In the Opinion column of the New York Times last weekend, there was a piece written by Nicholas Kristof about the three groups, Asian-America, Jews, and West Indian blacks, in America who have been unusually successful as far as minorities go.
He basically just points out that these groups are not so much smarter that they are successful but they work harder, put a higher emphasis on education and have a drive to succeed that has lead them to do so well. Bottom line: you don't have to be smart to do well--just work really hard.
Similar thing was said on Anderson Cooper's CNN show two years ago.
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