[Tired of Taxes]

There are Oriental immigrant communities that are just as poor as the black communities. The important thing is that their reponse to lack of money is to make sure that their kids get educated in useful skills.

There is also crime in some Asian communities with much underground criminal activity. The big news around here several years ago was the story of how Asian "mafia-type" groups had been preying on newly-arrived immigrants from their country. They were breaking into their homes, stealing from them, raping them, and so on. The immigrants themselves are afraid to go to the police. Not all crime makes the news or the statistics, and the stereotype of all Asians with their noses in the books and their heads on straight is not entirely accurate.

[republicman]

Another aspect to the Asian story that you may find interesting

Asians from China, Japan do very well

However Laotians do very poorly

And of course there is very little genetic difference between the groups--IMO A strong argument for the cultural side.