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Actually, there are other areas with economic variety among Asians, as certain metros/cities have been refugee hotspots for decades. Even in my area, you have poor/working class SE and South Asians that are refugees, as well as students and other immigrants of an East and South Asian background that range from working to upper middle class. So, even the range in terms of Asians is nationwide, to a good degree now.
Oh I know that it isn't ONLY a California phenomenon, but merely that is more widespread here simply due to the sheer numbers of Asians that are in California, both in terms of percentage of population and raw numbers. It's sadly a part of the Asian American experience that isn't seen as much, both by mainstream America and the Asian American community. Let's be real on why this is: the non-Chinese, non-Korean, and non-Japanese American community have collectively less media exposure and clout than the above 3 ethnic communities. The rest of us might as well not exist.
The movie Gran Torino, for example, was a depiction of the Hmong community in Michigan (would've probably been more aptly applied to somewhere in Wisconsin or Minnesota though), and they're the Asian group with the lowest collective socioeconomic standing.
Well Canada is part of the British Commonwealth, which is why Hong Kong citizens (remember, HK was a British colony) were able to migrate there with much ease. Commonwealth members typically make barriers for migrating between signatory countries much easier to deal with. It's the same reason why that the South Asian population in Canada is proportionately higher than it is here (though its starting to change).
I grew up in CA (mostly here in LA, spent 3 years in the Bay Area for college) and know what you're talking about. This isn't a California only phenomenon anymore though. There are rich and middle class Asian immigrants migrating all over the US. Look at the DC area, Chicago area suburbs, eastside of Seattle, etc.
What separates CA out really is the fact that there is a huge Asian underclass here. Not so much in the SGV (though there are dodgy pockets of West Covina which are mostly Filipino), but more so in Long Beach, Stockton, Fresno, Oakland, San Francisco, etc, but that mostly has to do with the large numbers of Southeast Asian refugees and their descendants that live here.
This has been shown in the film Freedom Writers and shows like Gangland. Cambodian, Vietnamese, Filliipino, Laotian street gangs.
Oh I know that it isn't ONLY a California phenomenon, but merely that is more widespread here simply due to the sheer numbers of Asians that are in California, both in terms of percentage of population and raw numbers. It's sadly a part of the Asian American experience that isn't seen as much, both by mainstream America and the Asian American community. Let's be real on why this is: the non-Chinese, non-Korean, and non-Japanese American community have collectively less media exposure and clout than the above 3 ethnic communities. The rest of us might as well not exist.
The movie Gran Torino, for example, was a depiction of the Hmong community in Michigan (would've probably been more aptly applied to somewhere in Wisconsin or Minnesota though), and they're the Asian group with the lowest collective socioeconomic standing.
Very true. Those are the big 3 when it comes to pop-culture exposure in America.
Very true. Those are the big 3 when it comes to pop-culture exposure in America.
Yeah, I've had people tell me that "your PEOPLE doesn't count" in terms of Asians, the fact that I grew up Muslim, etc. It's like it offends some people's world view whenever some sort of stereotype is broken and when something can't be pigeonholed. I don't get that at all.
Oh I know that it isn't ONLY a California phenomenon, but merely that is more widespread here simply due to the sheer numbers of Asians that are in California, both in terms of percentage of population and raw numbers. It's sadly a part of the Asian American experience that isn't seen as much, both by mainstream America and the Asian American community. Let's be real on why this is: the non-Chinese, non-Korean, and non-Japanese American community have collectively less media exposure and clout than the above 3 ethnic communities. The rest of us might as well not exist.
The movie Gran Torino, for example, was a depiction of the Hmong community in Michigan (would've probably been more aptly applied to somewhere in Wisconsin or Minnesota though), and they're the Asian group with the lowest collective socioeconomic standing.
The story took place in Minneapolis, but Detroit lured the film away from there ($$$$). That's why Detroit (which has a tiny Hmong population) is the location of that film and not a more typical Hmong enclave like Minneapolis/St. Paul, Fresno, or LA.
