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> They become doctors who heal their patients without fighting to fix the broken medical system or lawyers who defend clients on unfair charges but do not try t
by libria 11y ago
> They become doctors who heal their patients without fighting to fix the broken medical system or lawyers who defend clients on unfair charges but do not try to transform the laws themselves.
The author assumes many parents intend their children to be pioneers in their field. Despite the memes, many asian parents largely steer their children to conservative paths: work hard, risk little, and grow steady wealth. The child may not become a household name, but they are unlikely to end up bankrupt either and the parents are content for the child to securely occupy the upper-middle class. There's not really a push for the child to be "the next Steve Jobs" so long as they get enough ammo to 1-up the local parents at the next social.
- d0m 11y agoYeah, that sentence made me cringe. If they become good doctors that's already a massive win for our society and for them, but that sentence make it sound like they're losers.
- witty_username 11y agoBy Asian you mean CJK right?
- libria 11y agoYes, I should specify east asian. By my perception at least Indian asians have a more entrepreneurial spirit and I see more of them as founders. I admire that, and I'd be interested to hear how their upbringing differs, ie, what ways they were encouraged, pressures, values.
- paulddraper 11y agoIDK what groups the author had in mind, but that group is the vast majority of Asians (if you exclude the Indian subcontinent). It's also the majority of Asian-Americans, if you add Vietnamese.