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The Importance of Being Jewish

In this Chapter, Gladwell presents a very interesting anomaly. It tells the tale of the Jewish lawyers who began to thrive during the '40s and '50s because of the fact that they were in fact Jewish....

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This phenomenon of cultural rejection leading to success is prominent throughout history. If you look at current day stereotypes, Jewish people are considered notoriously frugal and are assosciated...

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For this specific situation, I honestly believe that Gladwell chose an awful example to make his point about the environment and opportunities. These specific Jews made choices to rebound off of...

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Spencer, I agree with your post- obviously not all jews are successful because they are jewish. However, it does contribute to Gladwell's trend in the second half of the book of his chosen "outliers"...

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