(Part 3) Best ethnic & national biographies according to redditors
We found 2,473 Reddit comments discussing the best ethnic & national biographies. We ranked the 891 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
I'm in no way an expert but the book Jews God & History did a good job of explaining it. According to the book the Jews have always put a strong emphasis on knowledge and learning. They were able to acquire knowledge from their conquerors and outlast their oppressors. When a new conqueror came along they helped to facilitate the change of leadership and taught the new conquerors the ways of the subjugated people. This led to them gaining an usual amount of power in many cultures. I highly recommend reading the book. Jews are a small group but make up a huge number of nobel prizes in science and mathematics.
Update: In case you want to read it It's simply written and very interesting. It even goes over how Christianity began. I've read many books but this is by far one of my favorites. I also recommend "Unholy Alliance" By: Peter Levanda. It explains how the Nazis came to believe what they did and the Occult/Secret Societies influence on Hitler.
its amazingly true, far past the point of mere "coincidence".
good read: http://smile.amazon.com/History-Jews-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060915331/
(www.rodriguezuribe.co/histories/A%20History%20of%20the%20Jews.pdf)
many the decline of an empire, curiously, occurs in a series of random disconnected events which all seem to coincide beautifully with a climactic emptying of jews.
odd, to be sure.
If you guys are interested, there's already a book on the Bulls last season. It's called Playing for Keeps
It's written by the great David Halberstrom. He got full access to following the team that year. It's not just the last season but also mini biography on most of the players and coaches, but mostly centered around Jordan.
The book is really good and would have been even better if Jordan didn't renege on his promise to sit down after the season 1-1 with Halberstrom.
BTW, the book is really great at showing how much the players HATED Krause and how hard it was for Jackson to try to balance the stars and keeping management out of the way, all while coaching that year on his own expiring contract. It has other great details, like how at the end Reinsdorff would negotiate with Jordan 1-1, no one else, no agents. They'd sit in a room and work it out on their own.
A History of The Jews
Nothing is certain about the early history about the fortune cookie, but according to this NYT article and this blog entry of Jennifer 8. Lee, who wrote and researched an entire book about Chinese-American food, fortune cookies developed from Japanese tsujiura senbei cookies, which were recorded way back in 1878. Various Japanese immigrant families claim to be the ones who brought them to the US and the cookies probably became associated with the Chinese during World War II due to Japanese interment.
>Enthroning Kin Cotton, the cotton gin made the value of southern lands skyrocket and quickly dethroned rice and tobacco. King CoTton incessantly demanded more and more to stabilize its reign: more enslaved Africans, more land, more violence, and more racist ideas. Annual cotton production slammed through the ceiling of about 3,000 bales in 1790, reaching 178,000 bales in 1810 and more than 4 million bales on the eve of the Civil War. Cotton became America's leading export, exceeding in dollar value all exports...
Page 126. Footnote for this passage points to Peter Kochin's American Slavery and Holt's Children of Fire. Kendi gives a long and sustained analysis of the relationship between economics and slavery. I remember Zinn making similar points as well.
http://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Black-Baratunde-Thurston/dp/0062003216
First line under the book description: If You Don't Buy This Book, You're a Racist.
Some are probably less good than others, but that's what I'd throw out there. A direct assault is not always the best way.
Bango. This is well documented in Dr. Carl Hart's thesis work on the topic. I suggest everyone to read High Price
The Coles Notes is he had one rat in a cage with no friends, family, or stimulus, and a bunch of cocaine water. He had another with a mate and activities.
Guess which rat consumed way more cocaine? The sad lonely bored one. Obviously.
This is an absolutely fascinating story. In college I took this History of Science course and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was one of the course books. It was a great read, very fair to all sides with good research but really great storytelling too. Totally recommend it if you like nonfiction that has to do with science but is actually written for fun reading.
Before I get to your question, let's be clear about the historical record on affirmative action.
For nearly the first 200 years of U.S. history, affirmative action was white. In every facet of American life -- jobs, access to housing, access to political power, et cetera -- white people received incredibly preferential treatment. One legacy of this is reflected in the current amount of wealth controlled by the median white family vs. the medium black family White affirmative action accounts for these differences, especially considering that white people not only received preferential treatment, but black people got purposefully ruinous treatment from every level of government. Review for a book about this idea
A family's wealth is created over generations. My family for example - my white grandpa and family were bean pickers during the Depression. After WWII, he got a middle class job in a steel mill with only an 8th grade education at a time when it was perfectly legal for blacks to be the last to be hired and first to be fired. With that job he bought a house in suburban Baltimore. He did it with a government insured mortgage thanks to the GI Bill. Keep in mind, due to perfectly legal housing discrimination, i.e. redlining, blacks were shut out from suburbs and mortgage loans when my grandpa bought. With his income and home equity, he sent 2 out of his 3 children to college, and helped them with home down payments. His home was purchased for $30k in the 1960s and sold in 2010 for $300k. That money helped finance my college education. Did my grandpa work hard? Absolutely. Was he advantaged over black people every step of the way because of his skin color? Absolutely. Did his skin color also advantage me? Absolutely. Historic white affirmative action directly affects me in a positive way.
Regarding your question: What we typically think of as "affirmative action" for black people started during the 1960s, and it only applied to federal government hiring and federal contractors, not the private sector. Racial/gender quotas were declared unconstitutional in Regents of University of California vs. Bakke in 1978. And nowadays the only sort of affirmative action that exists is really marginal. In fact in [Gratz V. Bollinger (2003)] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratz_v._Bollinger) university admissions that gave some small benefit in the admission process points systems to minorities were declared unconstitutional. So in reality affirmative action never happened on a large scale and was mostly scaled back in 1978 and then eviscerated in 2003. Affirmative action was never done vigorously across hiring. So to answer your question, affirmative action wasn't effective because it happened to a vanishingly narrow extent.
