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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This will be called trolling, but I'm trying to add to the conversation here.  I grew up in CA and remember driving past the former internment camps in the 80s and wondering why they were ever "necessary" because I didn't see how the Asians around me could be harmful.  They were (and continue to be) high achieving and hard working despite this history.  What is it about Black culture still wears slavery as a mark of worthiness and value?  That history only has relevance to an individual if they allow it to have relevance to who they are as a human today.  It is a terrible period in history, but why does it continue to define individuals today in a way that Asians (or Irish, or Jewish or Egyptian or Greek...) don't?[/quote]

There are a lot of stereotypes embedded here that affect your conclusion.

First of all, not all Asians are the same.  Some come with high levels of education, and others not.  Some come with money and others not.  The poverty rate among Hmong and Cambodians is very high, even though they came here in the 70s.  https://www.brookings.edu/research/asian-american-success-and-the-pitfalls-of-generalization/

Second, most immigrant groups are better educated than we are.  Take a close look at this chart.  [u]Sub Saharan African immigrants[/u] have a higher educational attainment than Americans.  You might be surprised to find out how many African immigrants come here with a degree or an advanced degree.  Or they come with a bachelor's and get a second degree when they get here.

[img]https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2018/09/FT_18.09.13_EducationImmigrants_USimmigrants.png[/img]

Third is that many immigrant groups, particularly asians, have access to better schools.   (see also the brookings link)

Lastly, the Irish (and Italians and Germans) came here when almost half of the workforce was agrarian and few if anyone needed a college degree to get ahead.  They are white so they faced only a brief period of discrimination (the years when Irish or Italians need not apply, for example).  I'm half Italian and only the first generation in our family faced discrimination in the workplace or college.  [/quote]

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