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You make a good point but I think its not accurate to conflate race with culture, although the two do seem intertwined. I tend to believe that, if a white kid (

by pm90 9y ago

You make a good point but I think its not accurate to conflate race with culture, although the two do seem intertwined. I tend to believe that, if a white kid (say) was brought up by Asian parents, he/she would probably have the same qualities as an asian kid. So its not racist to say that Asian culture values different things than the mainstream American culture, which is perhaps why Asian Americans tend to be more educated and gainfully employed.

busemann 9y ago
Do you think an adopted Black kid would on average develop the same qualities as an Asian kid in an Asian family?
TheAdamAndChe 9y ago
> its not accurate to conflate race with culture This is true, but there aren't regularly gathered statistics on what culture students are a part of. Race, however, is constantly tracked. There is generally a correlation between race and culture in America, and thus race is being used as a proxy for culture in the example.
zmoreira 9y ago
I'm sorry to bring bad news, but you are probably wrong. Kids tend to be like their biological parents. http://quillette.com/2015/12/01/why-parenting-may-not-matter-and-why-most-social-science-research-is-probably-wrong/ http://quillette.com/2015/12/01/why-parenting-may-not-matter...
- pm90 9y ago
  That is a very revealing article, thanks for sharing! I think one interesting point the article makes is that parenting really doesn't matter much, except when parents do something extreme to affect the behaviors of their children. I wonder if parents' extreme desire for their children's scholastic success could be categorized as such? Anecdotally, growing up in India, I remember being hit by my parents as a younger kid; the physical violence stopped when I became a teenager, but my parents were quick to show their extreme displeasure and worry when I would get low grades in High School. Not to suggest that all Asian/South Asian households are violent towards their children, of course. Although, I do trust research over anecdata, so I will agree with you that it might just be a genetic thing.

by pm90 9y ago

busemann 9y ago

Do you think an adopted Black kid would on average develop the same qualities as an Asian kid in an Asian family?

TheAdamAndChe 9y ago

> its not accurate to conflate race with culture This is true, but there aren't regularly gathered statistics on what culture students are a part of. Race, however, is constantly tracked. There is generally a correlation between race and culture in America, and thus race is being used as a proxy for culture in the example.

zmoreira 9y ago

I'm sorry to bring bad news, but you are probably wrong. Kids tend to be like their biological parents. http://quillette.com/2015/12/01/why-parenting-may-not-matter-and-why-most-social-science-research-is-probably-wrong/ http://quillette.com/2015/12/01/why-parenting-may-not-matter...

pm90 9y ago
That is a very revealing article, thanks for sharing! I think one interesting point the article makes is that parenting really doesn't matter much, except when parents do something extreme to affect the behaviors of their children. I wonder if parents' extreme desire for their children's scholastic success could be categorized as such? Anecdotally, growing up in India, I remember being hit by my parents as a younger kid; the physical violence stopped when I became a teenager, but my parents were quick to show their extreme displeasure and worry when I would get low grades in High School. Not to suggest that all Asian/South Asian households are violent towards their children, of course. Although, I do trust research over anecdata, so I will agree with you that it might just be a genetic thing.