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Do you have any numbers to back up your theory? I'll buy that it's true in certain demographics (say, immigrant Silicon Valley hackers vs immigrant seasonal fa
by jpatokal 12y ago
Do you have any numbers to back up your theory? I'll buy that it's true in certain demographics (say, immigrant Silicon Valley hackers vs immigrant seasonal farm workers), but there are/were an awful lot of Asian immigrants who come/came from poor backgrounds with not much more than the shirts on their backs.
- smm2000 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_United_States_by_household_income http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_Un... and http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/rb/RB_905DRRB.pdf http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/rb/RB_905DRRB.pdf Asian American (mostly first or second generation immigrants) have average household income 14k higher than White Americans (mostly native). It's a pretty good indicator of education and class level of immigrants. Also Asians are famous for their work ethics and respect for eduction. Even if first generation is poor and work blue collar job, the second generation is much more likely to get college degree (~5x more likely than second generation Mexican).
- hrktb 12y agosmm responded with numbers. But intuitively, you can compare the efforts needed to immigrate: crossing the border in the desert, or crossing the ocean. Even in the case of an immigrant with a low level of education from a poor background, there needs to be a group willing to make him/her cross the ocean. So from the start (s)he will be have been selected as worth the cost of the plane ticket, and will be integrated in a community/somewhere as soon as (s)he lands in the country to make up for the initial cost.