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Overwhelmingly Asians moved to the US poor, faced discrimination working manual labor jobs for generations. They faced internment camps, laws saying that they couldn't marry non-Asians while not allowing Asian women to move here, the Chinese Exclusion Act, etc....and yet Asians are the most successful racial group in many crucial categories in the US and clearly outperforming whites in key areas.
Asians make up 4.8% of the population, but only 1.6% of the inmates. They are the least proportionally represented race in prison....Asians are the least likely to be targeted by cops.....meanwhile they are the most disproportionately represented group in the medical field with 8.3% of all doctors. Asians make up 9% of the US college student population, which makes them the most overrepresented racial group in college.
The SAT is broken into 3 sections: Math, Writing, and Critical Reading...Asians score a decisive 1st in Math and 1st in Writing, while finishing a close 2nd in Critical Reading....so Asians are performing best overall on the SAT. Some people say that IQ tests show a cultural bias even though they have spent years trying to eliminate any bias and even administer IQ tests based on patterns and the like...and yet the IQ tests are still structured in such a manner to favor Asians despite trying to erase the bias.
...colleges are recognizing that Asians have a special privilege, which is why admissions per a Princeton Study says that some races get a 230 bonus to their SAT score, while Asians get a 50 point SUBTRACTION penalty off of their SAT score to level admissions.
Statistics show that single parent home kids are far more at risk for a wide range of negative life-outcomes. Asians are the least likely to be raised in a single parent home at just 16%, which is noticeably better than whites at 24%, and astronomically better than other groups, which are as high as 66%.
Is there Asian Privilege in America, a structural bias to favor them? Perhaps racism in favor of them?
Or do they just work harder, have a solid culture, etc...all while the US offers opportunities for those with merit?
I ask, because a teacher I know has an entire unit on White Privilege and compares stats of whites against groups that aren't white (or Asian) and then argues that the structural system of the US is racist to keep down minorities. If this is true, then isn't this racist structure also creating Asian Privilege?
Last edited by michiganmoon; 02-28-2018 at 07:46 PM..
Majority of Asian-Americans are hardworking with strong families that prioritize education and career. They are big in technology and medicine - two of the few top paying fields. I don't think there is any structural bias towards them.
Asian-americans are discriminated against. students receive a major deduction on their college admission scores on college admission applications because they are Asian-americans. nothing to do with family income. just because they are Asian. very unfair.
Last edited by texan2yankee; 02-28-2018 at 08:09 PM..
All this "privilege" thing is an excuse for being lazy and stupid.
Jews in USSR were discriminated against like I don't know what, but still they were the most educated minority with the less crime.
It's all about values. If you have some, you will sit and study, if you don't have them you will wander around with your pants down and whine about "white privilege".
Really weird analysis. Most Asian immigrants arrived after restrictions were removed in the 60's - and most of those immigrants were highly educated. Very few Asian Americans can trace their origins in the US back to the times of exclusion and internment. No doubt many Asian Americans work hard, but trying to negate privilege by putting one group on a pedestal is not entirely true.
Majority of Asian-Americans are hardworking with strong families that prioritize education and career. They are big in technology and medicine - two of the few top paying fields. I don't think there is any structural bias towards them.
Yup. It's pathetic that these kids work their tails off in school and yet are accused of Asian-America privilege. They are the epitome of the American dream.
Very few Asian Americans can trace their origins in the US back to the times of exclusion and internment.
Not entirely true. I grew up with many Japanese-American families who's grandparents were in the WWII internment ie. Concentration Camps. It wasn't until AFTER WWII that the "no dogs or Chinese" signs came down.
It seems like a lot of people like to minimize the truly atrocious record the US has towards non-white people.
Not entirely true. I grew up with many Japanese-American families who's grandparents were in the WWII internment ie. Concentration Camps. It wasn't until AFTER WWII that the "no dogs or Chinese" signs came down.
It seems like a lot of people like to minimize the truly atrocious record the US has towards non-white people.
I know they exist anecdotally. What I'm saying - empirically - is that the vast majority of them arrived after 1960. And yes I agree, a lot of people do tend to minimize past injustices; not only in that they occurred, but without acknowledging the fact that inequality compounds generationally.
Is there Asian Privilege in America, a structural bias to favor them? Perhaps racism in favor of them?
Or do they just work harder, have a solid culture, etc...all while the US offers opportunities for those with merit?
If Asian privilege exist why is there an investigation underway by the Justice department?
"The Trump administration is preparing to investigate whether Asian Americans are treated unfairly as a result of admissions policies intended to boost the chances of other racial minorities...."
There may exist a small form of it with rich kids whose parents can buy their kid's an ivy league education but for the most part, Asians succeed because of a variety of reasons. These include more family pressure to succeed and adeptness at taking advantage of what's available in their community (great school systems, programs to further our development, etc.)...
In fact, if anything, many Asians in California or other states where there's a larger Asian presence experience reverse discrimination trying to get into college. Then when we enter the business world, we have to prove ourselves even more than our non-Asian peers to get promotions because of the perception that we're too passive, soft-spoken and not leader material....
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