Thread by @ZaidJilani

Regions of China that used to grow wheat and regions that many years ago grew rice have, different cultural attributes today because economics shapes culture, this piece arguing that all of east Asia basically has one culture is weird.

https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1638313597272039427

And if you had to locate the most successful ethnic group in America, it’s not east asian, it’s Indians which is a very different culture. But Indias study culture isn’t genetics which is what hanania is implying, testing was a big part of colonial rule.

Also Asian American behaviors change over time as they are in the US over successive generations, that implies culture is a big factor ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Well he says he doesn't buy cultural argument but what he's describing is culture because he's looking for same behaviors, but the outcomes vary. Even in US there's broad variation among Asian subgroups in achievement. Ctrl+F "vietnamese" not found.

https://twitter.com/ageofinfovores/status/1638544048704090112

I think the whole thing is trolling to try to imply that genetics is responsible for East Asian sameness (although they aren't that much the same, Hanania doesn't grapple with variations in success in US among subgroups for example)

https://twitter.com/ageofinfovores/status/1638546291046113280

Technically substack is supposed to ban racial superiority arguments so trolling might be the best way for him to promote his race science, who knows

Eh I disagree, if someone is validating the idea that behavior is defined by someone’s “race” it’s racist. They can just come out and say they think thats true if that’s what they believe instead of beating around the bush.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JenkzCentrist/status/1638551480964722689