How Income Inequality Became A Big Issue Among Asian Americans

The Asian American Pacific Islander population is extremely diverse, culturally and economically. According to a recent analysis by the Pew Research Center, Asian household incomes range from $44,400 to $120,000. Subgroups at the low end aren’t represented by the median data. Here’s a closer look at the growing income gap among Asian Americans, how it started and what’s next.
CHAPTERS
0:00 -- Introduction
1:30:13 -- Immigration
3:56:03 -- Barriers
6:26:14 -- Aggregated data
8:55:10 -- What’s next?
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How Income Inequality Became A Big Issue Among Asian Americans

[@SalvadorSTMZ]

Yes Asian is the most divided because they are the largest group of people on earth. India and China are completely different.

[@weekendwarrior2959]

Yes and Russia and surrounding nations are completely different from those 2. Not even a mention of any of those countries in this piece.

[@godofwar4276]

But how are we going to virtue signal without any knowledge about what we are talking about? Let's invent a abstract group called Asian Americans and complain about the imagined problems within that group.

[@Oceanrocks121]

@@godofwar4276 Are you implying that Asians don’t suffer from poverty? Asians in New York and Hawaii have one of the highest poverty rates. Homelessness is a big issue in Hawaii.

[@godofwar4276]

@@Oceanrocks121 Nah, it is just your comprehension. Clarification- inequity isn't a problem in any group including Asians.

[@aeroeng22]

why aren't Russians included as an Asian sub group? There are millions of Russians in Asia. And millions of Iranis, and Iraqis....Pakistanis, Afghanis, etc. Vietnamese was listed as the 6th largest--bet there are more ethnic Russians living in Asia than Vietnamese.

[@iszotic]

Asia is just too big and diverse, putting all in the same bag is wrong.

[@Respectedevil1]

Putting a South Korean and a Bangladeshi in the same broad group is ridiculous.

[@KRYMauL]

@@Respectedevil1 they include everything east of Europe and Africa as Asian. That means a Saudi Arabian and Chinese are in the same ethnic group.

[@LucasPereira-vd9rq]

Many racial stuff is U.S is wrong Hispanic is people from Spain a country in europe not people from South America, Latinos are people from South Europe not South Americans andThere is no Asian race the chinese, japanese, koreans and mongols are mongoloids Blangadesh people are from other race

[@KRYMauL]

@AB - 06AT 780507 Robert H Lagerquist Sr PS No, I mean ethnic group because US census is dumb af and doesn’t actually go by true ethnic groups.

[@kudajingkrak4919]

@@LucasPereira-vd9rq so, what is the race of south American people...?? btw, i'm Austronesian from Southeast Asia.

[@jackwillison177]

The (TACRS) estimates that the average Baby Boomer has $202k saved up for retirement. According to the 4% Rule, this would result in a $8k annual retirement income. do I pull cash from my SIPP and buy a house, or spread my money in stocks for better cashflow?

[@vivianlucy141]

For years, bonds and fixed-income assets provided reliable retirement income. This need for financial safety may explain why boomers are now turning to advisors for retirement planning.

[@Markscott412]

I'm nearing retirement and have benefited a lot from using a financial advisor. I started late, so index fund investing wasn't enough for me. Surprisingly, I made over 80% profit in 3 years, which is more than some of my friends who have been investing for years. You might want to consider doing the same.

[@Williamjame444]

I've been considering getting one, but haven't been proactive about it. Can you recommend your advisor? I could really use some assistance.

[@Markscott412]

Melissa Elise Robinson is the licensed advisor I use. Research her name to find the details you need to set up an appointment.

[@Williamjame444]

Thanks for sharing. I curiously searched for her full name and her website popped up immediately. I looked through her credentials and did my due diligence before contacting her.

[@shamtradtam3769]

Putting people from all over Asia in a single racial group is a big mistake. Most humans live in Asia (~60%). They're unbelievably diverse in literally everything. I, as an Indian, don't belong to the same racial group as South East Asians, East Asian, North Asians or Middle easterners

[@chawrakaxom559]

I am an Indian and I am in the same racial group as East Asians. Asian American here refers to the continent

[@shamtradtam3769]

@@chawrakaxom559 right? It doesn't make sense to put people from the entirety of Asia into a single category

[@23chrisbomb]

You do belong

[@peony7967]

@Based Gamer Buddhism started in india and spread east from Indian until Japn. That’s why the cultures are similar. Indians culturally more similar to East Asians but DNA is more closer to central Asia

[@JessicaHicks]

Thanks for sharing. I always wondered about it when my Indian friend told me she identifies as Asian. Always wondered how she felt about but I didn’t want to be rude to ask.

[@earlh]

These stats never made sense to me as an outsider. Why would you categorize people based on the continent of origin? Indians and Japanese, Spanish and Ukrainian, Nigerian and Ethiopian, these are vastly different people, with different cultures, struggles, and even genetics. Just address inequality as a whole, this just creates more stigmatization.

[@AZTECNINJAWARRIOR]

What would you suggest we replace it with?

[@aubreebey1]

The US is huge and so diverse you kinda have to because it's also super segregated everyone tends to stay around their own white around white. Black around black, Asian around Asian, but then you got ppl who are African Jamaican Japanese them ppl dont just hand around black or Asians the hang with their own kind

[@Oceanrocks121]

@@AZTECNINJAWARRIOR East and South East Asian.

[@fuengerclez8075]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHetY3SElKiNfpo

[@TubersAndPotatoes]

Maybe East Asian, South Asian, South East Asian, Pacific Islander?

[@pikachuthunderbolt3919]

from when Indians and Chinese are mixed in same group Asia itself is so diverse, categorising whole Asia on same basis doesn't suit .

[@JP-br4mx]

Why not they are Asians too

[@annuwazdmz1131]

@@JP-br4mx Yes and no. Unlike the " White " or " Black " groups that kinda share similar culture and history among the members, " Asians " don't. It's the largest continent on Earth with too many damn differences. It's like thinking algae and pine trees are the same just because they are plants.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? AMWF Car USD SGD

[@manish.p9972]

Most Indians come to USA as trained professionals , I think that's the reason for a great avg income

[@Ryan2022]

They are also extremely polite conservative and correctly don’t believe they are victims of anything in America

[@IndianRepublic_1947]

Most Indians who migrate to USA are IITians so no wonder they get high paying job offers.

[@shandoticwa]

@@IndianRepublic_1947 no they r not, but they r in IT.

[@pandorabox9844]

@@IndianRepublic_1947 not all are IITians . Stop this iit bias.

[@IndianRepublic_1947]

@@pandorabox9844 I wrote MOST for a reason

[@PaulHo]

Damn. When Yin said "my life is not mine to live" I could feel the global guilt and filial piety. Parents and children just become each other's burdens.

[@xg3068]

Can't agree less.

[@yanzhu6663]

Each other’s ‘responsibility.’

[@astronetstre]

Its a cultural thing in Asia for children to look after the aging parents. Her parents struggled everything to get her into US. Now, its her turn to give her parents comfortable life when they get old. Filial piety over individualism.

[@maybe_3374]

Am I right about that Americans of Korean, Japanese, Chinese descent are Asian Americans?

[@AT-lp8qg]

You call it “burden” I call it “motivation”. My parents work hard because they are motivated to give their children a better life. I work hard because I am motivated to give myself and my parents a better life in old age. Family can be our biggest motivation that get us through the most difficult challenge.

[@thinkofteddy]

Asians in general are tough people. We'd do everything to provide food and education to our family.

