 Before its publication, "The Triple Package" drew attention for its highly controversial assertion that though with tough economy, shrinking opportunity, and rising economic inequality, certain communities are outperforming the national average, experiencing upward mobility and educational attainment at dramatically high rates, and that this success has to do with certain inherent characteristics belonging to these cultural groups.This led critics to note the book was "sure to garner just as much (if not more) controversy as her first book did.