Amy Chua

I said, you can write me your genuine views, and I will read them anonymously. And it's like a second best solution, but it actually led to, it was a good debate. Not a debate, but I would read these things. You would see people nod, and some people would talk. But this past semester, you know, I assigned a provocative piece on critical race theory.

And in the past, if you're a Caucasian person, you have something critical to say, and you would never say it. But people wrote me this in their reaction papers, and I said, I'd love to read this. This is such a good point. Should I read it anonymously? And they were like, no, I'd love to say it. And that's been a real change, just really literally in the last six months.

And in the past, if you're a Caucasian person, you have something critical to say, and you would never say it. But people wrote me this in their reaction papers, and I said, I'd love to read this. This is such a good point. Should I read it anonymously? And they were like, no, I'd love to say it. And that's been a real change, just really literally in the last six months.

And in the past, if you're a Caucasian person, you have something critical to say, and you would never say it. But people wrote me this in their reaction papers, and I said, I'd love to read this. This is such a good point. Should I read it anonymously? And they were like, no, I'd love to say it. And that's been a real change, just really literally in the last six months.

People are more—I just think things are getting better. So— Among the students. There's a big cultural debate happening right now. Wokeness has receded. Wokeness is over. You feel, I don't know if it's over, but you definitely feel that it's a little bit passe and more and more people are braver and eye roll about a lot of things. You know, it's not all just negative.

People are more—I just think things are getting better. So— Among the students. There's a big cultural debate happening right now. Wokeness has receded. Wokeness is over. You feel, I don't know if it's over, but you definitely feel that it's a little bit passe and more and more people are braver and eye roll about a lot of things. You know, it's not all just negative.

People are more—I just think things are getting better. So— Among the students. There's a big cultural debate happening right now. Wokeness has receded. Wokeness is over. You feel, I don't know if it's over, but you definitely feel that it's a little bit passe and more and more people are braver and eye roll about a lot of things. You know, it's not all just negative.

Very, you know, part of it is like, yeah, virtue signaling is out. Definitely some of this wokeness is out. But honestly, there are just, I have many, many students who are just very sincere, fantastic progressives. Yeah. You know, they may have been privileged, may not, but they want to do good things for the world. And I think that for a lot of them, it's been a realization.

Very, you know, part of it is like, yeah, virtue signaling is out. Definitely some of this wokeness is out. But honestly, there are just, I have many, many students who are just very sincere, fantastic progressives. Yeah. You know, they may have been privileged, may not, but they want to do good things for the world. And I think that for a lot of them, it's been a realization.

Very, you know, part of it is like, yeah, virtue signaling is out. Definitely some of this wokeness is out. But honestly, there are just, I have many, many students who are just very sincere, fantastic progressives. Yeah. You know, they may have been privileged, may not, but they want to do good things for the world. And I think that for a lot of them, it's been a realization.

You saw the thing about the naming, like, you know, standing, so this is the land of the Native American. There was a piece saying, you know, this is not helping, you know, or I've had a lot of students start to think that this cultural appropriation thing, making a big stink that somebody's wearing a sombrero, that this is not meaningful.

You saw the thing about the naming, like, you know, standing, so this is the land of the Native American. There was a piece saying, you know, this is not helping, you know, or I've had a lot of students start to think that this cultural appropriation thing, making a big stink that somebody's wearing a sombrero, that this is not meaningful.

You saw the thing about the naming, like, you know, standing, so this is the land of the Native American. There was a piece saying, you know, this is not helping, you know, or I've had a lot of students start to think that this cultural appropriation thing, making a big stink that somebody's wearing a sombrero, that this is not meaningful.

So I think there's a substantive basis, too, that's not just all these stupid people. It's like, you know, this is... You know, especially with the election. Like, I think for a lot of Democrats, it's very eye-opening, oh my God, to lose the working class and a lot of minorities. I think a lot of people are just revisiting a lot of ideas.

So I think there's a substantive basis, too, that's not just all these stupid people. It's like, you know, this is... You know, especially with the election. Like, I think for a lot of Democrats, it's very eye-opening, oh my God, to lose the working class and a lot of minorities. I think a lot of people are just revisiting a lot of ideas.

So I think there's a substantive basis, too, that's not just all these stupid people. It's like, you know, this is... You know, especially with the election. Like, I think for a lot of Democrats, it's very eye-opening, oh my God, to lose the working class and a lot of minorities. I think a lot of people are just revisiting a lot of ideas.

Well, you know, it started even before the Tiger Mom book, actually. The first book I published called World on Fire, How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability. What a subtitle. I know. It was 2011, and I got really lucky. It was lucky in a sad way. It was a foreign policy book, and it happened right after 9-11. Oh, it was published, right?

Well, you know, it started even before the Tiger Mom book, actually. The first book I published called World on Fire, How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability. What a subtitle. I know. It was 2011, and I got really lucky. It was lucky in a sad way. It was a foreign policy book, and it happened right after 9-11. Oh, it was published, right?

Well, you know, it started even before the Tiger Mom book, actually. The first book I published called World on Fire, How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability. What a subtitle. I know. It was 2011, and I got really lucky. It was lucky in a sad way. It was a foreign policy book, and it happened right after 9-11. Oh, it was published, right?

actually just right around then. And suddenly, everybody was interested in this little topic I was writing about. But right then, I was told by my publisher, you're nobody. So the way that we try to get attention is you write an op-ed about a hot button issue, and then we try to get some attention. So I wrote about the Venezuelan strikes that were going on at this time.