by Amy Chua
Sharia4Belgium, 107
Sherif, Muzafer, 100–101
Shias, 2–3, 20, 78–86, 88–89, 91–97, 114
Sikh American, 193
Sky, Emma, 89–90
slaves/slavery, 18–19, 27, 32, 123–24, 109, 163, 177, 182, 189, 195, 203–4
Slovenes, 77
social media, 106–7, 109, 114, 116, 142, 186, 194–97, 205. See also specific types
Socialists, 55, 138
Society of Castes, 122–23
Somali/Somalia, 108, 149
Souljah, Sister, 181
South Africa, 47, 169, 174
South Asia, 188
South Carolina, 4, 158, 168, 193
South Vietnam, 46, 49–55
Southeast Asia, 44, 47, 137
Southern Poverty Law Center, 148
Southern states, 156, 160, 163, 168–69
sovereign citizens, 144–49, 152
Soviet Union, 61, 63–68, 95, 120, 180–81
Spain, 115, 121, 124
Spanish colonialists, 121–23, 125
Spencer, Richard, 192–93, 198
Starnes, Todd, 180
Stevens, John Paul, 31
Stuff White People Like (Lander), 192
subgroups, 11–12, 23–24, 32, 90, 148, 166, 183–84, 209
Sunni Awakening, 87, 90
Sunnis, 2–3, 20, 65, 78–94, 114
Super Bowl, 173, 197
super-groups, 12, 21–33, 166, 203–4, 209
Syria/Syrians, 27, 34, 107–9
Tajiks, 60–61, 63, 67–68, 70–72
Tal Afar, Iraq, 84–86, 88–90
Taliban, 59–60, 66–74, 97
Tatum, Beverly, 175
Tea Party, 170
terrorism, 175, 193, 207
analysis of, 99–108
a group phenomenon, 100–116
Islamic, 73–74, 93–95, 163, 177
“paper,” 146
and “terrorist traits,” 99–100, 111
and women, 108–11
See also September 11, 2001; specific groups
Tesler, Michael, 171
Texas, 151, 153, 167, 175, 199, 205–6
TheBlaze, 194
Theory of Justice, A (Rawls), 179
Thomas, Angie, 15, 175
Thompson, Leroy, 154
Tito, Josip Broz, 77
Toledo, Alejandro, 132
tribal blindness
and Afghanistan, 60–61, 63, 65–66, 74
and Iraq, 83, 92–94, 96–97
by United States, 15–21, 33–35, 38, 96–97, 139
and Venezuela, 118, 129
and Vietnam, 38, 54–55, 57
tribal division. See ethnic: divides
tribal instinct, 8–9, 105, 38–42, 111, 191–92
tribal politics
being aware of, 83–92
explanation of, 1–13
and foreign policy, 33–35, 38, 46, 54–55, 57, 74
heart of, 31–32, 38, 41
power of, 1–6, 13, 34–35, 60–61, 96
triumphalism, 95–97
Truman, Harry S., 45, 199
Trump, Donald, 10, 84, 161–162, 187, 192
advisers of, 188–89, 193
election of, 173, 175–76, 188
and identity politics, 187–88
and minorities, 175–76, 187–88
and prosperity gospel, 4–5, 153–56
supporters of, 4–5, 12–13, 138–39, 152, 163, 170–71, 176–77, 189, 193, 198, 203, 206
those opposed to, 176, 196, 198, 206
and tribal politics, 5, 13, 164
women supporters of, 185–86, 194
and WWE, 158–61
See also 2016 election
Twitter, 12–13, 107, 134, 142–43, 160, 163
2016 election, 7–8, 21, 198, 203, 205
and identity/tribal politics, 5, 10, 164, 188
and Muslims, 175, 187
and Occupy Wall Street, 141
and prosperity gospel, 153
and white Americans, 161–62, 164, 170–71, 173
and WWE, 159–61
United Kingdom, 21–26, 30, 109, 166. See also Great Britain
United Shades of America (Bell), 198
United States
anthem/flag of, 194
bridging divides in, 197–210
“browning of,” 8–9, 31–32, 165–70, 191–93, 196, 207
class divide in, 148–49
empire building of, 16
exceptionalism of, 19–21, 34, 179, 195
foreign policy of, 1–7, 13, 33–35
oppression in, 9–10, 179, 181–84, 196, 203–4
tribal politics in, 137–65, 177–87
University of Chicago, 176
U.S. Census, 167
U.S. Congress, 28, 30–31, 91, 172
U.S. military, 84–93, 199–200. See also specific countries
U.S. News & World Report, 56
U.S. Supreme Court, 28, 31, 169, 172, 176, 201
Uzbeks, 60–61, 70–72
Valls, Manuel, 23
Van Bavel, Jay, 39–40
Vance, J. D., 163
Venezuela, 12–13, 138
beauty pageants of, 118–19, 125, 128, 131
market-dominant minority in, 120–21, 125–26, 129, 135
president’s show in, 133–34
racial mixing in, 121–26
today, 119–21, 135
tribal politics in, 118–21, 127–29
U.S. policy in, 117–18, 120, 125–26, 128–30, 134
white elites of, 121–35
See also Chávez, Hugo
Vice, 150, 192