Regarding university admissions, legacy preferences, which give an advantage to children of graduates, are still perfectly legal and widespread. Legacy preferences obviously also advantage white people.
> Because, to me, it seems like black people have not improved intellectually
I'm curious as to why you think this. Do you mean this with regards to the racial achievement gap in schools, or wealth disparities, or some other quality? I heard an interview with a historian for this book he wrote. He made a really interesting point. Regarding lower outcomes (wealth, incarceration) generally for African Americans there are only two possible explanations: (1) There is something wrong with black people or (2) Discrimination (housing, employment, justice system) and intentional roadblocks to black success created the current situation of racial inequality.
Which explanation do you think is right? And why do you believe black people have not improved intellectually? Do you think it is bigoted to make a statement like the one you made?
Lots more options and differences between provinces in China.
Fortune cookies, general tso's chicken, orange chicken, crab rangoon, etc do not exist in China.
You will get buns, Peking duck, thick noodles (more carb-y foods) in the North/Beijing area. Soup dumplings (xiao long bao), big gate crab, zai jian mian in Shanghai. Sichuan peppered foods in Sichuan, like small bits of chicken cooked with lots of sichuan peppers, potato noodles with fish cooked in sichuan peppered oil. Dim sum and BBQ pork/goose/chicken in southern China. You'll get hot pot. You'll get dim sum. I haven't even gotten into the depth of it. It's about the variety of food that varies according to the climate of the region, the history, and the produce available.
Here's a book: http://www.amazon.com/Fortune-Cookie-Chronicles-Adventures-Chinese/dp/0446698970
Read this book to answer all your questions.
The author also gave a TED talk on General Tso's chicken.
>There are no doubt poor and troubled people in Asia, but they don't have the means of getting to the USA.
Those are exactly the kinds of Asians who move to America, and specifically to New York City. See, for example, the excellent writeup on pipeline human smugglers use to bring Fujianese to New York City in this book: http://www.amazon.com/Fortune-Cookie-Chronicles-Adventures-Chinese/dp/0446698970
TL;DR poor people in China's Fujian province essentially sell themselves into indentured servitude for the privilege of being allowed to work in Chinese restaurants in America. Those who are successful, which is a lot of them, stay in America. They are desperately poor, often have little formal education, don't speak English, and frequently don't understand the culture when they arrive. Yet they thrive and prosper. Why?
The book by Deacon Alex Jones is very interesting, too.
These don't count?
Halberstam's pretty keen on Jordan, but even he lists off some repugnant behavior.
The biggest reason for anti-semitism, is and has been perceived usury and association with lending in general.
No one likes having debt, Jews have historically occupied the position of lenders in Europe, and as a result occupied a uniquely hated position in society. Humanity's natural xenophobic tendencies combined with this reenforcement, has been a much larger contributor than people believing that Jews were coming to eat their babies. You're switching the cause and the symptoms.
And bigotry and hatred are hardly unique to the Jewish people, and to say that one can't understand it though analogy is just silly.
edit: for you downvoters in particular, check out A History of the Jews, by Paul Johnson,, especially passages on usury on page 174. Well researched and well respected book on the subject.
Japanese Destroyer Captain by Tameichi Hara. Literally the only Japanese DD Captain who survived the war while being part of the Dec 7/8 opening of hostilities through being the skipper of Yahagi and getting it bombed/torpedoed out from under him on the last ride alongside the Yamato.
Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles as Seen Through Japanese Eyes https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591143845/
https://www.audible.com/pd/Japanese-Destroyer-Captain-Audiobook/B00GA7GKMO?qid=1565975726&sr=1-1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=3Z96VN1EJ46732HP6W9T&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1
My Japanese cars were made in America, you laptop may have been designed in America and made in China. You’re “Mexican” food is American food.
https://www.amazon.com/Taco-USA-Mexican-Conquered-America/dp/1439148627
Several commenters here are still falling into the racist trap of believing black people are inferior, but only because conditions have made them inferior, rather than an innate inferiority. I posted this interview (starts at ~6:04 in the video) a little while ago, which addresses this exact issue. The book, Stamped from the Beginning, is also very good and highly recommended.
If you're interested and haven't read it already, I heartily recommend Playing for Keeps. It tells you everything about Jordan from his upbringing right up to his second retirement in 1998. It does a great job of describing how he was forced to insulate himself from the rest of the world because of his becoming the "most recognizable American in the world."
Edit: I accidentally a word
http://www.amazon.com/The-Fortune-Cookie-Chronicles-Adventures/dp/B003P2VDF6
Good book answers this question and lots of other questions about chinese restaurants.
I am not a scholar, but I have read Jennifer 8 Lee's book The fortune cookie chronicles. I thought it was a very entertaining book, though I cannot speak to it's historical accuracy.
In her book she chronicles several dishes and their evolution at different times.
The main expansion of Chinese food culture came from the popularity of Chop Suey in the late 1800's probably in the New York area. Though there is several version of its origin story.
After that a huge boom came after WWII when soldiers traveled through the Port of San Francisco and then went back home to their various cities throughout the country. Things like the Fortune cookie, which is believed to have been a Japanese cookie, became common after that.
There is no one date or place, it is a steady evolution of adapting regional techniques to American tastes.
Have you heard of Henrietta Lacks ?
Here’s a book about what happened to her cells.
Not necessarily CLS-specific but I think The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks should be required reading for any healthcare or biology student. It's a fascinating book (and I don't usually read non-fiction for fun) about race, class, and ethics in the clinical and research laboratory. It doesn't take a heavy handed or academic approach at all, it's very readable.
Im currently reading Japanese Destroyer Captain by former IJN destroyer captain Tameichi Hara. It is an excellent portrayal of the Japanese side of the Pacific War.
If this piques your interest, read:
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
https://www.amazon.com/Old-Breed-At-Peleliu-Okinawa-ebook/dp/B000VMFDW2
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Solid book.
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Semper Fi.