[@swordpegasus4032]

Trueeeeeeee! 🇵🇭😀🇵🇭😀🇵🇭

[@karthik_sivakumar]

That's one of the few common factors from east Asians to West Asians to Indians, Pakistanis and Chinese, we see each generation as an improvement from the previous, so children come first

[@thinkofteddy]

@@karthik_sivakumar yup! No matter which Asian the people are from, we'll always fight to provide the best to the family.

[@rbd5868]

The issue is that Asian is a gigantic cluster, not fair to use for consolidation purposes

[@thomasbirkline486]

What do you expect it is CNBC. Do you think they are based on more then feelings??

[@godofwar4276]

But it is too hard for the white left to remember individual cultures, and even more difficult to just say I don't know or care. The white left has to be the savior so this artificial group called Asian Americans.

[@dougreed736]

Same for white people

[@dzmitryk1858]

any race is a gigantic cluster and yes it is not fair

[@mishimakaz]

Yes, that is what the video mentions. Thanks for the short summary of the video.

[@jeremyisjeremymartin]

Filipino and Indian immigrants usually come to the US with some degree of education, typically a college degree, and a good knowledge of written and spoken English. These two things give them a good headstart in the US. But it’s really the hard work, determination and living for family that set asians apart from other households. The reason most Asians migrate to the US is because they want a better life for their family. I would do everything to provide a good future for my parents, siblings and kids, no matter the cost

[@purploscity]

There are a lot of Filipino immigrants where I live (North America) and virtually no 1st generation person I’ve met has had any substantial education.

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

the same is true for all immigrants that come to the US not just Asians and not all of us are blessed to come here with an education or money if it wasn't for my volunteer work and sports scholarship I would not have had a chance to get my PharmD

[@oksowhat]

Indian juat leave for a better quality of life in genral otherwise there is no lack of opportunities in india

[@edilangsultan3522]

@@purploscity H probably meant the latest standard, starting from the 2000s. Like our former mayor worked for a affluent family as their driver, we have a principal that is a dog walker and a dentist that is a care giver. And it's all because our third world education probably aint enough. So you gotta hustle hard. The thing is, if you've made it in the Philippines, you'll probably smart enough to make it in the US where opportunities are plenty specially ir you're educated. If we go back to the 20th century though, you'll have more California farmers and blue collar Filipinos. But the thing is, the common denominator of almost every immigrant family wherever you are is the drive to work harder than the native population of America.

[@minim6981]

Filipinos only have a high household income because they have multiple families living under one roof. If you look at per capita income, Filipinos are just average. Indians stay up there on both household income and per capita. The wealthiest Filipinos aren't immigrating to the US. They stay in the Philippines

[@markolivia1781]

I will say income inequality is never a problem because majority depends on pay jobs and feel relaxed in it. Some people sees that traveling to Europe countries will make them rich

[@markolivia1781]

Because for me I don't see the need of being relaxed on your job because even the rich still look for ways to get richer

[@birgitkelle7201]

@@markolivia1781 Yes no doubt, people feel leaving their country is the best way to get a secured job or business opportunities, but no because even where they are going to , there are still many jobless people out there

[@birgitkelle7201]

For me I lost my job 9 months ago, I'm surviving today with my own personal forex investment

[@robertemily1645]

@@birgitkelle7201 People's mentality have to change about coming to hyped named countries because life might be much more difficult, who knows

[@robertemily1645]

@@birgitkelle7201 God helping us, there are different means and ways of making money in our countries

[@annatar6453]

Indians are so successful because their top priorities are education and family

[@cdnsilverdaddy]

And under the table unreported income

[@kingclement5821]

Not exactly..u are saying like only Indians priorities education and all the other groups don't want education literally every parent(despite of race) want their children to be educated..they just don't get the opportunity and resources ... indians come from a country that is stable and not going to war, famine, etc..their come through work visas...and only high educated ppl come... literary rate in India is very low too...

[@badlad2001]

@@cdnsilverdaddy 💯

[@bloodcarnage8285]

@@kingclement5821 but indian parents take it to another level. They imbue their kids with G.O.A.T psychology.

[@itumo2645]

Every group values education and family. Selective migration is the reason they are doing so well. If it was just culture that separated them, then India would be paradise.

[@spaceworld9897]

I can see why Asian Indians shows high income earners, most are here via work visa and seem to be the cream of the crop of India. Others are not as fortunate as they are war refugees who starts at the bottom and fight their way up. Just in my culdesac there are two Indian households who came with work visa and settle permanently and of coarse they are well off then most. Nothing wrong with that.. just that we don’t all come to the US with a job ready for us.

[@rakeshghosh9591]

They got visa after high paid job . Without job, such visa to US is not available from here.

[@pandorabox9844]

As If getting work visa in usa is like picking Apple from tree they worked really hard that's why they got the visa .

[@spaceworld9897]

@@rakeshghosh9591 It’s great that one can get US visa and start on a good job in the US. I’m just saying it explains why they are high earners.

[@spaceworld9897]

@@pandorabox9844 Yes, they have very high potential and therefore high earners when compared to other immigrants who might not have the benefit of starting out in a well off situation.

[@tusharbansal9362]

Plz kick them they just waste our tax money and study in government funded schools and settled in us . They are one of the most skilled workers. Plz kick them and closed immigration .

[@wsurfer2147]

Unless you immigrated to the US via those investment programs, pretty much most of immigrants start at the bottom of the social economic ladder. Sometimes you can't choose your starting point, but you have more control of where you will end up.

[@honkhonk8009]

Thats partially true. Dad came here and had to work at a gas station first. But eventually he got a good job through his education and we all doing decent now

[@thanh6455]

As an Asian Canadian I just want to say that this article was a complete waste of 10 minutes. “Low skilled immigrants get low paid jobs while highly skilled immigrants get higher paying jobs”....really? Thanks for the insight 🤦🏻‍♂️.

[@georgiaguardian4696]

American mainstream and liberal media are now trying to divide and weaken Asian Americans.

[@zhv3062]

Same here. Had to explode in my comment above. This article is complete bogus and just more race baiting.

[@thanh6455]

@@zhv3062 it’s like what? I can’t get over paid as an unskilled immigrant? Thanks for dashing my American dream 🤣🤣🤣

[@zhv3062]

@@thanh6455 ikr =D

[@socomman25]

Awareness is probably the focus. A lot folks think Asians are all rich and successful.

[@danielpham330]

So here's the thing. I'm from Iowa but consider myself an Asian American. It's a predominantly white state, but the dilemma I'm having here is why do so many white Americans admire our family structure, hard work ethic, health, education. But a noticeable number of them who say this are "hardcore gamers", domestic abusers, addicts, bad communicators, who seem to preach but don't follow like a lot of "Christian". Look if your the type that likes or makes comments like "look at their race" on Asian hate videos you can't say this is racist. I'm just here to say why preach but don't follow?

[@silaszebedee9331]

I don't know. Stop hanging out with idiots. Idiots are everywhere.

[@dragoonzen]

Keep on fighting, keep on having ambition, stay hungry, stay motivated and work your butt off. I did and while I have a good income and a good degree, i can't lose focus. That's how you loose.

[@bobbob-gi1yp]

That’s what I wanna do, how do you stay so motivated?

[@dragoonzen]

@@bobbob-gi1yp Friends and families. It's good to have like minded friends. I also have a huge curiosity for exploration, traveling, new movies, new games and it's a thing of beauty to watch your bank account grow.

[@georgiaguardian4696]

These liberal media are starting to push these racist agenda and videos against us Asians. They want to divide us further and tell us we don’t need to be models to yield to other groups of people. Pure evil.

[@svnti1239]

Reap on my friend.

[@fuengerclez8075]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHetY3SElKiNfpo

[@glennalexon1530]

It's not easy to force people to work harder or seek more productive work; I'm not even sure it's moral to do so. Perhaps we should let low-earners do what they want, instead of making fun of them for not being smart, ambitious, or lucky.

