Speaking as an “Asian American,” America does not need to adopt Asian culture/mindset to win.

Yes, Asians are smart, but we are not great at thinking for ourselves/outside the box.

Asian culture discourages creativity and nonconformity. America might go a little too far today, but American culture historically encouraged it.

That is the reason America is responsible for so much innovation in history — and still today.

US culture has issues, sure, but the American mindset is a fundamentally good one. It built this country, won World Wars, etc. and it can do it again.

I witnessed this a lot growing up.

Contrary to what some people probably think, I wasn’t raised by a traditional Tiger mom.

She was very tough with school, but she made sure I was well-rounded in all subjects, not just math.

She stressed critical thinking more than process repetition, which is the western way of thinking.

She also encouraged me to pursue things I was interested in. She knew I liked history, so she got me lots of history books and took me to museums constantly.

In contrast, the other Asian kids I knew constantly went to Kumon and only knew how to do math.

But ironically, I was much better than them in math and chemistry as well because I was able to think and actually understand what I was doing — not just process repetition.

I also enjoyed learning much more than them because she made it engaging and interesting, not torturous (most of the time 😂).

FYI: Here are the receipts. Yes, I was valedictorian and a National Merit Finalist.

I’m not saying it to brag, it’s just an example of why I believe the western mindset actually works great and doesn’t make people lazy or stupid when harnessed correctly.

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