I have met a few Nigerian guys who I was very impressed with. I would agree that Nigerian-Americans have outsized success in the U.S., especially compared to other blacks.
Asian-Americans also have outsized success, along with a few other groups as pointed out in that book.
The thing is, though, that none of those other groups have anywhere close to the cultural, political and economic influence of Jews in America. Look at Asians, for example. Asians outperform all other ethnic groups on IQ/SAT tests, have large presences in elite universities, have cultures that value hard work and have strong ethnic loyalty and engagement. And yet Asian-Americans as a group have nowhere near the power and influence of the Jews. So what gives?
I don't believe in any kind of vast Jewish conspiracy, or innate Jewish superiority. I think you can explain it simply by recognizing that Jews, more than anything else, are concerned with looking out for other Jews. This has been their cultural and biological imperative for millennia. It's the only thing that's kept them alive for so long as a nomadic and persecuted people.
What this results in in modern Western society is basically a powerful Jewish networking effect, where Jews who climb up the ranks help pull other Jews up to join them. Jews are much more likely to help out other Jews in this way than whites are to help out other whites, for example, or even other minorities are to help out their fellow minorities. So you end up with a form of Jewish nepotism, which allows Jews to slowly grow to dominate organizations/areas by infiltrating them over time and promoting their fellow Jews over candidates of other ethnicities.
Jews have been wildly advantaged with this strategy in the U.S. since they appear white racially and downplay the racial aspects of Jewish identity, hiding behind the facade of Judaism as a pure religion. But Jews are a distinct ethnic group and readily admit as much. If this were not the case there would be no such thing as secular or atheist Jews, both very common distinctions in the Jewish community.
So the result is that Jews basically assume the public form of whites with a different religion, yet act as a persecuted ethnic minority at every opportunity, most especially by protecting/advancing fellow Jews and pushing political/social policy that serves the interests of Jews/Israel.
Asian-Americans also have outsized success, along with a few other groups as pointed out in that book.
The thing is, though, that none of those other groups have anywhere close to the cultural, political and economic influence of Jews in America. Look at Asians, for example. Asians outperform all other ethnic groups on IQ/SAT tests, have large presences in elite universities, have cultures that value hard work and have strong ethnic loyalty and engagement. And yet Asian-Americans as a group have nowhere near the power and influence of the Jews. So what gives?
I don't believe in any kind of vast Jewish conspiracy, or innate Jewish superiority. I think you can explain it simply by recognizing that Jews, more than anything else, are concerned with looking out for other Jews. This has been their cultural and biological imperative for millennia. It's the only thing that's kept them alive for so long as a nomadic and persecuted people.
What this results in in modern Western society is basically a powerful Jewish networking effect, where Jews who climb up the ranks help pull other Jews up to join them. Jews are much more likely to help out other Jews in this way than whites are to help out other whites, for example, or even other minorities are to help out their fellow minorities. So you end up with a form of Jewish nepotism, which allows Jews to slowly grow to dominate organizations/areas by infiltrating them over time and promoting their fellow Jews over candidates of other ethnicities.
Jews have been wildly advantaged with this strategy in the U.S. since they appear white racially and downplay the racial aspects of Jewish identity, hiding behind the facade of Judaism as a pure religion. But Jews are a distinct ethnic group and readily admit as much. If this were not the case there would be no such thing as secular or atheist Jews, both very common distinctions in the Jewish community.
So the result is that Jews basically assume the public form of whites with a different religion, yet act as a persecuted ethnic minority at every opportunity, most especially by protecting/advancing fellow Jews and pushing political/social policy that serves the interests of Jews/Israel.
[size=8pt]"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”[/size] [size=7pt] - Romans 8:18[/size]