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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not privilege, it’s culture.  Look at the kids of Chinese immigrants in NYC. They live in immigrant slums (yes they still exist), are dirt poor, and have parents who don’t read or speak English and have never gone to school. Yet, these kids mop the floor with black and white kids in getting into the most selective schools.  On merit.  Just like it should.  [/quote]

Eh, you're looking at self-selecting group of immigrants. The really dumb Chinese aren't smart enough to make it to America, get a green card, land a stable job, and eventually attain citizenship. You already need to be really, really intelligent to navigate the bureaucracy of the U.S. in your non-native language.

A lot of the kids of Chinese immigrants have parents who are already well-educated (doctors, engineers, etc) but their credentials are not accepted in the United States. Or the parents speak zero English so the only thing available is low paid menial work. So the parents basically need to start over again.

Let's just say this: [b]the further you are from America, the smarter you need to be to finagle your way into our country.[/b] [/quote]
Bingo.[/quote]

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