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Amy Chua On Immigrant Success
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Amy Chua On Immigrant Success

Andrew Sullivan
Jul 9, 2021
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Amy Chua On Immigrant Success
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Amy, who you probably know as the Tiger Mom, is a law professor at Yale and the other of several books, including "The Triple Package" and "Political Tribes." In this episode we discuss the experience of being an immigrant, of being a minority within a minority, and the importance of, in Amy’s words, “turning being an outsider into a source of strength,” not victimhood. For three clips of my conversation with Amy — on how college kids these days are terrified of debate; on how to be resilient in the face of bigotry; and on the courage of the individual in the face of woke conformity — head over to our YouTube page.

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