Speaking of Asian minorities, why have they as a group been so successful in America?
For example, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese boat people have come to this country. They literally were running for their lives after the fall of South Vietnam to communism. They escaped with only the clothes on their backs, and came to America and prospered. Anecdotal evidence is that many of their children have become college graduates, and built businesses, and prospered here in America.
I guess I always wonder how groups such as Vietnamese have survived and prospered, when they overcame great hardship to get here and survive. And they have done so well compared to groups such as African-Americans, who today are still as a group among the lower rungs of society.
While we can debate the legacy of slavery and all of those related issues, today’s African-Americans did not experience some of the handicaps which affected recent Asian immigrants. Yet these Asian immigrants have not been held back from advancing in our society.
Answer: The Bell Curve
They were just about handed everything from rent subsidy to car vouchers, food stamps free medical just about free everything when they arrived To their credit most got off the US taxpayer gravy train and moved on to be productive members of society
He said when he was in middle school and high school, he noticed that whenever a black kid would try to do good on his grades and pass tests, other black kids would make fun of them. Whether it be a boy or girl, they would say "what are you trying to do, be like whitey?"
When i was in school, that same kid trying to excel would get beaten up for trying to get good grades. They would get beaten up for having school books in their backpacks. This was an everyday occurence. This is one perfect reason why a majority of black people are still on the bottom rungs of society. Black kids are told not to do good and vietnamese do the complete opposite. Al sharpton and the like perpetuate this cycle so that they look like the victims so they can keep blaming white people for their "shortcomings".
That's because they believe in families, and family members pooling their resources together to buy businesses.