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The majority of Indian and Asian Americans you see in the US are self-selected to be the richest and most successful ones from their country. Those who don't c

The majority of Indian and Asian Americans you see in the US are self-selected to be the richest and most successful ones from their country. Those who don't come from rich families, those who didn't go to the top schools in their country, are much more likely to just stay home, instead of get sponsored by their families to go to the other side of the world to search out the best opportunities.

dragonwriter 6y ago
> The majority of Indian and Asian Americans you see in the US are self-selected to be the richest and most successful ones from their country. For Indian and Asian Americans, “their country” is the USA, and especially for Asian Americans, it's not uncommon that was true of their ancestors for several generations.
- barry-cotter 6y ago
  > especially for Asian Americans, it's not uncommon that was true of their ancestors for several generations. A large majority of Asian Americans are foreign born. The only groups that aren’t majority foreign born are the Japanese and Hmong. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/22/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/22/key-facts-a...
icelancer 6y ago
>> The majority of Indian and Asian Americans you see in the US are self-selected to be the richest and most successful ones from their country. This is absolutely not true for "majority." A significant minority of them, this is probably true about, but a cursory review of how Chinese-Americans arrived to this country will probably dispel this rumor fairly quickly.
- barry-cotter 6y ago
  54% of Chinese Americans have a Bachelor’s or higher, 50% for foreign born. Things have changed in the last 30 years. Trust me when I say 50% of Chinese in China do not have a university degree. https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/fact-sheet/asian-americans-chinese-in-the-u-s/ https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/fact-sheet/asian-americans-c...
- jmchuster 6y ago
  Sorry, "majority you see in the US" is wrong. I'm thinking more along the lines of "majority that migrated over the last 50 years".
TheOperator 6y ago
So the native population simply is not of the same caliber as the immigrant population?
- jmchuster 6y ago
  Hmm, international students have to pay a full ride. So maybe you'd say that the immigrant population is roughly the same caliber as the portion of the native population that is too successful to qualify for financial aid.
zumu 6y ago
Do you have any evidence for this you could link?

dragonwriter 6y ago

> The majority of Indian and Asian Americans you see in the US are self-selected to be the richest and most successful ones from their country. For Indian and Asian Americans, “their country” is the USA, and especially for Asian Americans, it's not uncommon that was true of their ancestors for several generations.

barry-cotter 6y ago
> especially for Asian Americans, it's not uncommon that was true of their ancestors for several generations. A large majority of Asian Americans are foreign born. The only groups that aren’t majority foreign born are the Japanese and Hmong. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/22/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/22/key-facts-a...

icelancer 6y ago

>> The majority of Indian and Asian Americans you see in the US are self-selected to be the richest and most successful ones from their country. This is absolutely not true for "majority." A significant minority of them, this is probably true about, but a cursory review of how Chinese-Americans arrived to this country will probably dispel this rumor fairly quickly.

barry-cotter 6y ago
54% of Chinese Americans have a Bachelor’s or higher, 50% for foreign born. Things have changed in the last 30 years. Trust me when I say 50% of Chinese in China do not have a university degree. https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/fact-sheet/asian-americans-chinese-in-the-u-s/ https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/fact-sheet/asian-americans-c...
jmchuster 6y ago
Sorry, "majority you see in the US" is wrong. I'm thinking more along the lines of "majority that migrated over the last 50 years".

TheOperator 6y ago

So the native population simply is not of the same caliber as the immigrant population?

jmchuster 6y ago
Hmm, international students have to pay a full ride. So maybe you'd say that the immigrant population is roughly the same caliber as the portion of the native population that is too successful to qualify for financial aid.

zumu 6y ago

Do you have any evidence for this you could link?