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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  They also know that Asians are a small minority in this country; Asians don't hold any of the political or corporate power.  [/quote]

Actually, Asian-Americans are the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the United States. And yes, Asian-Americans hold both political and corporate power.

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/06/19/the-rise-of-asian-americans/

Some interesting facts:

26% of Asian-American adults were born in the US; 65% of these adults say they feel like "a typical American".
Among Asian-American adults who immigrated to the US, 50% have a bachelor's degree or more (about the same as Asian-American adults born in the US) and 47.5% speak English less than "very well".
Just over 60% of Asian-Americans say that being Asian-American neither hurts nor helps with admission into schools and colleges, finding a job, or getting a promotion.
65% 
Median household income and percent with bachelor's degrees is highest among Indian-Americans ($88,000 and 70%, respectively). In comparison, median household income among Korean-Americans is $50,000, and only 26% of Vietnamese-Americans have a bachelor's degree.
The six largest groups of Asian-Americans are Chinese (23%), Filipino (20%), Indian (18%), Vietnamese (10%), Korean (10%), and Japanese (8%).[/quote]

Recognize that when a minority group does very well, whites will lose interest in that group.  When nonJewish whites saw Jews doing well, they felt threatened and responded with quotas at some Ivies.  Many, if not most,whites are racist in the sense that they believe that some groups cannot compete with them intellectually.  [/quote]

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