[@TomNook.]

Absolutely. The world will always need low wage workers for the repetitive tasks.

[@godofwar4276]

No body is suggesting that. All they are saying is "See all these problems I made up? I will fix them if you give all your money and power over you"

[@ozymandias8523]

@@TomNook. except when AI kicks in

[@wesleygaitan]

Well it has to do with how they grew up, in general minorities like blacks and Latinos go through alot of trauma so success seems impossible for them

[@nilnil8411]

One key thing for Asian community's success is incredible hard work. We can put in all the hard work that probably a westerner would complain to do. For us Indians, having great education is the seen as the only way forward so you'll see almost every Indian American very highly qualified professionals. At our homes we are out under a lot of pressure to study hard and do good in academics and that might sound very rude for others but honestly it really helps in building a great career.

[@jmin8400]

Yes, very important and very good values to instill. Many Africans, especially Nigerians follow this mindset, but that is often missed for deliberate reasons by "Westerners" (hate that term). Easier to paint the idea that Asians of all persuasions are a model minority, while us Africans are ignorant villagers with our hand out or refugees with no marketable skills. Indians however do not place a limit on what they can do with their education, as too many Africans are content to be simply be doctors/medical running a practice, working at a pharmacy or hospital. Or obscure, high paying 9-5 STEM jobs. At the very absolute best earning $1 million a year (as a doctor), while I guess Indians eye not just medical or middle management in engineering, but creating or heading large corporations that can churn out billions. Not everyone can be a doctor, but going into business fields and excelling, makes a world of difference, Especially Silicon Valley. Indians do everything. (but who is not to say other non-Asian POC haven't tried too and been rejected by financial institutions?) That is why Indians have a high median income, unlike other educated immigrants. A higher amount of millionaires. Despite stupid docile stereotypes, they see it as "the sky is their limit" on an individual level and are very very competitive, to sometimes a hurtful level (against others). Not to mention, Indian Americans don't have a culture which is anti-intellectual, that can negatively influence 2nd or 3rd generation youth, against their parents' principles. Asian parents are also very unrelenting in molding high achieving children, because if they have to cut out the "fun" or the "cool stuff" to ensure their kids' futures, they'll do it with no hesitation. Rugged individualism is discouraged and their greater communal good, emphasized. Other immigrants tend to struggle, because they allow negative/unproductive US societal influences to creep in much easier and derail their kids' focus. I.E. rugged individualism, that tells someone, they don't need to be financially successful and earn big bucks like mom and dad (to send back home). Nigerians and other Africans might try, but it can vary if your child is exposed to certain groups of people at school who don't value education as much and slip through the cracks, while you are busy working in a hospital earning tens of thousands for not only yourself, but to help family. They are simply practical and competitive, to get ahead and not want for anything.

[@mdam1977]

very true, you make your kids face the challenges early in life so that when they grow up they dont think of entitlement and are afraid to face the challenges and also well equipped for them.

[@bloodwargaming3662]

Americans are innovators and look for the future . Asians make today better mostly . Ofcourse exceptions are there

[@nightmare5614]

@@jmin8400 Indians work in every field because there are many states in india. The southern part of india contributes to IT and pharmacy whereas the western part of india deals with finance. India is so diverse hence we yield results accordingly. Most probably a western part of india would be relating to business and finance and the southern part would be an IT guy. I just generalized the roles according to parts of india.

[@anirudh2704]

Western people are not lazy, but the focus on individualism, good growth environment has made them to live life in a different way. We can't compare our growing environment with theirs.

[@narutolovesthebulls7374]

That because your blending very different people groups together. It would be more accurate to separate us into smaller groups like Indian South East Asian and East Asian etc

[@Jramirezi97]

A much granular and focused look would explain much more. Don’t lump in Cuban Americans with Mexican Americans either. Tired of hearing “latino communities” be used as one size fits all. Very different circumstances. Hell even which parts of a single country can explain more.

[@narutolovesthebulls7374]

@@Jramirezi97 Facts

[@shake_shells11]

I wish one day they can take race off the table and treat everyone equally

[@adamas9714]

@@shake_shells11 that aint happening bc its america sadly

[@peterfrank1572]

How come we didn't hear you guys asking for distinction when we had this anti Asian crime bill from Biden? I thought it was odd seeing people marching around with signs saying..."stop Asian hate"...I thought then who hates an entire region of people ?🤔 But none of you wanted distinct then!

[@alicesmith1016]

Depending on one stream of income had never made any millionaire and earning check doesn't put you in Forbes

[@loufranklin7726]

Interesting most people don't understand the market moves and tend to be mislead in facts like this and depend on money in the bank.very bad Idea

[@sarahluke137]

Crypto is the future

[@donnawright5218]

@Gary Martel Yeah, but only when you trade without a professional

[@Kell516]

You are right, in the past I tried trading on my own but made almost no profit until I was link to a professional, the result was exceptional

[@larryange]

My first investment with a professional earned me $4150 with $1000 in less than a week

[@estebanperez4171]

Income inequality applies to literally every racial/ethnic group

[@ragingmonk6080]

It comes down to the have and have not. lol

[@costy4469]

That's fine

[@November441]

True, but people think all Asians have good income and live good lives in general, which isn’t true.

[@edvoon]

For people who are willing to put in the hard yards, the US is still a land of dreams. Despite coming from many diverse countries and cultures, they do have some common ground. A lot of the disparity comes from the fact that recent arrivals will always have less of a base to start from, sometimes from scratch. But they knuckle down and build the foundations for the next generation, who will then build on that for the generation after. Instead of the "me first" attitude of western society, they usually have a "family first" approach. In fact, they have much more opportunities than in Asia - where corruption and personal relationships (or lack thereof) stop many people with genuine ability from getting ahead, at least in the US (and other western countries) people generally are able to be rewarded for their abilities.

[@sunnyside100]

Not sure if there are more opportunities in the US where ppl stereotype you and limit what you can do based on your race. Even school admissions discriminate Asians.

[@hippoge7987]

I've been saying this for the longest time! I have friends whose parents came to the US from Asian countries for education (masters, phd usually) and then I have friends whose parents came to the US because they were FLEEING their home country. Makes a big difference in income, if not culture and privilege.

[@sunnyside100]

Yeah like dont put all these different groups together right? Under a single category of race.

[@Alex-us2vw]

So with this logic we can say the same about any race. On average they are above average earners, but people are still flipping burgers 😂 A+ reporting

[@Q_QQ_Q]

asians is not one thing or race . asians are not like whites or blacks , they have no relation among themselves .

[@Tokamak3.1415]

@@Q_QQ_Q What nonsense is that. Whites always get mad when people say such things because whites constantly fought amongst each other even in this country - anybody from the Irish potato famine era could have told you that. Remember JFK getting elected was controversial. AA are usually of a completely different mindset than African immigrants from Nigeria or Ghana. Sound like a Joe Biden monolithic black thing.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

@@Tokamak3.1415 race is white invention .

[@dolphmanity]

@@Q_QQ_Q what a silly comment.

[@Oceanrocks121]

Asians in New York and Hawaii have one of the highest poverty rates. Homelessness is a big issue in Hawaii.

[@Fiction_Beast]

The report failed to mention that African American average income is $41k but the lowest Asian sub group Brumese Asian income is $44k (despite the low level of english or skills). i think it not this or that, a combination of systemic racism as well as culture. The discourse tend to focus on one while completely ignoring the other.

[@s9ka972]

African Americans or Black's are comparatively less hard working in contrast to Asians who work like Machines

[@arnoldmbuthia2687]

In the US, Asian is a race. Despite there being a vast number of ethnicities

[@saqibali5364]

Yeah Indian and Chinese are literally different races but are considered the same race in America. Also Arabs are white for some reason.

