> Access to education has been one of the best thing to happen to minorities, and Asians are a good example of that. Most came from poor immigrant families and

> Access to education has been one of the best thing to happen to minorities, and Asians are a good example of that. Most came from poor immigrant families and in the space of 2 generations they made it to top universities. So what exactly were we doing wrong? Seems to me the system is clearly working as a social escalator. (circa 1998) https://www.brookings.edu/articles/unequal-opportunity-race-and-education/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/unequal-opportunity-race-... (Circa 2015) https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/01/28/us-education-still-separate-and-unequal https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/01/28/us-ed... (Circa 2017) http://college.usatoday.com/2017/03/07/report-the-race-gap-in-higher-education-is-very-real/ http://college.usatoday.com/2017/03/07/report-the-race-gap-i... The overarching theme is that non-asian minority populations may be disparately affected by adverse conditions continuously perpetuated on them such as single-parenting. And before we conclude that single-parenting is the fault of the parent -- no, not generally. It's generally the fault of the society that disparately targets adults of a given background for separation or incarceration. If we're being frank, neither white majority nor Asian minority populations have had to deal with imposed inadequacies in family structure. TL;DR: Asian immigrants are more likely to have support networks similar to the majority population, something frequently deprived from other minority populations in the US.