[starbase]

Read the article and you will see that Asians are included. Lots of low-income Chinese there.

Yes, the image we have of Asians, particularly Chinese, is largely skewed. I'm in that area now, and while the well-studied, superior-student is a very real type of Asian, there is also a vast population of people with no education at all, anywhere in their family tree.

We'll be redefining our impressions in the near future as we learn more about the reality of Asian societies. The well educated people we're so familiar with are an infinitesimally small percentage of the vast numbers of peasants that inhabit such countries as India and China.

[Myrddin]

We'll be redefining our impressions in the near future as we learn more about the reality of Asian societies. The well educated people we're so familiar with are an infinitesimally small percentage of the vast numbers of peasants that inhabit such countries as India and China.

Our view is very skewed because we are only exposed to the cream of the crop from Asia. The people who did well in school and came to the United States for graduate school. The first generation asian immigrants arrived with a great work ethic and a sincere desire to see their children succeed. We'll see whether that attitude is passed down the generations.

The black community has a cultural problem with academic success. The "too white" description is a telling attitude among the student's peer group. Poor academic performance leads to poor economic performance as an adult. That can become a generational legacy.

Simply having a degree isn't the whole story. Lots of people graduate from college. Having that on your resume avoids having it dropped in the trash on the first pass of weeding out potential candidates from hundreds of applicants.