[@pikachuthunderbolt3919]

@@saqibali5364 no 😂😂 indians and Chinese are never considered same on the basis of ethnicity. In most times , East Asian people are considered Asians whereas indian as indian

[@saqibali5364]

@@pikachuthunderbolt3919 On the census, SAT, etc. Indians are grouped under the Asian category

[@kanegrey7697]

You seem to be stupid. Look up human races, there’s only 5. Everyone is either one or a mix. Ethnicity is different more cultural so to speak. Race is mongoloid race for Asians which applies to a vast group of people including native Americans. Take an anthropology and sociology class please.

[@birdstwin1186]

In most of the world*. FTFY. The same is said in Brazil, Germany, Sweden, Iran.

[@snterp]

People have different skillsets and cultural traits. Some cultural groups or sub-groups push towards education and high-paying jobs. You can't "fix this" (as if the existence of any form of inequality is by definition a problem-it's not) with policy or "redistribution".

[@8months15]

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[@Macmacus]

It will always be difficult for any group of people who migrated to other country especially to people who are less educated or no work experience or who do not speak english. Just like what the Burmese American girl is saying that she need to have multiple work to gain wealth. Even to the Indians, Chinese in history they worked in low income job and work hard to gain wealth until they can open their own business. And that is why even in the middle of hate against Asians there are still many Asians who want to immigrate to US because that opportunities.

[@nicholasgaming6006]

Fax

[@samyakhp4353]

There's equality of opportunity (rather the locals have an advantage over the migrants as should be). They don't get paid more just because they are from Asia/Indian subcontinent. It takes a huge struggle to be able to get a visa and secure a job/migrate here in the first place. Adjusting to a completely foreign land with different language and culture is also another emotional hustle. Inspite of all this, they manage to do well in their lives and contribute to the society, I don't see how it is bad for the US. If they are able to overcome all those obstacles and contribute to the society and do well for themselves, then they should be congratulated.

[@rouskeycarpel1436]

There’s not equal economic opportunity.Nobody is taking away anything from the success of those who did come on a workers visa or a student visa.People are just saying that all Asians shouldn’t be lumped into the same group(one all Asians aren’t the same race;south Asians are a different race from east and south East Asian).Many hmong and southeast Asian Americans(Vietnamese,Cambodian,Laotian,Thai etc) are among the poorest ethnic groups in America not because they lack the work ethic or family structure of other Asian ethnic groups but mainly because they came as poor refugees,never got economic opportunity and unfortunately got placed in poor,gang infested,drug infested neighborhoods.

[@tonysmith3701]

Inequality affects everyone, not just asians. People need to stop grouping people by their race and ethnicity because this sounds exactly like what the Germans did in the 1930s. I’m Asian American by the way

[@KRYMauL]

That’s how you get fired from Disney, no one wants to talk about the Holocaust. Also, Asia is the world’s biggest continent.

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

Okay...but if you stop grouping by race and ethnicity there is also no meaningful way to talk about systemic racism (including refuting it, if you are sceptical). Culturally, we aren't going to stop having these categories - language is functional, and there is going to be a need to refer to particular meta-ethnic and phenotypic groupings in some contexts for the foreseeable future. That said, I agree that 'Asian American' is a bad grouping - Asia is such a massively diverse continent, it's not much more informative than just saying 'Other' - I'd at least split it into East, South-east, South and West Asian(/Middle Eastern).

[@kenc2257]

No--not even close. Inequality can affect different groups of people very differently. Did you not pay attention to this video clip? [or, do you reject their data and rationale?] And, get serious--America nowadays is NOTHING like 1930s Germany; then, the official German government (with the consent/approval of the German people, at large) actually targeted minorities (particularly the Jewish people, certainly) by spreading false rumors, and pushing economic discrimination (like boycotts). Very different.

[@polarbear7]

😂that last sentence 🤣

[@jaydendean6939]

I find Asian workers more reliable and trustworthy.

[@aiswaryabersan7983]

What matter with white they are most noble among all race.

[@dalefutrelle1441]

Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, etc should be in their own category something like "Subcontinental" or "South Asian".

[@s9ka972]

Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 and Nepal 🇳🇵 too

[@jaybrielakoi7747]

Love how they group ALL Asians into one group like we are all the same.

[@oksowhat]

Atleast they included indian also in Asians lol

[@bskilla4892]

Your not all the same, but genetically you all are very similar. Extremely.

[@oksowhat]

@@bskilla4892 the genitic difference between 2 people of same village in india is more then that of people from north Europe and south europe

[@mr.darkchocolate1674]

When it comes to statistics its easier

[@oksowhat]

@Jim S yes exactly,

[@kiwifruitkl]

In the United States, the Burmese people tend to be immigrants, fresh off the plane. So, it is expected that they make low-income. In contrast, India is much wealthier and better populated, including skilled workers. Some of those skilled workers go to Western countries for school and jobs. Skilled workers, in general, expect higher pay than non-skilled workers. Ethnic Chinese in America hold a wide range of jobs. The most assimilated and established of Chinese-Americans may be college-educated, may have served in the military and may act more American than Chinese. New immigrants may be skilled if they arrive on a work visa or student visa, or unskilled if they come with their significant other who has the student/work visa. Sometimes, immigrants may be highly educated licensed physicians in their home countries, but because of the language barrier and American medical school courseload, they are forced to take menial labor jobs or are forced to put their medical skills in medical technology or scientific research.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

problem is the brahmin quota people in USA , Asians get minority quota because historic discrimination happened to them in past like against chinese , japanese , vietnamese etc but brahmin quota people ( elitist among Indians ) has hoarded minority quota meant for other persecuted groups for themselves by following exclusionary principle meaning exclusively hiring only other brahmin quota people ( or maybe few whites to not antagonize them ) , they do not even hire other indians ( lower caste ) .

[@URANUSguys]

Indians go to us only after taking education otherwise they stay back. Rarely Indians go to us as refugees. That’s why they earn the most. I am Indian and my aunt works and lives in us a computer engineer

[@Q_QQ_Q]

@@URANUSguys cuz of abusing quota system .

[@marcos7693]

@@Q_QQ_Q your explanation is utterly wrong, most of the Indians who go to America are from middle class families, who have completed their graduation, a Brahmin family didn't allow their offsprings to cross the seas. Go and ask every indian americans almost all of them are from middle clasd families, so stop your propaganda

[@gagandulai4815]

American iranians who came to America in the 70s 80sand 90s were all super rich and were members of the elite in persia . They were much much richer then indians how well did the american Iranians do? I thought they would be far more successful then indian Americans. Also Nigerian Americans who come to America are very middle-class/upper-class (Nigeria is a oil rich country) and Nigerian Americans are entitled to affmative action as they are black, so how well did they do compared to Chinese and Indian Americans?

[@Indhra07]

I cannot understand why income inequality is a problem and why it needs to be solved. Because everyone needs low income jobs. There should be people working in restaurants, cleaning, and other low paying jobs for society to prosper. Income equality is a myth that never can be achieved and even if it is achieved that society is bound to fall. Because success should be rewarded and failure needs to be punished.

[@velociraptorgames7703]

The main reason Indians have such a high average income is due to high paying IT and Medical jobs. In an Indian household it is pushed to work hard and achieve jobs in respected careers which can be a downside as there are not many Indians in things like arts or acting. I can’t speak for other Asian groups but I believe this is a part of the reason the income inequality is skewed

[@rouskeycarpel1436]

A lot of these Indians who immigrated to America came on either student visas to study in the IT or medical fielders or on work visas because they were already working in those fields.As a result it makes sense they’d want to push their kids into those fields.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Biofinest Brainfood

[@RealAmarSheth]

Describing "Asians" as one people is like people in Asia calling everyone in the US, Canada and Mexico as "North Americans". Not smart.

