This article sure is strange: >>The contrast between whites and Asians is particularly stark. Nearly 1 in 5 white Americans reside in rural counties, where a d

This article sure is strange: >>The contrast between whites and Asians is particularly stark. Nearly 1 in 5 white Americans reside in rural counties, where a dollar goes a lot further. But 97 percent of Asian Americans live in or near a major city, where the cost of living is higher. By definition of living in a lower income area and subsequently making less money, you are unable to live in a nicer, high cost of living area. Personal preference aside, this means you're living in a more desirable area (for many, by definition) and these areas tend to have more job opportunities. >> Asian Americans, largely for historical reasons, cluster near expensive coastal cities. More than 25 percent of Asian Americans live in one of the four metro areas with the highest costs of living — Honolulu, San Jose, New York and San Francisco. Overall, about 73 percent live in metro areas with above-average costs, 24 percent live in metro areas with below-average costs, and 3 percent live in rural areas. This is basically irrelevant. One could also say, Black Americans, largely for historical reasons, cluster near more Southern large cities and towns (Dallas, Georgia, New Orleans, etc.) >> When we factor in these geographic patterns, the racial income gaps start to look a little different Yeah, Asian Americans still are making much more than Black and Hispanics. If this is supposed to negate the assertion many make that "For that reason, Asian Americans have often been invoked as a way to excuse the income gaps between whites and blacks or whites and Hispanics..." this isn't doing a great job. >> If you compare whites and Asian Americans with the same amount of schooling, Asian Americans actually make less money. They should also compare Asian Americans with Black and Hispanic Americans too, for good measure. --- This conclusion may be faulty, but I'm basically getting the following: for "elite Asians" (keep in mind, most Asians are not "elite"), they enjoy inklings of White privilege, if there's such a thing. However, they do not receive as much of said privilege as actual White people.