think if we can’t just state a statistic without being accused of racism, then we are not going to be able to learn and make any improvement."

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