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Jiang says Indian and Jewish intellectual prominence in American academia is not accidental because Vedic and Kabbalistic traditions train people to wrestle with occult questions that deepen creativity and inquiry.
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Jiang says Jews and Indians excel disproportionately in America because deep religion and historical self-consciousness drive reflection, ambition, and social performance.
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"All right, all right, sorry, so I'm sorry. This is like way too long. I appreciate the question, but this isn't gonna take too..."
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"They are the Indians and the Jews. The Indians have a Vedic tradition. The Jews have a Kabbalah tradition. This is not an accident,..."
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"...most successful minority groups in America? It's the Jews and the Indians by far. No one else comes close. Right. No one else comes..."
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"Yeah. The Jews and the Indians excel. I mean, they dominate. You go to a college campus. Right. The professors are either Jewish or..."
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"...were to bring him outside and like ask him about the indian he would know the iniat like intimately right he's like yeah it's..."
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"...he do? He'll put her in hell, man. He'll write the Indian and put her in hell. You understand? You understand? That's what literally..."
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"...just submit you know what i was wrong to write the indian ad okay all right guys so we'll take a break we'll come..."
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"...dropped by half gold and fine silver coquineal white lead and Indian like night highly polished bright fresh Emerald at fresh Emerald at the..."
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"...becomes virgil's mind because what does he do he read the indian he read the indian right that's what the indian is it's a..."
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"...to others right okay and again this is opposite of the indian right where again you're not supposed to show mercy to your enemies..."
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"indians too saw that eclipse such fables shouted through the year from pulpits some here some there outnumber even all the lapos and the..."
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"Okay, so I don't know enough about Indian poetry to comment, okay? But the point I'm trying to make is this. In this classroom,..."
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