The Triple Package (50 page)

immigrant selection criteria and,
170
–71

impulse control and,
131
,
132

insecurity and,
50
,
95
–102

out-marrying and,
158

prejudice against,
99

superiority complex and,
95
,
97
–99,
101
–2

individualism,
202
,
203

industrial accidents,
179

innovation,
222
–24

Innovator’s Dilemma, The
(Christensen),
32

insecurity,
9
–10,
20
,
85
–115,
159
,
163
,
182
,
195

America and,
200
–203,
208
–12,
214
,
215
,
218
,
220
–21

in Americans, Tocqueville’s observation of,
27
,
85
–86,
202
–3

Amish and,
182
–83

Appalachia and,
175

Asian Americans and,
13
,
110
–11,
173

of capitalism,
202

Chinese Americans and,
50
,
123
–24

Cuban Exiles and,
87
–89

drive and,
15
,
17

family and,
86
,
106
–114,
115

fear and,
86
,
104
–6,
153
–55,
195

Holocaust survivors’ children and,
190
–91,
193

Indian Americans and,
50
,
95
–102

of individualism,
202

Iranian Americans and,
89
–95

Jews and,
104
–8,
109
,
153
–55,
195
–96,
197

Lebanese Americans and,
112
–14

Mormons and,
187

Protestantism and,
184
–85

scorn-based,
86
,
87
–104,
114

self-esteem movement and,
213

studies on,
23

underside of,
17
,
18
,
151
–55

superiority complex and,
1
,
10
,
11
–14,
15
,
17
,
114
,
124

welfare and,
209

Intel Science Talent Search,
46
,
193

intermarriage,
20
,
158
,
196

International Tchaikovsky Competition,
46

IQ,
169
,
171
–72,
186
,
194
, 291
n

Jews and,
194

Iran,
90
,
91
,
94

Iranian Americans,
7
,
12
,
55
–58

academic achievement and,
56
,
95

insecurity and,
89
–95

Persian culture and,
94
–95

prejudice and animus against,
92
–93

status and,
92
,
93
–94

Iranian superiority complex,
72
,
90
–92

Islamic Revolution,
92
,
93

Israel,
154
,
195

Ivy League,
7
,
41
,
47
–48,
170

Jackson, Jesse,
77

Jackson, Samuel L.,
77

Jacobs, Joseph L.,
112
–14

Jamaica,
6
,
43

James, Henry,
202

James, Josh,
31

James, William,
212
–13

Japan:

