[Marxism] Re Sociobiological tripe about Jewish "intelligence"

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/weekinreview/05berger.html?

Striving in America, and in the Spelling Bee

By JOSEPH BERGER, June 5, 2005
. . .

In recent years, descendants of Indian immigrants - less than 1 percent
of the population - have dominated this contest, snatching first place
in five of the past seven years, and making up more than 30 of the 273
contestants this year.

Behind those statistics lies a beguiling story, not just of immigrant
pluck, but of a craze that seems to have swept through the
Indian-American community.

Excellence in a number of fields has always had a cultural tinge -
consider the prevalence of Dominicans in baseball, Jews in violin
playing, Kenyans in long-distance running. In 1985, when a 13-year-old
son of Indian immigrants, Balu Natarajan, beat out his competitors by
spelling "milieu," it had an electrifying impact on his countrymen,
much as Juan Marichal's conquest of baseball had for Dominicans. Balu
not only became an overnight Indian sensation, one whose name resonates
20 years later, but other Indian-Americans have tried to emulate his
feat.

. . .



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