Skeletons of the Zahara was a best seller a few years back. It's the modern retelling of a true account of the American survivors of a shipwreck off the African west coast who are taken captive and then passed along as slaves by various tribes and Arabs for years, suffering many deprivations. It was pretty good and at least one screenwriter, Public Enemies writer Ronan Bennett is trying to adapt it.
What I remember most about the story is that the Americans were so hungry at one point they ate the dried skin off of each other's backs.
Actually, it is pretty much a parallel to 12 Years a Slave except a change of setting and the 'rescuer' being an African.
In my opinion, Paul Johnson's "A History of the Jews" is the best book for this: http://www.amazon.com/A-History-Jews-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060915331.
Simon Schama's five-part documentary, "The Story of the Jews," is also excellent: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/story-jews/
Taco U.S.A.: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano is a great read which does cover both the history of food in Mexico from the origins of corn cultivation through the Spanish arrival and then focuses on its deep integration into American culture. The author is a highly respected Mexican-American food writer with a whole lot of unique insights on Mexican food's past, present & future. Essential reading, IMO.
Obviously not the fine people at Grand Central Publishing Company.
As much as I hate huff-po, I actually agree with most of this (I just skimmed as I'm on my way to an appointment)
My absolute favorite proponent of a similar theory is Dr Carl Hart...(his book on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/High-Price-Neuroscientists-Self-Discovery-Challenges/dp/0062015893 )
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Sort of already been beaten to it, but Japanese Destroyer Captain by Captain Tameichi Hara is a great source that gives a perspective from someone in the middle of said developing doctrine.
Norman Friedman spends a little time discussion it in his book Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnought Era, in the section 'Equalisers' under the IJN chapter (Ch.11), but 'little' can't be stressed enough - unless you want to start learning about anti-ship fire control, I wouldn't recommend buying the book just for that blurb. However, it does help explain how the torpedoes fit into Japanese gunnery tactics as a whole.
For sources on technical information, I'd recommend looking directly at the NavTechJapan reports, which are US Navy technical reports of Japanese naval technology conducted immediately after the war. They above is linked to an internet archive page.
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In particular, O-01 (Japanese Torpedoes and Torpedo Tubes Articles 1 through 3) will be of interest, but since O-01-2 is focused on aerial torpedoes, O-01-1 (Ship and Kaiten Torpedoes) and O-01-2 (Above-Water Tubes) are probably more relevant to you, assuming you're focusing on surface warfare.
Japanese Torpedo Fire Control (O-32) will also be of great help, since their comprehensive approach to torpedo fire control is part of what made them different to many other navies at the time (where torpedo fire control on ships tended to play second fiddle to gun fire control).
I know Playing for Keeps is widely considered the best-written basketball book, but it's a bit outdated and more of a hagiography. However, David Halberstam is known as the best sports-biographer for a reason.
On the other end, Michael Leahry's When Nothing Else Matters details his failed efforts in Washington in terrific detail, but it's not particularly fun to read, and has been accused of twisting information to suit its narrative that Jordan is a psychopath. Bill Simmons says the book should be avoided.
Actually, the name varies dependent on geographical location. For instance, you can see Tso, Tsao, Chao, Cho, Chou, Tsau and beyond. A fun book to learn more is The Fortune Cookie Chronicles which details the beginnings of Chinese food as we know it in the United States, as well as internationally.
If you are interested in the Skeleton Coast, you should read Skeletons on the Zahara.
Mostly Cantonese.
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles answer this and all other questions you didn't ask.
He didn't just say it, that was the title of his book.
Maybe one of the Old Breed
It worked for Jesse Jackson and Coca-Cola. He threatened them with a boycott until they gave his brother a printing press for dollars, I mean a Coca-Cola franchise in Atlanta.
http://www.amazon.com/Shakedown-Exposing-Real-Jesse-Jackson/dp/0895261081
I'm in law school-
All in all, it's a long and arduous journey, so best of luck to you.
Regarding some of the other suggestions so far: Reading Payne's book is fine, but keep in mind that her work is quite controversial. Moreover, much her work is self-published. There are many who feel her research lacks the academic rigor typically found in a field where research is peer-reviewed/published. Plus, there's also the profit motive, since she sets up workshops around the country and does quite well for herself. I'm not saying this is inherently wrong, but just to keep this in mind.
"The Invisible Thread" was an enjoyable read, although I found it to be a bit contrived. It's a feel good story, but I don't think you'll learn all that much from it.
Here are some additional suggestions going from more academic to less. Honestly though, to truly understand poverty from a big picture standpoint, it's best to draw from a wide range of topics and scholars.
The Origins of the Urban Crisis, by Thomas Sugrue. Pretty much required reading for those studying the roots of poverty in America. You'll learn about various factors like segregation, redlining, and other urban policies have formed the historical foundation for the cycle of intergenerational poverty that reverberates to this day. It's academic, but not nearly as bad as a lot of journals.
More Than Just Race, by William Julius Wilson. He actually has numerous books in this field that are great. As an African American and Harvard sociology professor, he has quite a bit of credibility in this field. That said, he does face some criticism, as his approach leans heavily toward structural factors and is said to be overly deterministic. Note, however, that just about every scholar has critics.
Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market, by Katherine Newman. This is a bit more accessible and personal, as she uses ethnographic portraits to complement facts and figures, giving the narrative a more personal feel, and offering readers real people they can empathize with.
There Are No Children Here, by Alex Kotlowitz. This is a non-fiction book by an investigative journalist that is meant to be read by the masses, making it far more accessible. Great stuff.
The Other Wes Moore, by Wes Moore. An accessible autobiographical account of two boys name Wes Moore, both of whom grew up minutes away from each other, but ended up taking very different life paths.
By the way, where in the midwest are you? I just moved to Iowa City a week ago. The weather here is...weird. Everyone is warning me of the winters here.
