TIME September 5, 2016

Time Asia [US] September 5 2016 (単号)

　カバーストーリーは、兄弟全てが異なる分野で活躍をする九家族を取材し、その共通点を探るというもの。これだけのサンプルで統計学的に意味のある答えが導かれるとも思えないが、おそらく意図は別のところにある。
　とりあえず、九家族にほぼ共通すると言う六つの特徴。

Immigrant experience
Many parents of super-siblings were born abroad, hailing from Haiti, Isreal, Poland, China, and India.

Educator parents
Most of the families include a parent who had a background in education, from preschool painting to college physics.

Political engagement
Lots of parents were involved in political activism, including two who participated in the civil rights movement.

Fight club
Siblings recall frequent, intense conflict among their brothers and sisters--but little conflict between their parents.

Brush with death
Many famillies have an awareness of mortality, from a severe illness to the death of a family member.

Free to be
Few of the siblings recall growing up with firm rules, and most said they enjoyed more freedom than their peers (and much more than 21st century kids).

　一つ前の記事では、若き日のトランプ氏がトランプタワー建設予定地のビルを解体する際に、不法就労のポーランド人たちを使用しながら賃金を支払わなかったという疑惑が書かれている。
　偉大な子どもたちが育ちうる要因の一つに移民の血を掲げたカバーストーリーは、移民を不当に搾取した過去を持ちながら現在では移民排斥を訴える氏に対するアンチテーゼであったのだ。