Amy Chua

There was a time, it's hard to actually imagine now because we're in a very different phase, but you could just trash white people. That was like the one group that you wouldn't get in trouble. JD talked about this, too, that you could say anything about them, make fun of hillbillies, and also the one group that was not allowed to take pride in themselves, because that would be white supremacy.

There was a time, it's hard to actually imagine now because we're in a very different phase, but you could just trash white people. That was like the one group that you wouldn't get in trouble. JD talked about this, too, that you could say anything about them, make fun of hillbillies, and also the one group that was not allowed to take pride in themselves, because that would be white supremacy.

And I thought that was a dangerous situation. And it just makes so much sense that that's going to get reversed. So yeah, I think it's what I wrote was like we're seeing for the first time identity politics on all sides.

And I thought that was a dangerous situation. And it just makes so much sense that that's going to get reversed. So yeah, I think it's what I wrote was like we're seeing for the first time identity politics on all sides.

And I thought that was a dangerous situation. And it just makes so much sense that that's going to get reversed. So yeah, I think it's what I wrote was like we're seeing for the first time identity politics on all sides.

Right. Well, first of all, I am not a political analyst. I mean, you have all these people here. This is not what I've been doing for the last couple of years. But you sense cultural shifts.

Right. Well, first of all, I am not a political analyst. I mean, you have all these people here. This is not what I've been doing for the last couple of years. But you sense cultural shifts.

Right. Well, first of all, I am not a political analyst. I mean, you have all these people here. This is not what I've been doing for the last couple of years. But you sense cultural shifts.

So you don't need to be a political expert to... So I think a lot of stuff changes when it really affects, not just, okay, for working class people, it's like, can you afford groceries, et cetera. But for people not so, you know, maybe even more privileged people, it's when it affects your kids, right? when it affects your children, right?

So you don't need to be a political expert to... So I think a lot of stuff changes when it really affects, not just, okay, for working class people, it's like, can you afford groceries, et cetera. But for people not so, you know, maybe even more privileged people, it's when it affects your kids, right? when it affects your children, right?

So you don't need to be a political expert to... So I think a lot of stuff changes when it really affects, not just, okay, for working class people, it's like, can you afford groceries, et cetera. But for people not so, you know, maybe even more privileged people, it's when it affects your kids, right? when it affects your children, right?

So I think a lot of people, all my friends, they were always progressive. All my friends are progressive, you know, in favor of affirmative action. We're in favor of all these things. I mean, you know, that's what, when we were in school, everybody was. And then your kids start applying to college. Then the slots are not there. And they're all going, they see where the slots are going.

So I think a lot of people, all my friends, they were always progressive. All my friends are progressive, you know, in favor of affirmative action. We're in favor of all these things. I mean, you know, that's what, when we were in school, everybody was. And then your kids start applying to college. Then the slots are not there. And they're all going, they see where the slots are going.

So I think a lot of people, all my friends, they were always progressive. All my friends are progressive, you know, in favor of affirmative action. We're in favor of all these things. I mean, you know, that's what, when we were in school, everybody was. And then your kids start applying to college. Then the slots are not there. And they're all going, they see where the slots are going.

And that affects people. People respond to their children. And this is not just Asian Americans. A lot of my very liberal friends in Westport and whatever, their kids are applying to college and they start to feel a sense of unfairness. And this is just one little piece of it. But I think, you know, when at a certain point,

And that affects people. People respond to their children. And this is not just Asian Americans. A lot of my very liberal friends in Westport and whatever, their kids are applying to college and they start to feel a sense of unfairness. And this is just one little piece of it. But I think, you know, when at a certain point,

And that affects people. People respond to their children. And this is not just Asian Americans. A lot of my very liberal friends in Westport and whatever, their kids are applying to college and they start to feel a sense of unfairness. And this is just one little piece of it. But I think, you know, when at a certain point,

so many things like, you know, just very performative things, like the vocabulary for what is okay to say, you know, keeps changing. And it's actually just so exclusive and so elitist in the name of kind of egalitarianism. You know, my youngest sister has Down syndrome and, you know, when we were little, you know, not good, I guess we said retarded, but then it was handicapped.

so many things like, you know, just very performative things, like the vocabulary for what is okay to say, you know, keeps changing. And it's actually just so exclusive and so elitist in the name of kind of egalitarianism. You know, my youngest sister has Down syndrome and, you know, when we were little, you know, not good, I guess we said retarded, but then it was handicapped.

so many things like, you know, just very performative things, like the vocabulary for what is okay to say, you know, keeps changing. And it's actually just so exclusive and so elitist in the name of kind of egalitarianism. You know, my youngest sister has Down syndrome and, you know, when we were little, you know, not good, I guess we said retarded, but then it was handicapped.