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made –
by David Halberstam
The "best" book i can advice is Japanese Destroyer Captain by Tameichi Hara. He was the captain of Amatsukaze, Shigure and later Yahagi at operation Ten-go. It describes the whole war from his view as leading officer and is very good to read, well written and very insightful. The book is sure a good place to start and you'll find many many names and places you will recognize.
That's actually a real book by Onion writer and occasional TWiT guest Baratunde Thurston. Amazon link.
Have you read Kendi's recent book on race in America, Stamped from the beginning? It would be a good (accessible, informative, and well-regarded--it just won two national awards) starting point for your research: https://www.amazon.com/Stamped-Beginning-Definitive-History-National/dp/1568584636
Let's see:
For a wealth of data but a perspective of addiction which actually disagrees with what I say (though they are selective in their interpretation) there's this:
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674057272
The standard primer on neurobiology of addiction is this:
https://www.amazon.com/Neurobiology-Addiction-George-F-Koob/dp/0124192394/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869508&sr=8-2&keywords=drugs+koob
For a biopsychosocial perspective, there's this:
https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-Society-Human-Behavior-Carl/dp/0073529745/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869548&sr=8-4&keywords=drugs+and+society
By the same author but for a popular audience is this:
https://www.amazon.com/High-Price-Neuroscientists-Self-Discovery-Challenges/dp/0062015893/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869576&sr=8-1&keywords=carl+hart
Another popular, critical book:
https://www.amazon.com/Realm-Hungry-Ghosts-Encounters-Addiction/dp/155643880X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869570&sr=8-1&keywords=in+the+realm+of+hungry+ghosts
Another popular take:
https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Scream-First-Last-Drugs/dp/1620408902
For the history of junkies in the us:
https://www.amazon.com/Creating-American-Junkie-Addiction-Research/dp/0801883830/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869591&sr=8-1&keywords=creating+the+american+junkie
A global one:
https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Oblivion-Global-History-Narcotics/dp/0393051897/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869828&sr=8-1&keywords=in+pursuit+of+oblivion
Primer on Harm Reduction:
https://www.amazon.com/Harm-Reduction-Second-Pragmatic-Strategies/dp/1462502563/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869612&sr=8-2&keywords=harm+reduction
Primer on drugs and drug policy, quite neutral:
https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-Drug-Policy-Everyone-Needs-ebook/dp/B0054ID9UG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869623&sr=8-1&keywords=drugs+kleiman
A book on the legalization of drugs:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765701510/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Another, economic take, on legalization:
https://www.amazon.com/Drug-War-Crimes-Consequences-Prohibition/dp/0945999909
Sociology of drugs in the US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199935904/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Psychopharmacology primer intro:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0878935347/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
A criticism of the concept of addiction:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814747647/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Some more esoteric but interesting stuff on epigenetics, neuroscience etc:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0849373913/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
A great book on the anthropology of drugs (this author also writes a lot of smaller papers too):
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6614135-righteous-dopefiend
There's a whole book on Jesse Jackson
Al Sharpton
And Michael Richards was a racist assclown too. My only point is that being labeled a racist (fairly or unfairly) is a death sentence to anyone with ambitions in the public sphere and an destroy people's lives.
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have been extorting for profit for decades. Here is a book about it: Shakedown
LG Bible and the corresponding Workbook. Really focus on learning how to break them down, not on the time, because if you don't understand the problems there's no way you're going to finish them quickly.
Once you feel more confident about it, use the released exams as practice, especially the most recent ones. You can buy them in bundles on Amazon, or get them individually from LSAC. Don't just extrapolate your grade, actually try to figure it out.
This book might help: http://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Black-Baratunde-Thurston/dp/0062003216/
Baratunde (the author) went to school at Harvard and talks a bit about the flavor of racism in the area. Also, it's a great book and he's really funny.
I read a lot of war history. This month I knocked out 3 solid books.
Band of Brothers I really enjoyed this book even though the war is a bit romanticized.
With The Old Breed a very in-depth document of the war in the Pacific from E.B. Sledge, a Marine mortarman.
Dagger 22 this one accounts the second half of a MARSOC deployment to Bala Murghab, Afghanistan. It is the sequel to Level Zero Heroes.
As /u/seppi56210 mentioned, /r/Catholicism is a great resource. Definitely check it out.
As for books outlining this journey, with you coming from a Lutheran background, I'd recommend Scott Hahn's Rome Sweet Home, Devin Rose's Navigating The Tiber, Trent Horn's Why We're Catholic and Deacon Alex Jones' No Price Too High.
As far as books dealing, historically, with the Reformation and Great Schism, that may depend on exactly how academic you want to get. What sort of historical context are you looking for? I'll see how I can help.
And, lastly, as for that Rosary... keep learning to pray it, and stick with it, even when it seems dry or mundane. I recommend the following reflections as starting points for meditations as you go through each decade:
The Joyful Mysteries
The Luminous Mysteries
The Sorrowful Mysteries
The Glorious Mysteries
I'll say an extra prayer for your journey today, and feel free to reach out via PM with any other questions or if you need any other guidance.
Peace to you!
DK
Having grown up near Los Angeles, I've come to deeply appreciate the different styles of Mexican cuisine that are present in the city. Over the years, it simply became unfair to lump all food that had semblance to Mexican cuisine into one category, so there was a movement that began a few years ago with acclaimed food writer Bill Esparza and legendary food critic Jonathan Gold to distinguish the various styles from each state in Mexico in the city. There was also a new style of Mexican that emerged over the years in L.A. called Alta California that was a sort of haute cuisine approach to Mexican cuisine. When it comes to "Mexican food chains", I definitely feel they have their place, but it comes back to the notion of lumping these chains into one generic category, which many people unfortunately do. That's my one issue with even mentioning the word "Mexican" to describe the food sold in these spots.
For further research, I recommend a few sources:
Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano
L.A. Mexicano by Bill Esparza
The Migrant Kitchen, S2, E1: Alta California
This has been going on for years Jesse Jackson does it too.
