Some interesting Census Bureau data on median household income of Asian Americans vs. White Households.pic.twitter.com/m3LfWaxdhL
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Yes, this seems to prove my point. The success of immigrant communities can be better explained by “wealth as a precondition for membership” than by natural inclination towards economically beneficial behaviors. This is why imm communities w/o that selector perform around avg.
Well, maybe not! The SE Asians came poor, traumatized by war, lacking language skills, had no capital or education, and now 40 years later out-earn white Americans (and dramatically out-earn other large minority groups). Pretty good success.
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Household income is misleading because it includes public assistance (SSI/SNAP), which is "earned" by all household members. Hmong, Vietnamese, Cambodians, have much higher public assistance rates, and household sizes. Median earnings and poverty rates tell very different story.pic.twitter.com/Fv4UgC1VEk
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