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I'm sure there's something to your explanation, but I don't think that you hit the target squarely. It seems to me that in discussions about racism, what we're

I'm sure there's something to your explanation, but I don't think that you hit the target squarely. It seems to me that in discussions about racism, what we're usually talking about is an "old white guys' club" that, through cronyism, manages to mostly keep out people other than white men. Even if it's true that geography tends to filter out low-quality immigrants from Asia, those high-quality ones would still be discriminated against by the white guys. The fact that this is not happening seems to show that the standard narrative of racism no longer holds water.

kenjackson 15y ago
Even if it's true that geography tends to filter out low-quality immigrants from Asia, those high-quality ones would still be discriminated against by the white guys. They probably are. How many Asians do you know that are CEOs of Fortune 500 tech companies? There's a well documented theme in the American Asian community that if an Asian and White guy are up for a promotion, the White will get it despite the quality of work by the Asian. Asians do fine on the front-line of professional positions, but they're horribly underrepresented in management (versus their numbers in the front-line).