This is a good read.
http://www.amazon.com/Shakedown-Exposing-Real-Jesse-Jackson/dp/0895261081/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420467852&sr=1-3&keywords=shakedown
To begin with, I'll tell you my methods are regarded by my friends as unorthodox.
I began with going online onto a blog which had some LSAT questions. I got like 3/5 right, and I was like fuck, what have I gotten myself into? I'm poor, so I immediately decided to study on my own. I bought this, this, and this. After taking like ten tests, I decided to spring for the Logical Reasoning Bible and Logic Games Bible. Overall, I read through those two bibles from cover to cover doing the exercises through and through, not trying to cheat myself of any material. I did it for a month, cause that's all the time I had, but I wish I had spent at least a month and a half. That consisted of four hours of studying (three of which were taking a diagnostic and re-checking wrong answers and another one or two reading the bibles) every day on the weekdays and six or seven on the weekends with no breaks.
I've heard Kaplan is shit. A good friend of mine took Blueprint, and did really well his second time, but knowing him, he would have done so studying himself. If you're going to be using the prep books, I recommend, if you can, doing so at least three months in advance of the June test. The thing is that if you fuck up, you wanna retake Sep/Oct as opposed to retaking Dec. Because admissions are rolling, you're at a huge disadvantage having your app done in December. So your 11th year around March is when you wanna start looking at it. April and May would have to be intense but seeing as finals can be around that time, I would suggest February and March.
In the end, whatever works for you. Just know that Dec applicants are at a huge disadvantage compared to October ones. Also, I was told by students in the admission committee that they look for students who've taken time off after their undergrad. Cal's ratio is 60% who haven't and 40% who have, so keep that in mind. I went straight, because I didn't trust myself.
Angry White Pyjamas is the title of an awesome Aikido book that's more about intense martial arts training than it is about Aikido.
"Angry White Pyjamas" is worth taking a look at if you're considering the Yoshinkan course. Just keep in mind that it's written to be entertaining, and it's somewhat one-sided.
As someone else noted, I believe that the police are actually trained separately.
Catholics understand that Christ established one Church. There is only one body of Christ and you are already part of it even if you are imperfectly joined to it. As Paul wrote to the Ephesians, we share the same body, spirit, hope, Lord, faith, baptism, God, and Father. But it was Christ's last prayer on earth that we be united so that the world would believe him. As a convert to Catholicism, I am honored that I was given the opportunity to answer Jesus' dying wish. How cool is that?
This weekend I went to a retreat held by a former Pentecostal minister who converted along with several members of his family and a large portion of his congregation. You might be interested in his book: http://amzn.com/0898709199
Pretty much anything by former Presbyterian minister Scott Hahn; he has an explanation of his conversion [here] (http://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/store/title/why-a-protestant-pastor-became-catholic).
There's former pentacostal pastor Alex Jones, who brought almost his whole congregation with him; he wrote [this book] (http://www.amazon.com/No-Price-too-High-Pentecostal/dp/0898709199) about the decision.
There's [this testimony] (http://chnetwork.org/2014/06/father-raymond-ryland-on-whose-authority/) by Fr. Raymond Ryland, a former Anglican minister.
Ulf Elkman was a prominent megachurch pastor before his conversion; he talks about it [here] (http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features/2014/04/24/megachurch-pastor-ulf-ekman-we-need-what-the-lord-has-given-to-the-catholic-church-to-live-fully-as-christians/)
Then there's lots of [personal conversion stories] (http://chnetwork.org/category/conversion-stories/) of lay folks. And there's quite a few of us here on /r/Christianity; feel free to ping us, as well.
Hey, it's a book!
Read "The Other Wes Moore" by Wes Moore... good read.
This is a real good book too:
A History of the Jews, by Paul Johnson
Helmet for my Pillow by Robert Leckie.
^ I'm currently reading the memoirs of Capt. Tameichi Hara and he goes into some detail regarding his superior officers and internal politics of the IJN, including quite a bit of criticism towards Yamamoto. Very much recommended reading.
Got it just because I was interested in reading about the battles, but his descriptions of daily life in 1930s Japan as well as the external and internal political turmoils of the pre-war years are at least as interesting.
If you want to think deeply, try The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Bioethics, sciences and socio-economics all play into a family's betrayal by science.
I concur with the other suggestions here (Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere and the Total Aikido series), and agree that aikido, like any physical art, is learned by doing. But, considering your previous experience, like to take this in another direction.
For an enjoyable exploration of the history and protocol of the dojo, try "In the Dojo" by Dave Lowry: In the Dojo: A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts https://www.amazon.com/dp/0834805723/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_4LAjxb1G1DTNG
For an entertaining, and actually true, bildungsmroman of a trio of Oxford students who find themselves in Tokyko and decide, out of boredom, to join the year-long intensive Tokyo police riot squad training program. This was Gozo Shioda's dojo, probably in the 1980's, and is an accurate glimpse of what training was like in the early days of the Yoshinkan style: Angry White Pyjamas: A Scrawny Oxford Poet Takes Lessons From The Tokyo Riot Police https://www.amazon.com/dp/0688175376/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_yNAjxb9VXJ7PN
You may also be interested in Aikido Shugyo, by Gozo Shioda, which describes his early days with O-Sensei, and his post-war experiences, along with some philosophical refections: http://www.shindokanbooks.com/shugyo.shtml
If you are looking for something meaty and practical, check out the excellent books by Marc Tedeschi, "The Art of Holding" and "The Art of Throwing" which are essentially jiu-jjtsu but form an extremy comprehensive catalog of practically every fundament technique in taijitsu regardless of the art or style: The Art of Holding: Principles & Techniques https://www.amazon.com/dp/1891640763/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_28Ajxb9YBNQDY and The Art of Throwing: Principles & Techniques https://www.amazon.com/dp/0834804905/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_T.AjxbZQZ76CK
Finally, I hesitate to suggest this one since it probably won't mean anything until you have much deeper immersion in practical aikido techniques (and it might be hard to find, being almost out of print), but it's a good compendium of aiki-jitsu style, the formative roots that predate aikido, and depending on your background and mindset might add some dimension: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-hidden-roots-of-aikido-9784770023278?cc=us&lang=en&
Have fun!