[@RealAmarSheth]

@Sasha أسد While it is technically correct, the continent has many different cultures and varying norms/habits/etc. This has a direct impact on the metrics being cited to make decisions.

[@samteleti]

Lacks in-depth analysis, such as why generational income differences are widening amongst AA groups

[@TheMadisonHang]

i'm sure asian american women make more too

[@migo-migo9503]

@@TheMadisonHang This is true in most immigrant Filipino American households where I grew up. The women are the breadwinners.

[@TheMadisonHang]

@@migo-migo9503 materalistic cultures exist, I'm sure just have to look more closely, everyone

[@TheMadisonHang]

@@migo-migo9503 my mom is the bread winner in my family. i dont think its better. i like your comment i just dont like it 👍 but necessity i believe in

[@beback_]

It's as if Asia's so huge and diverse that it's stupid to lump it all into one group...

[@8months15]

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[@casper-z9rkls6gl]

What's really stupid is lumping Pacific Islanders with Asians, even though the they are two different races, with different ideals, values and outcomes.

[@fuengerclez8075]

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[@shake_shells11]

World’s 2/3 of population are Asians

[@markroberts6926]

Same white Black, White, etc.

[@ansaif1976]

It’s cultural, not racial. This applies to everyone.

[@fabriziocetto502]

I love how $44k a year is poor in the USA. In Europe even, thats decent and nothing to complain about

[@navinvijaykumar]

Exactly, having worked both in Europe (Italy) and India, it is indeed a decent amount to live by. Ofcourse, you cannot splurge on a fancy car and all but it is still better. That makes me wonder how people making 150k$ might be living their lives though 😄

[@jaguppal187]

US cost of living is higher in mega cities + have to pay for healthcare/education etc - Europe is heavily taxed but heavily subsidized at the same time so having a lower income = easier life for sure!

[@honkhonk8009]

Your prolly talking from italy or spain or sumn. 44k in cali or even Vancouver now is barely enough to get by. In texas tho 44k is hella good. Its all about purchasing power and regional living costs.

[@pikachuthunderbolt3919]

it depends on affordability of your area too May be u won't get same pay here compared to USA for same work.

[@LuckyDuckie115]

Let me ask, why do you need to split out incomes amongst asians? There are income gaps within every community (white/black/hispanics).

[@hught6885]

Is that part of the study of economics or sociology? To breaks things down to a science?

[@nicholasgaming6006]

To divide us

[@fuengerclez8075]

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[@BalaKrishna-bq5iz]

Let me answer, because the income divide is so large and skewed than any other community, it is deceptive from outside and those that need attention gets overlooked because of it. How is it fair to put a Burmese American household in the same basket as Indian American household that averages 3x the income? Especially when the cultures and immigration history are vastly different. They made this quite clear in the video except you seem to be looking for something else.

[@MuddinNYC]

It's all part of the media's desire to start a race war. Don't believe me? Look at all the new shows coming out.

[@iron4517]

I am an Chinese living in Indonesia that prefers to speak English learning in a Taiwanese school and everyone in my school thinks I’m German/Singaporean......

[@adamas9714]

The problem is that people dont ask and throw people by their looks like how they did it to me and called me flipino

[@daijhin3064]

@@adamas9714 cuz u are Mexican...

[@daijhin3064]

Good thing u are all okay now with natives Indo I remember they hated Chinese and gone riot looting the stores .. Feel bad for everyone some gone migrating to other countries

[@iron4517]

@@daijhin3064 my mother lived through that experience she once told me about how people threw rocks at her old house

[@NaProbablyNot]

I’m sooooo sick of this race/identity bs. Everybody is getting put into smaller and smaller boxes.

[@8months15]

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[@dragonv7863]

my family came from Laos at the end of Vietnam war, we immigrated to US with the hope to have a better life. it is true that it take gen2, gen3 to have become successful

[@sbitsjustony]

Not at all. My parents are refugees from Khmer Rouge era. They started their metal fabrication business in a small workshop and today have 20-ish employees. Some of their friends continue their labor jobs they’ve done for decades because they choose to never go beyond a 40 hours work week. Success isn’t breed, it’s thought.

[@stephenc2481]

Many first generation American are successful in 10-20 years. At least own a house and freedom to take vacations.

[@ramenandgyoza702]

You dont see Asian immigrants complaining about the lack of opportunity in the US. As you saw in the video, many came here, did their own hustle and whatever it took to uplift their family's next generation. No excuses made.

[@illidanstormage]

True. Only lazy people complain :) asians only work hard and buy their properties in silence ;)

[@InvestingBookSummaries]

It's like these people are disconnected from reality. These people are GRATEFUL to be able to work in the US in a low-paying and low-barrier to entry job. That alone should showcase that even the lowest income earners in the US have SIGNIFICANTLY better lives than the middle-class of other countries. Splitting a "fair and equal" 50/50 for a grape is not better than a 10/90 split of a watermelon.

[@takudzwaclinton36]

There is nothing wrong with inequalities appearing in society - life is naturally unfair. Some people do things right and work hard (success will follow them) while others do things that are wrong (if no lessons are learned continued failure will happen). These are the consequences of individuals' actions and responsibilities. That's why we should learn the necessary 'skills of the trade' from those who succeeded in life!

[@jyjko]

Amen

[@Clouds4Cheap]

They're trying to refresh the "Asians are the model minority" narrative so they don't get lumped in with whites when the mob comes

[@coledenisen520]

Except the inequalities appearing in society are not 'natural'; they are constructed and socially maintained. In fact, one of the points of this video is that 'Asian American', which is a completely constructed/ made up term/category, is being used in a way that can mask a wide variation in experiences, often to the detriment of certain groups.

[@youtubespectator669]

Many factors affect unfair inequalities, like opportunities (rate of increase) and background (starting point). This is the points the video is making. Yours is true if everyone starts the game the same. Some start low and are kept low

[@redmustangredmustang]

Just remember you are counting as "Asia" India and China too which have around 2.7 to 2.9 billion people combined together. That's a lot of people.

[@SJ-xi3ug]

1.343 billion+ and 1.43 billion+...Don't blow those numbers!

[@harsha9128]

It is crazy how Indians are called asians in America.

[@Bobby_6930]

Indians are Asian dude, they’re actually the richest of the Asian people is the US too

[@Tom_277]

How the Indians are the richest when they don't own business. On the other hand the vietnamese owned nails salon and most of them don't report cash money therefore their income appears low...shuss... don't say it too loud 😅😅

[@train_xc]

Only in this report.

[@saulgoodman2018]

So just like every other race. You have to have skill and education.

[@wmgroome]

Even with a skill and education, there is still income inequality. For every other race. We are in a Class warfare, where the middle class is being attacked and destroyed.

[@johnl.7754]

And most that immigrate have those traits regardless of race.

[@ozymandias8523]

@@johnl.7754 legal*

[@johnl.7754]

@@ozymandias8523 yeah

[@92_09]

Exactly!!

[@furbaez1809]

Same as Latinos.... to many countries different cultures but they still putting all is us together.

[@sourishsaha8067]

These people from third world or developing countries like India, Philippines come here to work hard and succeed. They aren't privileged and spoilt like some Americans, so they're much bigger achiever

[@jonfee5081]

As a Burmese (not a American immigrant) I am very sad for my people

[@Hw5f]

It is so true what she said, my life is not for me to live. Especially if you were born during the only child law. Lower income, uneducated parents. You are on your own to figure everything out. And the pressure to succeed is high. Just because you've been to college doesn't mean you'll make the average income in the video. Sigh, I felt it when she said I've started working since 16.

