Outliers Chunk #3

In Malcolm Gladwell's final one hundred pages in outliers he analyze the effect of cultural legacy on an individual success. Malcolm Gladwell concluded that a pilot's success is based on what country he is from. For example a pilot from a high power-power distance culture will have significantly less success than a pilot who come from a low power distance country because the pilots from a high power distance country see some people as superior than themselves and it is terrible to have that in the cockpit because if something bad was to happen it is better to have someone that sees everyone as equals than to have someone who sees the "captain" as his master. Gladwell gave us a brief outline on the reasons why planes crash. A minor technical malfunction;bad weather;and a tired pilot all at the same time contributes to the crash of an airplane. Malcolm Gladwell continued by giving his audience the reason why Asians are good at math. He first explained that working on rice fields takes a lot of hardwork and many asians do not mind the extra hours needed to study. Gladwell went on to explain that since chinese number system is easier than America's number system and for this reason chinese kids learn how to count faster and because math is easier to them they tend work harder and do their homework and because their number system is easier they get a head start in learning math. Gladwell explained chinese thinking by revealing some quotes held by chinese citizens. For example "no food without blood and tears" and also "No one can rise before dawn three hundred and sixty days a year fails to make his family rich". Gladwell tells his audience that asians excel at math because they are willing to work hard just like their ancestors who work in the rice paddies. To conclude his book Gladwell shares with his audience the school called KIPP (which adopted chinese way of thinking) the school works its kids from 7:25 a.m to 5:00 pm. Gladwell claim that this is a bargain because 80% of KIPP's students attend college. The prologue of Malcolm Gladwell's book highlights his mom's success story like every other success story mentioned in this book, the individual receives some kind of unusual opportinity and he or she seizes it. The audience and tone was constant throughout the book. The audience might be mid-age adults and the tone was simply explanatory.
Classification question: Where does America rank in the PDI?

Application Question: Why does the color of the skin matter to some people?