If you're interested in this (how policies that are racist are a manifestation of self-interest), I really recommend this book that just came out: Stamped from the Beginning.
I would suggest THIS BOOK by Dr. Hart. It's a fascinating read, but in the first chapter's references in the back he has listed 10 studies, a few form the Government, from the 1970s all through to the book's printing that says only about 20% of people who use drugs regularly count as "addicted" or problematic. There is some variation for individual substances (slightly higher for heroin, lower for cocaine/pot), but the average seems to be about 20... not really justifying your use of the word often, but yes, sometimes they can backfire or worsen.
The book is really worth the read.
Great history review here: https://www.amazon.com/Jews-God-History-Max-Dimont/dp/0451529405
There's a great, easy to read book called Skeletons on the Zahara that deals heavily with this subject. 10/10 would recommend
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316159352/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_yd4hzbCD8512F
David Halberstam is probably the most well-known NBA author in long-form content. "The Breaks of the Game" is an incredible account of the Blazers 79-80 season. "Playing for Keeps" is a narrative about MJ's career and impact. These are older works though.
As far as newer stuff, the Bill Simmons "Book of Basketball" is a monstrosity that has amazing in-depth content, provided you like Simmons.
The "FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History" is from 2010 and has amazing artwork and a unique perspective. I would highly recommend it.
>there was a doctor carl hart did a double blind study with oral and intra-nasal administration of d-amp and d-meth and the study deduced that the patients couldn't tell the difference at identical doses. this research was to be used to try and change statue minimums for meth. he has some good google lectures and what not on youtube if the subject interests you. http://www.vice.com/read/a-neuroscientist-explains-how-he-found-out-meth-is-almost-identical-to-adderall
The man wrote a pretty good book, too.
I'm really bad at reading through just one book at a time, so I'm in the middle of a few at the moment.
-A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
-Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (admittedly, it's been a while since I've picked this one up)
-Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
I just finished a great book called The Other Wes Moore, also. It was super interesting.
I'm a big fan of non-fiction books, in case that wasn't immediately apparent by the list.
Mexican food is the drug more addictive than meth or cocaine.
The Long Walk
Skeletons on the Zahara
Both non-fiction stories of survival that I thought were incredible.
Also, not strictly survival but very good non-fiction adventure reads in the same vein are A Man's Life and The Hard Way by Mark Jenkins.
http://www.amazon.com/With-Old-Breed-Peleliu-Okinawa/dp/0195067142
This is one. I don't know who the second person who wrote first hand-account is. I'm sorry.
I can heartily recommend Sledge though. I read a two of his books and he is an exceptional memoirist. Robert Leckie is also excellent, and he fought in the Pacific theater but I don't know if he was Peleliu, but he was at Okinawa.
This one's my favorite.
He wants minorities (blacks) to get a fair share of contracts in the city? I suggest you read this book to find out how minority contracts in the city are handled.
It's a great book. And I'm totally a "Michael Jordan is Jesus" guy. He dunked for our sins. That type of mentality. Lazenby did a great job of tearing all of that down.
At the same time holy shit Michael Jordan is still the greatest basketball player ever. But he was also a human being.
If you want a slightly more reverential view I recommend Playing for Keeps by David Halberstam: https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Keeps-Michael-Jordan-World/dp/0767904443
Dont feel bad about not knowing. I spent more than a year doing research before I even first approached a Rabbi. For us learning is a life long process.
Books:
Possibly most importantly I'd say you need a Jewish bible with commentary. I'd recommend the Stone Chumash. I also keep a JPS Hebrew/English Tanakh on my desk. The "chumash" (AKA the Torah) is the five books of Moses. The "Tanakh" is the Torah, Prophets and Writings, the entire Hebrew bible .I say a "Jewish Bible" because 1) the translation is more direct from Hebrew, without the distortions of the KJV/NIV/etc. 2) you also get commentary on the text from key Jewish scholars throughout the ages to help you understand the meaning of the text, this part is very important.
All above book links are to Amazon but I am not an affiliate and do not gain in any way. You can probably find all those and more at a specialty Judaica shop like http://www.judaism.com or another similar site.
BTW you probably want to go over this site entirely http://www.jewfaq.org/ It is written by an Orthodox guy so is slanted that way but the information is all good.
Course text: Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano.
Ok. Here you go!
Clash of Titans: World War II At Sea Walter J. Boyne (the author) was an Air Force colonel and gives an interesting perspective on WW2 at sea. He also wrote Clash of Wings about the war in the air.
Great Warship From the Age of Steam by David Ross. Fun coffee table book that has just about every large big gun warship from 1860 to 1945 listed.
Struggle for the Middle Sea and The German Fleet at War, 1939-1945 are books by Vincent P. O'Hara who does an excellent job of covering just about every single engagement by the Germans, Italians and Allies during WW2. You come away with the impression that the Italians gave just as good as they got most of the time. And wonder why you haven't heard of 90% of the battles in his books.
'And I Was There' by Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton. You won't read a better book about the intelligence (and failure of intelligence) behind the attack on Pearl Harbor. Adm Layton was Admiral Kimmel's Combat Intelligence Officer and had intimate knowledge of just about everything relating to code breaking in WW2.
Japanese Destroyer Captain by Captain Tameichi Hara. This guy was everywhere in the Pacific. Pearl. Fighting it out point blank at Guadalcanal. Midway. He commanded the light cruiser escorting Yamato when she was sunk on her kamikaze mission. And, somehow, he lived.
*More to come tomorrrow, if I get a chance.
Yeah, I would have said that it's absolutely worth it if you did the JD-MEM from the start, since I think you can finish that in three years. Another thing to consider is that your entire first-year law curriculum is going to be completely unrelated to environmental law, which I could see being frustrating for someone who's more interested in the policy side. The environmental law course offerings were pretty impressive, though.
