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> The issue in America has been and still is why are blacks doing so poorly? If nothing else, enormous income differences? See the top graph here: https://www

> The issue in America has been and still is why are blacks doing so poorly? If nothing else, enormous income differences? See the top graph here: https://www.financialsamurai.com/income-by-race-why-is-asian-income-so-high/ https://www.financialsamurai.com/income-by-race-why-is-asian... It's hard to educate yourself well if your family is poor, I hear.

JPKab 8y ago
Income differences don't explain disparities between equally poor groups. Culture does.
zeth___ 8y ago
>It's hard to educate yourself well if your family is poor, I hear. Have a look at the incomes of immigrants to the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_United_States_by_household_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_U... The top 20: Ethnic Group Income in US Home country GDP PPP Ratio Indian American $110026 $7,174.00 15.3367716754948 Taiwanese American $90221 $49,827.00 1.81068496999619 Filipino American $88745 $8,229.00 10.7844209502977 Australian American $81452 $49,882.00 1.63289362896436 Israeli American $79736 $36,250.00 2.19961379310345 Russian American $77349 $27,890.00 2.77335962710649 Greek American $77342 $27,776.00 2.78449020737327 Lebanese American $74757 $19,486.00 3.83644667966745 Sri Lankan American $73856 $13,001.00 5.68079378509346 Croatian American $73196 $24,095.00 3.03780867399875 Latvian American $72690 $27,291.00 2.66351544465208 Lithuanian American $72605 $31,935.00 2.27352434632848 Austrian American $72478 $49,247.00 1.47172416593904 Iranian American $72345 $20,030.00 3.61183225162257 Slovene American $72272 $34,063.00 2.121715644541 Swiss American $71418 $61,360.00 1.16391786179922 Bulgarian American $71331 $21,578.00 3.30572805635369 Romanian American $71230 $23,991.00 2.96903005293652 Scandinavian American $71190 $70,590.00 1.00849978750531 Italian American $70726 $37,970.00 1.86268106399789 How do you explain the differences in income when you have some groups earning 15 and 10 times (!!!) what they did before emigrating and others between 2 to 5? These people were poor, not just "I can't afford an iphone poor", "I can't afford antibiotics for my children" poor, yet are now the richest ethnic groups in the US, out earning local Americans by 40-100%.
- guard0g 8y ago
  It's called hard work, persistence, and grit. It's called postponing video game or stick ball time to focus on studies, not hanging out at the mall or Friday night football games. You don't have to be wealthy to wait for marshmellows.
- justinpombrio 8y ago
  What's the second number there, e.g. $7,174.00, and where did you get it?

JPKab 8y ago

Income differences don't explain disparities between equally poor groups. Culture does.

zeth___ 8y ago

>It's hard to educate yourself well if your family is poor, I hear. Have a look at the incomes of immigrants to the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_United_States_by_household_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_U... The top 20: Ethnic Group Income in US Home country GDP PPP Ratio Indian American $110026 $7,174.00 15.3367716754948 Taiwanese American $90221 $49,827.00 1.81068496999619 Filipino American $88745 $8,229.00 10.7844209502977 Australian American $81452 $49,882.00 1.63289362896436 Israeli American $79736 $36,250.00 2.19961379310345 Russian American $77349 $27,890.00 2.77335962710649 Greek American $77342 $27,776.00 2.78449020737327 Lebanese American $74757 $19,486.00 3.83644667966745 Sri Lankan American $73856 $13,001.00 5.68079378509346 Croatian American $73196 $24,095.00 3.03780867399875 Latvian American $72690 $27,291.00 2.66351544465208 Lithuanian American $72605 $31,935.00 2.27352434632848 Austrian American $72478 $49,247.00 1.47172416593904 Iranian American $72345 $20,030.00 3.61183225162257 Slovene American $72272 $34,063.00 2.121715644541 Swiss American $71418 $61,360.00 1.16391786179922 Bulgarian American $71331 $21,578.00 3.30572805635369 Romanian American $71230 $23,991.00 2.96903005293652 Scandinavian American $71190 $70,590.00 1.00849978750531 Italian American $70726 $37,970.00 1.86268106399789 How do you explain the differences in income when you have some groups earning 15 and 10 times (!!!) what they did before emigrating and others between 2 to 5? These people were poor, not just "I can't afford an iphone poor", "I can't afford antibiotics for my children" poor, yet are now the richest ethnic groups in the US, out earning local Americans by 40-100%.

guard0g 8y ago
It's called hard work, persistence, and grit. It's called postponing video game or stick ball time to focus on studies, not hanging out at the mall or Friday night football games. You don't have to be wealthy to wait for marshmellows.
justinpombrio 8y ago
What's the second number there, e.g. $7,174.00, and where did you get it?