Asia's Cult of Intelligence versus the US' Cult of Ignorance

[All Along The Watchtower]

In all other societies - at least those with a history of aristocracy - the conservative impulse translates itself as an elitist, hierarchical phenomenon. Education is to be valued as a status symbol.

This is a good thing....why?

Anyway, I think the problem isn't "populism" per se, but rather the importance of racism in how social class is experienced in America (and how American society is highly stratified largely on that basis).

[All Along The Watchtower]

By the way...is this yet another OMG THE ASIANS* ARE THE MODEL MINORITY type sentiment that is all too common among middle-class white Americans?

*As if "Asians" or "Asian-Americans" really existed, let alone were a monolithic group. I mean, seriously folks...

[All Along The Watchtower]

Upper-middle class white people love Asians and Asian-Americans even more than we hate poor whites.

Go to the south side of Houston and see how the Vietnamese live. Upper-middle class white people respect northern Asian cultures.

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