Getting a high score on the LSAT is harder for some people than it is for other people. I would suggest taking a timed practice test as a diagnostic, just to get a feel for your starting point and your weak areas. After that, all I did was take a bunch of practice tests. I also went through this book, which was incredibly helpful for the logic games. Once I got the system down, I almost never missed a games question. It has been a while since I took the test, though, so I'm sure there are people here who have taken it more recently who could give you better advice.
War memoirs are extremely interesting to read, you should read the two books that the TV show "The Pacific" is based on! I totally loved reading the memoir of Dick Winters and Eugene Sledge, going to work through Robert Leckies book soon!
A helmet for my pillow
With the old Breed
They were both executive produced by Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
And The Pacific is also based off a book by the name of With The Old Breed written by Sledgehammer himself. For the record it is more historically accurate than Ambrose's Band of Brothers book.
Serve the People - A Stir-Fried Journey Through China, it's more of a memoir but deals with the author's experiences working in the restaurant/cooking industry in China. Also, Fuchsia Dunlop, including her cookbooks.
There's also Chinese Culinary Culture, which is probably the closest to what you're looking for, but it may be a bit of a pain in the ass to find outside of China.
Like JAG Roberts' book it's more about Chinese food in the West, but The Fortune Cookie Chronicles is also a good read.
There's a pretty great book that explores this and Chinese food in America.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0446698970/ref=redir_mdp_mobile
I recently finished reading it. It's a good book, and the course seems rather interesting. Just realize that it's going to screw with you mentally as well as physically.
I'm reading this one right now....it had an interesting beginning, and a slow and boring middle, but I hope the last few chapters get fun again. It's about an Englishmans experiences in Japan while enrolled in a tough Aikido class for policemen. It's worth a read, I'd say....just for fun.
https://www.amazon.com/Angry-White-Pyjamas-Scrawny-Lessons/dp/0688175376
Stop second-guessing your choice of major. Keep your eyes on what you actually want, and remember that the steps along the way will all build there eventually. Check in on your plans when you're picking classes each semester, to make sure you're still on course and still want that ultimate goal. The REU and some lab time will all help.
Try reading some science-related books, not actual science but stuff about scientists themselves or stories about specific scientific discoveries. Like The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Double Helix, Eighth Day of Creation, The Disappearing Spoon, and Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman. Your school should have copies of most of them, and they aren't textbook-heavy (though not quite as light as fiction novels).
Don't forget to stay at least a little rounded. Someone on just about every recruitment weekend for grad school will ask about your hobbies. I'm pretty sure they're required to do so :) Or you'll discover you and your interviewer both do ceramics and can chat about that, leaving a stronger impression than if you were yet another person talking about science. It's good to be done with the requirements, but make sure you keep up something outside your major, even if it's just ultimate frisbee.
I second the recommendation of Erik Larson.
I have recently read and loved The Hare With Amber Eyes and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Skeletons on the Zahara
A supposedly true story (and pretty decent read) about exactly what you're talking about.
You might want to try one of those bad hobbies (depending on what it was situationally) as the experience/risk is likely not as drastic as you think. I was the same way as a 16-17-year-old but that was mostly due to falling for fear-mongering. If you would like reverse misconceptions the neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart would be a start such as https://youtu.be/wRK005AQcqY or his book https://smile.amazon.com/High-Price-Neuroscientists-Self-Discovery-Challenges/dp/0062015893
Really? I'm probably biased because he was front-and-center for those Tuna Bowl games, but I'll forever remember him as a damn Jet.
"Just give me the damn ball."
Such a fine piece of literary art.
Shitty parental relationships seem to be the foundation for wicked people. Granted people have their own agency and may go as far from the apple tree as they wish, but your upbringing is a baseline of values & expectations.
The Other Wes Moore is a sober read into that.
For most people, logic games. I didn't have trouble with them at all, probably because I worked through The Logic Games Bible like a maniac. Totally worth it. I only missed 1 question on the logic games section - the last one, because I ran short on time and guessed.
There's another dude with my name and exact same birthday (day and year) with multiple felonies. It happens. See The Other Wes Moore.
She wrote a book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Fortune-Cookie-Chronicles-Adventures/dp/0446698970
Ohh this one is a beauty
For risk-your-life adventure, try Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King. Eurpoean sailors get shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815.
Book is actually pretty good.
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Give-Me-Damn-Ball/dp/0446521450
Except that they didn't... at that point in the war they had abandoned the "bonzai" form of attacking when US troops landed and were deeply entrenched on the southern half of the island. US marines landed about halfway up and were actually surprised at the low number of casualties on landing. The bloody combat came later (source: With the Old Breed )
Watch HBO's Band of brothers and HBO's The pacific then read these war memoirs,
http://www.amazon.com/With-Old-Breed-Peleliu-Okinawa/dp/0891419195
http://www.amazon.com/Helmet-My-Pillow-Parris-Pacific/dp/0553593315
http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Before-During-Brothers/dp/0425227871
http://www.amazon.com/Band-Brothers-Regiment-Airborne-Normandy/dp/074322454X
> Manning to the wide open Sanders for the TD
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Give-Me-Damn-Ball/dp/0446521450
Dr. Carl Hart's "High Price" is a fantastic novel. Also agree with many other posters here about A Scanner Darkly and Tweak. All three are phenomenal reads.
> "starving for the reality of First Century Christianity"
Check out Alex Jones's story. He wanted to do church the way the early Christians did it, and whoops, became Catholic.
Edit: oh, and may as well link the Contemporvant parody: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3RJBd8zE48A
Inside Delta Force
If You Survive
Helmet for My Pillow
In the Company of Heroes
If you like Clancy, I highly recommend the entire John Ryan series, starting with Without Remorse and moving in chronoligical (which differs from publication) order.