China and,
121
,
122
,
123
,
158

imperial,
219

Japanese Americans,
57

family honor and,
110

Jazz Singer, The,
152
–53

Jefferson, Thomas,
200
,
201
–2,
203
,
205
,
206
,
208

Jeffs, Rulon,
34

Jennings, Ken,
33

Jeopardy!,
33

JetBlue,
5
,
31
,
137

“Jewish Genius” (Murray),
63

Jews,
7
,
17
n,
20
,
50
,
51
–55,
57
–58,
72
,
78
,
88
,
193
–97

academic achievement and,
13
,
20
,
24
–26,
193
–96

anti-Semitism and,
12
,
15
,
54
–55,
61
,
138
,
141
–42,
154
,
194
n

Ashkenazi,
194
n

authority questioned by,
151
,
152

bar and bat mitzvahs of,
139
,
142

chip on the shoulder and,
12

Disraeli on,
15

family and parenting among,
106
–8,
109
,
140
–41,
142
,
151
–53

Holocaust and,
see
Holocaust

impulse control and,
20
,
138
–42,
197

income of,
7
–8,
53

insecurity and,
104
–8,
109
,
153
–55,
195
–96,
197

IQ and,
194

Israel and,
154
,
195

music practice and,
141
,
161

out-marrying and,
158
,
196

poverty and,
53

Sabbath and,
139
–40

superiority complex and,
9
,
60
–64,
194
,
195
,
197

Syrian,
24

Triple Package pathologies of,
151
–55

Jindal, Bobby,
49

Jobs, Steve,
22
,
223

Jordan, Michael,
117

Judaism,
62
,
64
,
138
,
151

orthodox,
139
,
142

Reform,
139

Juilliard School of Music,
46
,
127
,
129

Jung, Andrea,
123

Kafka, Franz,
105
,
119
–20

Kahn, Louis,
53

Kaling, Mindy,
164

Kant, Immanuel,
138
,
142

Kazin, Alfred,
12
,
13

Keister, Lisa,
33

Kellogg,
38

Kennedy, Paul,
123

Khosla, Vinod,
49

Kimball, Spencer,
25

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
77
,
78

Kiryas Joel,
26

Kleiner Perkins,
49

Kodak,
32

Koh, Jennifer,
47

Korean Americans,
7

academic achievement and,
13
,
110
,
131

family honor and,
110

parenting among,
131
,
132

Kovner, Bruce,
52

Krugman, Paul,
54

Kwon, Yul,
104

Lahiri, Jhumpa,
98

Lala, Nupur,
47

Landers, Ann,
53

Latino Americans,
see
Hispanic and Latino Americans

Lauren, Ralph,
51

Lebanese Americans,
7
,
20
,
55
–58

insecurity and,
112
–14

Lebanon,
113

Lee, Ang,
160
–64

Lee, Jennifer,
79

Lee, Noah,
47

Lee, Spike,
77
,
162

Leonidas I,
89

Lewis, Jerry,
52

Lewis and Clark expedition,
201

Li, Jin,
147

liberal principles,
9
,
11

Liberia,
6
,
80
,
82

Liebeskind, Daniel,
53

Lim, Phillip,
148

Lin, Alfred,
49

Lin, Jeremy,
103
,
124
–25,
164

Lord & Taylor,
32

Los Angeles, Calif.,
171

Los Angeles Times,
54

Louie, Vivian,
110
,
128
,
129

Lufthansa,
32

Lynton, Michael,
54

Madison, James,
206

Madison Square Garden,
5
,
32
,
137

Mad Men,
195

Madoff, Bernie,
165

Mailer, Norman,
12
,
163

Majd, Hooman,
90
–91

Malcolm X,
43
,
77

Mao Zedong,
123

Marielitos,
36
n,
40

Maronites,
112
–13

marriage out of the group,
20
,
158
,
196

Marriott, J. W.,
31
–32

Marriott International,
5
,
32

Marriott School of Management,
33

Marshall, Thurgood,
77

marshmallow test,
23
,
118
,
179
,
218

Martin County sludge spill,
179

Marx Brothers,
52

Massad, Alex,
113
–14

Massey, Douglas,
41

Math Olympiad,
193

Mauss, Armand,
136
–37

May, Elaine,
106

Mehta, Ved,
97

Meier, Richard,
53

Melville, Herman,
201

Mendelssohn, Felix,
61

Mendelssohn, Moses,
61

Mendes, Eva,
39

Menendez, Robert,
39

methamphetamine addiction,
175

Mexican Americans,
170
,
207

Meyer, Barry,
54

Meyer, Stephenie (author of
Twilight
series),
33
,
137

Miami, Fla.,
6
,
37
,
39
,
71
,
88

Midler, Bette,
52

millennials,
216

Miller, Arthur,
108

Min, Anchee,
125

mining,
178

Mischel, Walter,
118

Miss Manners,
53

Mobasher, Mohsen,
93

Mobil Oil,
114

Mondrian, Piet,
223

Mongols,
121

Montgomery Ward,
114

Moonves, Leslie,
54

Mormons,
5
,
14
,
30
–36,
52
,
105
,
169
,
181
,
186
–88

afterlife and,
66

Book of Mormon and,
25
,
30

and breaking out of Triple Package,
197

Christianity and,
64
–65,
136

education and,
25

Family Home Evening and,
187

fundamentalist,
34
–35,
188

impulse control and,
134
–37,
186
–87

insecurity and,
187

LDS Church,
5
,
30
–31,
34
–36,
134
,
136
–37,
156
–58

missions of,
16
,
66
,
134
–35,
158
,
186
,
187

morality and,
66
–67

original sin rejected by,
66

persecution of,
64
,
136

polygamy and,
67
,
136
,
187
,
188

separatist Utah phase of,
187

superiority complex and,
8
,
16
,
64
–68,
136
,
156
–58,
186
–87

women’s status among,
156
–58

Word of Wisdom and,
187
,
188

Morrison, Toni,
77
,
156

Mosaic law,
138

Movado Group,
38

Mukherjee, Siddhartha,
49
–50,
97

Murray, Charles,
63

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban,
71

musical training:

Asian Americans and,
46
–47,
126
–28,
129
,
164

Jews and,
141
,
161

My Beloved World
(Sotomayor),
221

NAACP Legal Defense Fund,
172

Naked and the Dead, The
(Mailer),
163

Napoleon Dynamite,
33

narcissism,
213
n,
216

national security,
220

National Study of Youth and Religion,
134

Native Americans,
207

Nazi Germany,
9
,
63
,
189
,
219

see also
Holocaust

Neeleman, David,
31
,
137

Nehru, Jawaharlal,
96

New Cubans,
36
n,
40