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04/16/2009: "Asians are "the new Jews""

Writing in The Sun, the columnist Anila Baig recently observed that The Apprentice is the "most multicultural" of all reality shows, and that it features a particularly high proportion of Asian candidates. Which is true, of course. While your average episodes of Shipwrecked or Airline make even Richard Curtis movies seem culturally diverse, The Apprentice could give the annual gathering of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants a run for its money.

A number of explanations spring to mind, the most obvious of which is that we Asians famously have a predilection for business. But I think this idea can be dismissed because, let's face it, The Apprentice is no more about business than Domestos is a great facial moisturiser, and also because I have a better explanation, which Baig almost put a finger on when she remarked that Sir Alan reminds her of many Asian uncles: "He boasts about his millions, likes big, ugly cars, has a beard and looks miserable... but he has a grudging, deep-down patriarchal concern."

I put it to you that Asians thrive on The Apprentice because they are the new Jews.

[ Such people thrive, driven by desire for material goods and power over others - particularly exploiting a society they have no kinship feelings for - while the indigenous population of Britain end up at the bottom of the heap. That's another reason why pluralism is a failure. ]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/article6086453.ece