Posted on 11/30/2016 9:36:52 AM PST by ErikJohnsky
Between 1940 and 1970, something remarkable happened to Asian Americans. Not only did they surpass African Americans in average household earnings, but they also closed the wage gap with whites.
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[The real secret to Asian American success was not education]
How did that happen? About the same time that Asian Americans were climbing the socioeconomic ladder, they also experienced a major shift in their public image. At the outset of the 20th century, Asian Americans had often been portrayed as threatening, exotic and degenerate. But by the 1950s and 1960s, the idea of the model minority had begun to take root. Newspapers often glorified Asian Americans as industrious, law-abiding citizens who kept their heads down and never complained.
Some people think that racism toward Asians diminished because Asians “proved themselves” through their actions. But that is only a sliver of the truth. Then, as now, the stories of successful Asians were elevated, while the stories of less successful Asians were diminished. As historian Ellen Wu explains in her book, “The Color of Success,” the model minority stereotype has a fascinating origin story, one that’s tangled up in geopolitics, the Cold War and the civil rights movement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/29/the-real-reason-americans-stopped-spitting-on-asian-americans-and-started-praising-them/?utm_term=.e45f083abfa1 sorry I forgot the link
A S S I M I L A T I O N !!!!
M O T I V A T I O N !!!!
I don’t see a lot of Asians terrorizing neighborboods , killing police, and burning cars.
That explanation does not explain how Asians score higher on standardized tests and in general perform better academically than whites OR blacks.
In his role as Arnold on Happy Days, and his portrayal as Mr. Miagi in Karate Kid, Pat Morita lifted Asian Americans from their racial bondage.
Haha.
Hard work and personal responsibility did it.
Hint to other groups.
I've seen this happen over and over again.
There are two important exceptions to this rule:
1. This assimilation never happens if the people from the "outsider" group have no interest in assimilating.
2. This assimilation never happens if the people of either group are morally bankrupt and/or culturally dysfunctional.
Exactly.
I like to tell the sjw AAs that will listen - it’s not your COLOR that folks don’t like - it’s your ATTITUDE. Lose that chip on your shoulder and you’ll be amazed at how much of the “racism” you experience simply melts sway...
The dumb shit the media pushes makes my head hurt.
dont confront liberals with science they dont like the results of, it’s frustrates them to be deniers of science.
hmmm...
sway = away
Yep - they integrated into society and exercised a lot of self responsibility - what a shock.
Average IQs of 105 and first class family values, high educational pursuits
I used to work with two guys who’s families had been interned during WWII in SoCal
They were both smart, educated, hard working and did NOT exhibit permanent bitterness like a certain other group.
Asians are not monolithic. Vietnamese, Filipinos, Koreans, Japanese, Chinese (of various types), and many others.
I had a college professor whose theory was that drug laws (The Harrison Act 1914) was in respond to anti-asian racism. When opium became popular white men became angry that there women were hanging out at opium dens and congregating with Asians. Maybe, maybe not.
The real reason for asian acceptance is that asian girls are incredibly hot...
I think the same can be said for the Mexican community
It’s all about the geopolitics, not the general behaviors of the groups? Really?
Sorry, not buying his narrative.
This article is dishonest and ridiculous. The author tries convert the outstanding performance of Asian Americans in their education achievements and work productivity to just a public relations success due to white America’s racist attitudes towards blacks. The problem is that practically all Asian cultures value education and instill that into their children, and most American blacks, not all, consider education uncool and demand nothing of their children in terms of education or work ethic. And the results are obvious.
Maybe it all happened because they have such strong family values and encourage good behavior. Go to a Chinese restaurant and look in the corner, there are their kids doing their homework. Is it any wonder? Ever notice that in any non Chinese restaurants? The Chinese are not cry babies, they don’t whine and demand things. They work hard toward their goals and accomplish them.
There is something to that theory, of giving the Asians a bias of positive presumptions. This may have happened as a way to compare the tactics of one minority (Asians) to those of another (Blacks) in order to assimilate and become productive Americans. Many times a person or a group of people will be deeply affected by the prevailing expectation society has for them.
Meaning, if the preponderance of your social group expects you to ‘eventually’ become an unemployable, perpetually envious, lawless, ward of the state, chances are high that you will become that way, or have to make a decision not to.
If your immediate social group has other expectations of you, like close family ties, good problem solving skills, a high work ethic, a entrepenurial drive , chances are this will be what awaits you unless the individual decides otherwise.
There are good and bad people in all races, but society may treat you differently at first encounter. The decision would be based on the soft bias of low expectations.
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