[@learningmaster8060]

Why Indians earn 50% more than US whites ? Reason is simple. Only the best of the best Indians are able to get a job VISA in USA. So only the highly paid scientists, engineers and doctors are able to get a US work VISA. America has the most big tech corporations, and India has the largest availability of quality tech resources. So both these parties love each others for their growth and survival. In most other Asian countries, the tech industry is almost nonexistent, so many unskilled workers are able to get VISA, thus their medium income is low.

[@8months15]

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[@Urbana72]

It simply means that there is a need for further division of Asians into multiple groups. Russian and German people look similar, but Chinese and Indians are very different.

[@Mr1159pm]

Do we have to look at everything through the prism of race? It does nothing but divide people. How about we just focus on creating opportunities for poor people no matter their race?

[@aubreebey1]

Won't work some race is always gonna feel like the get the bad end of the stick

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

well America was built on racism so yes

[@empirestate8791]

Kazakhs, Vietnamese, Indians, and Maldivians are all considered "Asians". This is what happens when you try to group together people from different backgrounds with different life experiences and challenges simply based on which continent their ancestors came from.

[@user-iz7tp9kf8h]

Thanks for the comment +1

[@costy4469]

For real... Like grouping all euros or Africans together. There is so much diversity there

[@edgarslinis5873]

Why do they feel the need to categorise everyone by race? It’s just making everything more racist. People don’t need to labelled in groups, they can be just people

[@ishaannorah.m2009]

The pandemic has helped in flattening the income earning curves,this is really the best time for everyone to turn there focus on making investments cause lots of finances has been lost......Will Care less if another wave comes,cause earning $3,500 weekly feels like winning the NBA finals🍾...

[@ishaannorah.m2009]

@@colinjaques1250 I trade on stocks... I have about 25% of my portfolio in URANIUM stocks,30% on GEVO and the rest on TESLA...was advised by my coach to buy and hold onto my shares as long as possible before trading out

[@brandojones320]

@@ishaannorah.m2009 You earn quite well, Really wish I earn that much

[@ishaannorah.m2009]

@@colinjaques1250 The stock market can crash at any point in time and self traders are most reliable to capital losses....A portfolio manager keeps you one step ahead of everyone

[@ishaannorah.m2009]

@Charles Hudson Yeah,I can only talk about Mrs Virginia may regan,a U.S based financial manager who has been so influencial to my finances...

[@emmanueloban8349]

I'm Filipino-American and I love Japanese, Thai, Korean, Chinese and Indian food. It's a smorgasbord of Asian food. America is really a melting pot.

[@sangchunlee1217]

There are 48 countries in Asia with a huge spectrum of wealth and education level. We have Indians, Koreans, Japanese, etc. who are probably well educated and well skilled already from their home countries even before imigrating. Maybe 1st gen back in the days started from the bottom but now it is a different story. Plus these are cultures that prioritize extreme diligency(too much in my opinion). On the other hand, we have countries in Asia with very low education level and wealth. We have south Koreans with on average of 96% college degree and we have some other Asians with on average of 1 digit percent college degree. Singapore has a GDP per capita of 100,000 while Nepal's is 3,000. People need to understand when it comes to wealth and education level, Asia is not a good categorization since some of Asians are on average more educated and well off than average europeans. It is a continent with a huge range of spectrums. You can't compare salaries between an Indian dude with a PhD in computer science and a south east Asian dude with no college degree. And by the way, Asians don't feel the same group mentality as white Americans or African Americans. Koreans are Koreans, Japanese are Japanese and indians are indians. Some even have rivarly. So when Asians themselves tell you Asia need more categorization, culturally, financially and education level wise then there should be one.

[@8months15]

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[@EEVOL]

8:12 "my life is not mine to live" what a powerful statement.

[@luxushauseragency]

Asians have an excellent work ethic.

[@8months15]

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[@0Takethoserisks0]

Not all , that’s racist to say like there are blacks that are just as hard working as some Asians 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@njctboy]

Didn’t the Jews, Italians, and Irish ... all started this way in the beginning?

[@cczsus6513]

Not exactly and it's more deep then you think it is racism from the core. Why do you think there are so many China towns it's made because people don't welcome the Chinese and to survive we had to gather compared to any other ethnic enclaves Asians dominate I believe.

[@happyboyc7]

Nope. Ever notice China town look like a theme park; it is because of systematic racism, white people in the past could forcefully take away lands owned by Chinese-American. Therefore, the weird Chinatown architecture is "invented" to 1. mark the land as some sort of "cultural" heritage and 2. It entertains white people. Also, don't let started on how during ww2, US government locked up their whole Japanese population but not the Germans nor Italians.

[@gates9107]

@@happyboyc7 "US government locked up their whole Japanese population but not the Germans nor Italians.' This is totally false, go read up the Internment of German Americans in both WW1 and WW2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans That's the reason you hardly see any German name in the US. Some of the Japanese switch their name to Chinese during that period. And Chinatown isnt a "weird" architect, you should visit Japan Yokohama Chinatown and tell me if there's any different in design. A large population of Chinese (mostly shanghainese) are in Yokohama and large number of Japanese are in Shanghai.

[@njctboy]

It’s a matter of precedence, then... Wonder what Asians were up to, when the Western civilization excelled?

[@njctboy]

The only resolution I foresee at this point is for the Asians to seek anchor positions in Politics! Go for it~!!! 👍

[@rohitkhosla8110]

You should talk about the Green Card backlog. For some countries it is close to the lifespan of the immigrant. I think Sunder Pichai by himself can alter the average statistics.

[@8months15]

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[@tshirtnjeans4829]

"I just kept looking at it and I have the confidence in myself that I can do it" -- positive thinking and doing

[@bigbossbigfan9902]

Asian Moto: Work Hard : Study Hard: Save Money: Spend Wisely: Stay out of Troubles ✌️

[@rollzolo]

They should teach the young swimming and thai boxing

[@derpydupain9261]

This is why when you **think** of a Chinese person, you immediately **think** of a doctor or engineer versus when you **think** of a Vietnamese person, you immediately **think** of a nail salon worker...the disparities of the model minority myth y’all...

[@MuninnMyrkvi]

"my parents came over with nothing, no education, no job opportunities. So they started a 97 cent general store." But how?

[@nnamdiwilliams1498]

That was my question. Very compelling story.

[@Pixel5564]

Usually money pooled by family members.

[@kql8487]

Trust me, they worked really hard, and saved every penny of it. I know alot of them are working with the minimum of wages, but they can afford to pay off the house, car and support their kids through the college. And l’m making double than both of them together, but still having a hard time to pay off anything 😂

[@mingchi1855]

All work and no life. Enjoy nothing. Literally living in hell for X years for exchange of future brightness. That's how it works for most Asians. Sacrifice hard at first and expect long term result that benefits 2-3 generations.

[@ozymandias8523]

@@mingchi1855 but if its hell, why do even emigrate to US? They should stay in their countries if their life is better there.

[@anubhavsolankey]

Indian Americans making everyone proud!! It all depends on the extremely competitive environment at home where we are even motivated to score better than our cousins!

[@pessimistic_optimism]

all thanks to cousins, and neighbours' and dad's friends' kids 🤣🤣

[@anubhavsolankey]

@@pessimistic_optimism Indeed, at that age I used to find it odd but It prepared us for the fierce competition in life!

[@郭宏宇-o6p]

Not everyone. “My friend”. I am glad you are satisfied with your hunger games. A good system should be able to help elevate the competitiveness of the whole nation instead of picking out the top players, sending them to America, and bragging about such achievement.

