Asian Privilege...

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/opinions/lee-immigration-ethnic-capital/index.html

 

"But it isn't Asian "culture" or any other attribute of ethnicity that is responsible for this success. Instead, it's a unique form of privilege that is grounded in the socioeconomic origins of some -- not all -- Asian immigrant groups. Understanding this privilege offers insights into how we can help children from all backgrounds succeed."

 

 

Can't really say I am surprised, but thought it was be worth a read to see just how bad some of the information they publish are.

 

Is Jewish culture next?

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Did you watch the video? The book actually sounds like it makes a lot of sense, and emphasizes a lot of the things Stefan has been saying and pushing for: That a successful group is one to be modeled after, and any of the learned behaviors can be capitalized on to further one's own familial success. 

 

"Asian Privilege" is just great clickbait, in my opinion. Their proposed solution of more funding and government programs is obviously a terrible idea. But the premise makes sense, to me. I'd be interested to hear from others who disagree.

 

I suppose my problem with the argument is it completely disregards the high IQ and K reproductive strategy that is associated with Asians. This is also left out of the white privilege discussion as well. The strongest correlation to life/financial success is IQ, and its always left out. This is a very material fact to the argument. In short, this group of people is successful because they have a high IQ (On average), not because they come from Asia, and not because the government helps them. (It also disregards the higher admission standards Asians face in college admissions, another material fact to the discussion)

 

It also suggests that government help in the US the reason for Asian success, but fails to recognize the fact that Asians do very well in Asian, and outside of Asian countries all over the world.

 

I get when your saying, and it could be useful to consider than smarter parents tend to display and distill these  behaviors more often than those with lower IQs. 

 

To add, calling this "asian privilege" suggests an unfair advantage and emits a sense of guilt, in the same way white privilege does. A person that is born Asian is by no means given advantages because they are specifically Asian, and there is nothing stopping a family of a different ethnicity from doing the things many Asian families do.

 

From the article, "This advantage is not available to other working-class immigrants." 

 

Correlation/Causation and Cause/Effect seem to get mixed backwards whenever these privilege articles get written.

Well, my entire first post was deleted.

 

But for a much shorter regurgitation, the article fails to mention the higher IQ scores asians tend to score on a global scale. Asians in asia and Asians in Europe/North America tend to have the highest scores in the world. Being the strong correlation between IQ tests and life/financial success, this is a material fact being left out. This is always left out when we discuss the plight of certain minority groups as well.

 

The article also mentioned how government helps Asians more than others, but fails to mention the higher admission standards Asians have to deal with. 

 

Further, calling it "Asian Privilege" makes it as if Asians are given access to certain things that other cultures are not, which is false and unfair to all cultures. They go to the same shitty public schools as the rest of us, and there is nothing stopping a parent of any ethnic group from promoting education and a good work ethic.

 

This is the same narrative that is promoted towards from white privilege, that the reason a person is doing well is because they have a magic skin color or country of origin.

 

You don't show up to the test and get an A because you are white or Asian, you get an A because you made a choice to study.  You don't get handed a 6 figure salary because you are white or Asian, you do so because you have demonstrated enough value to the job market to warrant the job offer, and your performance allows you to keep the job.

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It seems to me that this article falls right in line with the goal...race baiting

 

 

 

what actually fuels the achievements of some Asian American groups: U.S. immigration law, which favors highly educated, highly skilled immigrant applicants from Asian countries.

 

lol