Victorious Faith Center (North Carolina), 154–55
Vietnam, 64, 76
Chinese in, 2, 18, 42–46, 48–57
ethnic cleansing in, 55–57
ethnic conflict in, 38, 50–57
fights for independence, 2, 38, 43–46, 50
under French rule, 43–46, 49–50
and integrated forces, 199–200
national identity of, 38, 42–46, 57
United States in, 2, 16, 18, 37–38, 44–46, 50–55, 57, 60, 74
Vietnamese immigrants, 32, 149
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 169
Vox, 161
Wall Street Journal, 170
Washington, DC, 2, 38, 167, 174, 184–86
Washington Post, 193
Washington State, 176, 193
Washitaw Nation, 148
WASPS, 26, 29–32, 163, 177, 182, 204
wealth/wealthy
in Afghanistan, 72
in Iraq, 3, 79
and market dominance, 47–48
and prosperity gospel, 4–5, 153–55
and sovereign citizens, 148
in United States, 21, 138, 203
in Venezuela, 124–25, 128–30
in Vietnam, 2, 48–55
Welsh, 24
West Africa, 47
white Americans, 17, 181
divisions among, 161–64
dominance of, 29–31, 176–77, 180, 182, 196, 203–4
elected Trump, 5, 13, 138–39, 160–64
ethnonationalism among, 192–93, 196
feel discrimination, 8–10, 169–75, 189–92, 195
and identity politics, 10–11, 32, 177–78, 189–92
as minority, 31–32, 165–68
and NASCAR, 156–58
and political activism, 139–40
supremacists, 6, 8, 144, 183, 185, 196, 203–4
See also elites: in United States; Protestants;
WASPS
White, Micah, 141–42
Who Are We? (Huntington), 187
Willer, Robb, 103–4, 170
Wilson, Charlie, 65–66
Wilson, Woodrow, 17, 19
Wimsattcalls, William, 168
Winfrey, Oprah, 32
Wisconsin, 170
Wolfowitz, Paul, 80, 88
women, 178
black, 183–86
and equal rights, 140, 183, 186
as NASCAR fans, 156–57
and Spanish Conquest, 121–22
support Trump, 185–86, 194
terrorists, 108–11
in United States, 29, 172, 176, 180–81
in Venezuela, 118–20, 125, 128, 131
white, 183–87
Women’s March, 184–86
working class, 6
and American Dream, 138–39, 203
discrimination against, 169–74, 189
dislike protests, 4–5, 142–43
in Europe, 26
and NASCAR, 156–58
poor prospects for, 171–73
and prosperity gospel, 4–5
in United States, 130, 143–44, 163, 206
and WWE, 158–61
World War II, 45, 75, 77, 124
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), 158–61
Yaken, Islam, 106–8
Yale Law School, 101, 132, 171–72
Yale University, 29, 40, 202
Yoruba, 18, 42
YouTube, 106, 176
Yugoslavia, 47, 77–79, 96–97
Zia-ul-Haq, Muhammad, 65
Zito, Salena, 161
About the Author
AMY CHUA is the John M. Duff, Jr. Professor at Yale Law School. She is a noted expert in the fields of ethnic conflict and globalization, and the author of the bestselling titles World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability; Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall; Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother; and The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America, co-written with her husband, Jed Rubenfeld. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
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* Relative to total population, however, other countries take in a greater percent of immigrants. In 2014, Australia and Canada admitted 1.0 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, of their total population in immigrants, compared to just 0.3 percent in the United States. As of 2015, 28 percent of Australia’s population and 22 percent of Canada’s were born outside the country. In America, the figure is 14 percent.
* Since the Vietnam War, there have been three main waves of Vietnamese refugees. A first wave left Vietnam in 1975, immediately after Saigon fell. The second wave occurred in 1978–79, around the time that Vietnam and China went to war. Approximately 70 percent of the refugees in these two waves were ethnic Chinese, most of whom eventually resettled in the West. In 1988–89, a third wave of refugees left Vietnam; this group was primarily ethnic Vietnamese.