I read the book; this thread exactly captures my response to it. @Chris_arnade identifies absolutely self destructive behavior by people (drug using homeless prostitutes who don't even LOOK for jobs), and then ignores the agency of these people and blames the middle class / rich https://twitter.com/TimothyAlvis/status/1207310283959615488 …
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I've witnessed a Vietnamese man who spoke broken English take a sales job and amass a million dollars. He had a tremendous disadvantage and to make up for it called 4-5x as many people as the average salesman. In many fields it really is all about hustle.
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Yes, pre-selection is a factor - but that's true for all immigrant groups, even the ancestors of the white working class. Vietnamese faced a lot of obstacles that the white working class didn't: racial discrimination, poor language skills, and xenophobia. Yet they prevailed.
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