[@Traumatised311]

@@anubhavsolankey are u in America now?? How's ur mental health, what's ur income

[@Aa-yu1rp]

@@郭宏宇-o6p if you would be smart than you would know how economy works ... than the bitter truth nobody wants to hurt nobody but economy doesn't work the way you want for some people to be rich some will be middle income ones and yeah i agree than nobody should be poor but these people who came to US have studied hard for it they didn't take anything so others and you can do it too if you want .. they are not taking anything from you.. people like you don't want to work hard but are jealous of others who want to work hard ..do better for yourself or don't.. your choice, your life but don't be jealous of others... also a Chinese would be the last person to give advice whole world knows how greedy and materialistic you people are ... Indian's have far better morals than you and your people get this right in ur head.

[@williampiel5030]

Nothing in this clip convinces me that Asian success is a “myth.” Of course there’s lots of variance. Of course not all Asian cultures are the same. But it’s self-evident that the bulk of Asians have conservative social values that translate into success. They are a model because they show native Americans and African Americans what it takes to succeed.

[@hught6885]

The model is hard work, education, savings...and NOT buying into the Victim card!! The “blame every else BUT myself” syndrome

[@epi2045]

I agree with both of you. In addition I also believe that all Americans can and should be able to succeed regardless of gender, color, etc. I have friends and family of all cultures and colors... most are successful and it’s a rare conversation that we’re some kind of victim. Victimhood and pushing that agenda is soul crushing.

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

@@hught6885 I agree with what you say except for the victim statement Black people in America are victims and it is very easy to say it's their fault for their situation when you are not Black or face the same type of racism as Black people.

[@terriesmith2616]

@@ShantalhaitianPrincess Slavery ended a century ago. Blk Americans have plenty of time to make something of themselves. It's the victim mindset that is holding majority of blk Americans back. They need to be accountable for their own life choices instead of blaming someone else. Blks need to stop playing the victim card and the race card. It doesn't work anymore. People are getting sick of it. Not all Blks are like this but most are.

[@libertarian4323]

@@terriesmith2616 "Slavery ended a century ago. " It was actually more than a century and a half ago. That is a long, long time.

[@MuhammadShafiqShafiqx]

Putting all asian in 1 category is a major mistake. For example southeast asian alone has few countries and all have different ethnicities….

[@8months15]

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[@kbmblizz1940]

I'll keep it simple. Education, hard work every f*#king day. Set high standard for yourself, be accountable, never ever give up. My Japanese friends said, "Fall down 7 times, get up 8, and fight again." Now do that for 25 yrs, you will succeed. I used to say, I may not be smarter, but I can work harder. Whining is not in my dna.

[@howellwong11]

Also finding an excuse for not succeeding is not helping. This is what is holding the Blacks back, the Victim card.

[@pjacobsen1000]

Disparities within the Asian-American group seem to reflect their ethnic/national/cultural background. For example, Hmong Americans, who are among the poorest in America, are also among the poorest within Asia. Not only were they persecuted after the Vietnam War by the Lao government, but even long before that, Hmong have traditionally lived on marginal lands throughout Laos, Vietnam and China. Today, the Hmong/Miao larger group are very much behind other groups within their home countries. Burmese come from a country which has been mired in authoritarian rule with little economic development for decades, and thus it is not surprising that they come to America with a starting point that is far behind Chinese, for example. Han Chinese have been among the most successful ethnic group within China for millennia, and so again, it's not surprising that the cultural traits that made them successful within Asia also make them successful in America. Most Vietnamese that came as refugees after the Vietnam War are actually ethnic Chinese who were persecuted by the ethnic Vietnamese.

[@ptaing8]

Agree completely!

[@ananyanegi9423]

What about indians the ones who are immigrating to America, they may be privileged but not the richest.

[@17napps38]

Really depends on when, where and how you grew up. My mom was born to a single mother in the projects of Baltimore, MD and my dad grew up a farmer (to whom his dad, an alcoholic and never paid the lands' property taxes), moved homes a dozen times before dropping out of high school at 16. The odds of "making it" were nearly slim to none. Long story short, my dad owns multiple real estate properties and my mom works for herself. They'll be retiring soon as multi-millionaires. Yes, I know I'm white, but the income gap doesn't care about your race, ethnicity, or background. Straight to the point... A college degree is not your safe haven nor is a job. Find an asset to invest in and take care of it, even if you have to hold on to it for 40+ years and eventually pass it down your children. ASSET. Look the word up and study the term until you're sick or being poor. A-S-S-E-T.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

no its not . problem is the brahmin quota people in USA , Asians get minority quota because historic discrimination happened to them in past like against chinese , japanese , vietnamese etc but brahmin quota people ( elitist among Indians ) has hoarded minority quota meant for other persecuted groups for themselves by following exclusionary principle meaning exclusively hiring only other brahmin quota people ( or maybe few whites to not antagonize them ) , they do not even hire other indians ( lower caste ) .

[@shandoticwa]

@@Q_QQ_Q brainwashed person do hard work rather than blaming others. Most people see your calibre to select u for a job. Been there done that.

[@sharathvasudev]

so people like Google CEO and janitor must be paid same.

[@podsmpsg1]

And millionaires who own several houses lecture us about income inequality, when they're part of the reason income inequality exists in the first place.

[@HH-le1vi]

Income inequality isn't the same as wealth inequality. Income equality is only possible through communism and if you want that go to Cuba.

[@podsmpsg1]

@@HH-le1vi But, still. People who own several houses shouldn't be talking about income inequality. They bought those homes with money they got paid to talk about income inequality.

[@HH-le1vi]

@@podsmpsg1 You don't know what they got paid for. You're allowed to do whatever the hell you want with your money and so are they. It's not their fault you didn't buy houses like they did.

[@Praveen1991917]

As an Indian, I never considered myself as an Asian although it is in Asia. I personally prefer to be called an Indian rather than an Asian. Mostly, I consider Asians as Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and Southeast Asians.

[@Praveen1991917]

@@P.90.603 then he must have been a Pakistani. You might have confused a Pakistani for an Indian. Pakistanis and Indians look the same.

[@Aikynbreusov]

Yeah the Burmese are on the low end of household income for Asian Americans because they are recent refugees to the USA..... the southeast Asian refugees who came to the USA in the aftermath of the Vietnam War were also started on the low end of the USA household income too....fast forward to 2020 US Census, these Vietnam War refugees have household income that already surpassed the USA median household income..... out of these Vietnam War refugee groups, the Vietnamese were at the top and the Hmong were at the bottom of the houseld income brackets.... Now the Hmong already surpassed the Vietnamese in terms of median household income...... leaving the Laotians and Csmbodians in the dust..... median Household income for Hmong-Americans is right there next to Korean-Americans..... in 10 years when USA census 2030 result comes out, the Hmong-Americans will surpass the Korean-Americans too.....

[@mongtkb]

Hmong people lived in the mountain for hundreds and thousands of years and all of a sudden we have to emigrate and live in urban cities with no education so we're at the bottom of the socioeconomic by performing manual labor, but it did took a few decades for Hmong to climb up the ladder. my family emigrated to the US in 2005 with those 15,000 Hmong in Wat Thamkrabok between 2003-2010 and most of us are naturalized and becoming businessowners. my family was never rich when we lived in Laos and Thailand, but when my family emigrated to the US, my parents start selling things at the flea market in California, two of my uncle open a grocery store and a restaurant, and my aunt has a food truck. they did this after living in the US for 3-5 yrs and none of them has any education, and it's all possible because they have the idea and will to do it.

[@jameslongstaff2762]

As a Pacific Islander, this is why I resent the term "Asian Pacific Islanders".