How to Be Black
The term for live-in student in Japanese is "uchideshi". There are some places that offer an uchideshi program, both in and out of Japan, but before you consider any of these programs, I recommend reading Angry White Pyjamas (Amazon, Wikipedia).
You should be careful in selecting any program; there is plenty of room for cultural mix ups, either as a foreigner in Japan or in your home country with somebody who isn't Japanese.
With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge
Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie
Good reading books:
https://www.amazon.com/Martial-Musings-Portrayal-Arts-Century-ebook/dp/B00F3GV7B2/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1480049500&sr=1-2&refinements=p_27%3ARobert+W.+Smith
https://www.amazon.com/Angry-White-Pyjamas-Scrawny-Lessons/dp/0688175376/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1480049639&sr=1-1&keywords=angry+white+pajamas
If you want to learn to fight, go into a bar a few times and pick one. The best way to learn.
Wow, you're so wrong that you managed to piss off both Gustavo Arellano and Rick Bayless in one sentence. That's a pretty big feat.
This website which documents fallacies should be a good start.
This is a great no nonsense book on logical reasoning actually meant for preparation for the LSAT,law school entrance exam, but serves the purpose really well.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0062003216/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1411926356&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40#productDescription_secondary_view_pageState_1411926368113
“A hilarious blend of razor-sharp satire and memoir...Using his own story and humor, Thurston demonstrates that the best way to ‘be’ anything is to simply be yourself.” ( Publishers Weekly)
Study for the October LSAT. Kill it. Apply as soon as your score comes out (if not before).
Make sure your recommendations are great. These matter more than people think. Make sure your personal statement is great. This matters more than people think.
As far as studying the LSAT, probably get the Powerscore Logical Reasoning Bible and the Powerscore Logical Games Bible to study from. Also get a bunch of preptests. If your score plateaus for a while and you can't seem to get past it, hire a tutor. Starting at a 167 means its unlikely you will need to take a course.
I've seen some classic books mentioned here, but folks seem to think they're hard to get. These are still in print and available on Kindle:
> Fortune cookies are an American invention that try to perpetuate the foreign, mysterious, unscrutable asian stereotype.
Really? I think intention is very important here. I don't think there is an ill intent here.
 
If people are interested in the history of fortunte cookie, this funny book by Jennifer 8. Lee The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food should fascinate you. (Yes, that's her official middle name with a numeral 8. Talking about badass) Or just simply goole "Is fortune cookie racist" to read the opinions of all other more learned people.
Can't appreciate modern Israel without also learning about ancient Israel and Jewish history. I would recommend:
https://www.amazon.com/Jews-God-History-50th-Anniversary/dp/0451529405/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1468822616&sr=8-5&keywords=jewish+history
I don't know - I imagine the reasons are numerous and complex. In fact, this is something I would like to understand better, and I plan to pick up a history book on it at some point. If you also want to learn the actual reasons, I would suggest something like this book, it's probably what I'll read when I get around to it.
An 'interesting' perspective, though I think Max Dimont in Jews, God and History gives a much better and more balanced perspective not just on anti-semitism but also a rather good overview of history of the Jewish people. I read it to try and understand the nature of anti-semitism as one of my close friends is Jewish, which are reasonably uncommon in Australia (outside Bondi)
On Amazon
Yeah, so because Bush was bad, Jackson's [extortion from businesses] (http://www.amazon.com/Shakedown-Exposing-Real-Jesse-Jackson/dp/0895261081) and [whoring for the drug war] (http://books.google.com/books?id=2gEPHslMsKgC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=jesse+jackson+war+on+drugs+thomas+szasz&source=bl&ots=VXv1MHGK0M&sig=1OnEo1UqI1YjOgvJ3P04E3iUDy8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Jmj-U8_eFtO7ogTM94K4BQ&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=jesse%20jackson%20war%20on%20drugs%20thomas%20szasz&f=false) can be excused
And Rangel's support of [the destruction of the black community] (http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/31/how-charlie-rangels-outrage-shifted-from), [the draft] (http://rangel.house.gov/press-release/rangel-introduce-legislation-reinstating-draft-and-requiring-women-register-selective), and [his corruption?] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Rangel#2008.E2.80.932010:_Ethics_issues_and_censure), well, he's not George Bush. I don't know what that proves. And he's black, even though he's a wealthy black elite, and the assumption that blacks are a giant extended family, where help for one is help for all, is extremely racist.
Isn't Jesse Jackson always on MSNBC? And who owns MSNBC?
The fatal flaw of High School Fleet is that the action was pretty boring. A destroyer had no right fighting a battleship one-on-one, but the anime resorted to such kinds of fights all the time. Because a single battleship round could destroy a destroyer, the main ship wasn't allowed to get hit. The fights basically turned into the destroyer doing fancy maneuvering and all the shells shot at it missing.
Historically, the destroyer combat in WWII was some of the most crazy naval combat in the war. The main reason was due to the fact it mostly happened at night. The lack of visibility resulted in chance encounters and desperate fighting. Japanese Destroyer Captain is a great book to understand how that kind of fighting took place.
Ah yes, the wonderful human nature argument. Despite the fact that humans have been hunter-gatherers who had little to nothing in the way of private property for 99% of human history, you believe that capitalism is human nature.
You believe that there is no connection between capitalism and racism, despite the obvious fact that neither can exist without the other.
You are socially liberal but fiscally conservative, meaning that you're okay with LGBTQ folks as long as they accede to being exploited by capitalists.
You believe it's better to live in a society in which the 0.1% possess absolute power, rather than a society in which the economy would be democratized.
You believe that communism is responsible for tens of millions of deaths, but that capitalism has never harmed anyone anywhere.
You believe that a child mining the rare earth metals for your phone in the Congo has just as much of a chance of success as the children of billionaires.
Despite being unable to define the systems that you support, you believe that they will succeed. Absolutely, this is a recipe for success: proceeding with total unawareness of the world around you.