The story took place in Minneapolis, but Detroit lured the film away from there ($$$$). That's why Detroit (which has a tiny Hmong population) is the location of that film and not a more typical Hmong enclave like Minneapolis/St. Paul, Fresno, or LA.
Yeah, and most of the Hmong actors and actresses were from the Central Valley (Fresno, Visalia, etc.). However, I guess Detroit was chosen because its already been established in the mass media that its a run-down warzone, so the story would fit right in.
Just as a correction, there's no large Hmong population in LA: its more of a Central and Northern California group (Fresno, Sacramento, Stockton, Merced, Visalia, etc. though not the Bay Area). Cambodians, conversely, are more of a Southern California group. Laotians are 50/50.
By MSA, included a few more metros too, just in case anybody was wondering.
White
Austin +180,172
Raleigh +155,518
Charlotte +153,147
Portland +124,519
Las Vegas +107,286
Columbus +86,324
Indianapolis +81,074
San Antonio +77,491
Orlando +66,403
Tampa +57,482
Sacramento +52,831
Cincinnati +32,438
Cleveland -112,102
Black
Charlotte +133,639
Orlando +106,876
Las Vegas +86,779
Tampa +85,010
Columbus +74,864
Raleigh +74,822
Indianapolis +57,541
Sacramento +38,529
Cincinnati +34,675
San Antonio +32,995
Austin +29,246
Portland +18,718
Cleveland +7,760
Asian
Las Vegas +115,570
Sacramento +112,523
Portland +56,333
Orlando +45,465
Austin +44,506
Tampa +42,449
Charlotte +31,868
Raleigh +31,819
San Antonio +25,287
Columbus +24,944
Indianapolis +23,965
Cincinnati +20,446
Cleveland +12,507
Hispanic
San Antonio +294,986
Orlando +267,229
Las Vegas +266,501
Austin +210,553
Tampa +203,566
Sacramento +155,552
Charlotte +104,488
Portland +99,002
Raleigh +68,987
Indianapolis +66,715
Columbus +37,853
Cincinnati +32,489
Cleveland +25,563
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Originally Posted by scrantiX
This is by MSA.
White
Phoenix +320,370
Dallas +158,283
Denver +125,825
San Jose +120,732
Atlanta +106,267
Houston +85,643
DC +58,019
Seattle +27,015
Riverside +5,613
San Diego -48,786
Boston -136,692
Philadelphia -140,551
San Francisco -185,650
Chicago -193,010
Detroit -194,535
Miami -267,991
Los Angeles -361,772
New York -558,563
Black
Atlanta +502,855
Dallas +254,830
Houston +229,944
DC +178,338
Miami +175,551
Philadelphia +117,556
Phoenix +98,719
Minneapolis +96,981
Riverside +73,353
Boston +58,067
Seattle +54,731
Denver +31,400
San Jose +8
San Diego -1,091
Detroit -23,268
San Francisco -26,192
Chicago -38,971
Los Angeles -69,414
New York -83,416
Asian
New York +539,306
Los Angeles +394,833
San Francisco +243,339
DC +215,363
Seattle +171,549
Houston +169,877
Chicago +162,526
Dallas +160,671
San Jose +151,442
Riverside +134,761
Atlanta +129,359
Philadelphia +120,766
Boston +103,922
San Diego +102,585
Phoenix +88,249
Minneapolis +72,737
Detroit +47,785
Miami +42,595
Denver +38,030
Hispanic
Riverside +767,440
New York +760,983
Houston +745,935
Dallas +634,449
Miami +608,865
Los Angeles +583,070
Chicago +462,377
Phoenix +418,706
DC +341,107
Atlanta +276,993
San Diego +240,383
San Francisco +205,545
Philadelphia +181,963
Denver +170,247
Seattle +147,043
Boston +128,911
San Jose +81,479
Minneapolis +77,162
Detroit +41,147
Why are the state totals for Oregon and Washington significantly lower than the totals for Portland and Seattle, respectively? I'm looking at the Asian and Black numbers.
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