[@minim6981]

you're white

[@kq7739]

The stereotype of asian migrants working hard so that their children can make something better in the life- that's always inspiring of anyone who tried work away from their home country

[@gescheiterterkunstler]

as an asian american, its been hard living in america having to deal with trauma, poverty, racism, feeling like an outsider/foreigner, it feels easier and less stressful/scary to give up your dreams and live alone on welfare then to try to go to school and get a career and have a family

[@buffAsh195]

Im asain American and my life is NOT easy, I'm maylasian and mainly white Americans think I'm from china, and other countries like japan, south korea which is stupid, there are literally 30 other countries in aisa and thats all you can name? Im convinced white Americans don't know anything about Geography, Im in high school and people would sometimes say words like "bing chilling" and I'm like dude wtf.

[@kenxiong6830]

Majority of Asian Americans don’t spend much time at the lower income gap. Most move up the gap within a generation or so. The majority of the ones in the lower income gap are either new to the country or older. Asians have always valued education and this is the reason why most Asian Americans don’t stay long in the lower income category. Most end up getting higher education and move up the social ladder.

[@viachaslautsyvina2169]

I didn't hear anything that would be true about Asian-Americans and not Americans in general. Why adding ethnicity trait if it doesn't add anything to the picture? The inequality will be the same on the general population and same types of problems described here

[@frylock6403]

Its mainly because asians as a whole are seen as "model minorities" in the US. They're put on a pedestal despite a majority of them still working low income jobs. Now people are trying to say that they're the same as whites, etc even though we can see that a lot of them are still struggling

[@portlandreviewer2143]

It's interesting that Filipino-Americans were hardly mentioned, even though they have higher incomes than all the East Asian groups.

[@mmrgratitudes]

💯 Indeed. They won't be. They don't fit their standards for "victimhood". They don't have "Asian" names. They're mostly Catholic. They're not as loud or problematic as the Chinese, and not as exotic as the Indians. They marry out, and they seem to have an easier time integrating. So... you will NOT hear about Filipinos. That's not part of their narrative.

[@nandakishore7070]

No of Chinese students in US > No of Indian students. Whereas No of Chinese workers in US < No of Indian Workers. So Chinese come, get good experience and exposure and go back to build businesses because of good encouragement from Chinese govt. Indians stay there itself for better standard of living and no good system back in India. Credits to GREAT INDIAN POLITICIANS.

[@anonyD412]

Is it that Modi is screwing up?

[@anonyD412]

Chinese are VeryVery patriotic

[@jarjarbinks3193]

​@@anonyD412 It is also due to Indians dominating the US (immigrant) job market. US work visas are limited. There are a lot more students than there are work visas.

[@aiswaryabersan7983]

@@anonyD412 it always been in trouble for 70 years now.

[@aeroeng22]

betcha education levels are strongly correlated with income levels! this is very easy to explain. For instance, the reason the Burmese have on average lower incomes is two things: 1) age--bet there aren't many old Burmese in the US, being recent immigrants and 2) bet their education levels are ON AVERAGE lower than that of Indians.

[@adamtaylor4298]

First Asian immigrants workers are hard workers with less of a complainer and they send their kid to get good college education. Despite the white man tried so many times raise the bar to make it harder for Asian to pass the qualification, Asian surpasses the challenges. I like to hire Asian workers and take care of their need and they take care your business.

[@niccolopoggi2105]

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[@ericjackson764]

The rich spend less and invest more

[@markliam6790]

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[@chloeevelyn2268]

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[@gabrieldavid292]

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[@ellazoey3292]

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[@brunomiles3394]

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[@carlalangston1775]

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[@frankscott5171]

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[@david_shaw]

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[@angieowen2524]

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[@Styxhexenhammer666]

It's not an issue for anyone.

[@user-iz7tp9kf8h]

Thanks for the comment +1

[@Abc-px3rm]

The comparison is wrong. You're comparing talented people from India who come to the US, to the whole general US population. It's just not fair and is wrong. You should compare Indian people to the top performers in the US who are in STEM. They are almost equal and/or Americans are far better performers in that sense.

[@666yaoz]

Basically, if you immigrate to the US and have no professional experience, you should expect to struggle. You must work on yourself, either enter a profession with salary progression or go to college for an in demand skill. My family immigrated to Canada while my dad completed a PhD in Chemistry in an university in Ottawa. My mom was working on accounting certification. We lived on $22k CAD/year for a 3 person family.During this time, we moved about once every 3 years due to my dad changing jobs. That was 20 years ago. We now live in the US, bc/ of more opportunities. Now, my dad makes about $130k+/year, my mom makes about $65k/year. I just got promoted and make $100k/year at 26, younger brother just started at Princeton and two other siblings have tutors for anything they want. This is BS that everyone needs a lot of help. There is already enough welfare. Most of the 2nd generation does fine.

[@neeljavia2965]

Yeah if you have skills you will succeed. If you don't, than you will definitely struggle.

[@kevinkasp]

@@neeljavia2965 But even with the struggle you will succeed. Yesterday I went to the graduation party of a Filipino immigrant that arrived here 12 years ago with two small boys, almost no education, no skills, and barely any English. She worked and raised those boys, and went to school despite English being her third language. She got her GED, her Associates, Bachelor's and yesterday's party was for her graduating with a Master's as a Nurse Practioner and a job that pays $10,000/month plus benefits. If she can simultaneously work full time (night shift), raise two kids, and get a master's in a technical field in a language that isn't even your second language, it shows America is still the land of opportunities.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

@@kevinkasp stop spamming same sh!t everywhere .

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

Your experience is wonderful, but it's an anecdote. It is an empirical fact that most wealthy people in America come from wealthy backgrounds. I've not seen stats specifically for Asian Americans, of any origin, but I imagine it's probably the same. It's just that nobody shares their 'inspiring story' of having roughly that same socio-economic status as their parents. Do you have any stats to back up that 'Most of the 2nd generation does fine.' line?

[@neeljavia2965]

@@kevinkasp Definitely true. But the problem is some people don't have the will to pull through it.

[@is8249]

For new Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Indian immigrants to come to the US, it’s required to have higher degrees. Most come as post docs with PhDs and have master’s at minimum. Yeah, you would have higher income levels! (Still not that high

[@varunkumarpandey456]

No bachelor is enough!

[@kushal4956]

no, they can attend umdergrad in the US

[@shaq9361]

so let a doctor from india operate on your eyes or heart without them doing any schooling in the west. see how that works out

[@varunkumarpandey456]

lol only doctor do not go to US from India

[@kushal4956]

@@shaq9361 if they've done their schooling in India, it wud be totally fine

[@alexlee666]

This is why race based quotas are ridiculous. On one hand you can have an African-American son of a physician geting preferential treatment at a top university while a Hmong immigrant would be classified in with the rest of the Asians.

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

very true you can also add Black people from, other ethnicities in the mix

[@giohenry5803]

Stop posting things like this, why you think people beating up asians. This is so skewed, asians make up roughly 6.5% of the US population. White people and Black People are the majority and from what I've seen they make the most money, as they are more often promoted to management. The only difference is that there are more white and black people that are also extremely poor which skews the averages down. Asians are working hard to survive in America, nothing including Harvard acceptances come easy for us, my own corporate job I am doing double the work as some of my white and black counterparts but I'm the only one always being told to shut up, keep my head down and help out others (Basically be a "model minority" and "model asian") but where's my promotion? At this point I'm getting pretty burnt out not getting some recognition as being management material. America is so freaking racist, it's ridiculous 🙄

[@angelichellspawnyang2722]

We asians rely on ourselves rather than outside help its dignity

[@jayjunyan]

Caucasian Americans have even bigger income difference. Almost all richest people are White, and most homeless people are White.