“Mainstream American society finds it easiest to be tolerant when the o...” — Malcolm Gladwell Quote

Mainstream American society finds it easiest to be tolerant when the outsider chooses to minimize the differences that separate him from the majority. The country club opens its doors to Jews. The university welcomes African-Americans. Heterosexuals extend the privilege of marriage to the gay community.

I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.

We all assume that if you're weak and poor, you're never going to win. In fact, the real world is full of examples where the exact opposite happens, where the weak win and the strong screw up.

The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.

The American society around me looked at me and saw Japanese. Then, when I was 19, I went to Japan for the first time. And suddenly - what a shock - I realized I wasn't Japanese; they saw me as American. It was an enormous relief. Now I just appreciate being exactly in the middle.

The values of democracy, brotherhood, and freedom that constitute the building blocks of American society are also shared by Israeli society, together with the faith in man's power and ability to change and influence his surroundings.

I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.

I think the O.J. Simpson trial was a revelation about the ongoing patterns of racial difference in American society.