their redeeming characteristics is that they work hard, long hrs, live in large groups..grandparents,mom,dad, several kids and perhaps an uncle or two, and they try to buy some business where the whole family works, but they still live together...
AND, they feel strong obligations to help other family members....they will send big chunks of money back to their parents or to a niece or nephew that is in college....
my Vietnamese friend says that it is EXPECTED that they do so...
In the mid 80s I worked with a fellow in Toronto Canada who was one of the so called 'boat people' from Cambodia. He was the last survivor of his family of 10. Arrived as a refuge, learned how to code, got a job. Nice guy. I'm sure he did well and raised a good family.