Status of Asian Americans | Asian American Poll

STATUS OF ASIAN AMERICANS
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:08:35 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

What is the status of Asians in America?
Lower third of society | 2%
Middle third of society | 33%
Upper third of society | 55%
Top tenth of society | 10%

Which factor most undermines the status of Asians in America?
Media portrayal of Asians | 34%
Problems of recent immigrants | 19%
Racial prejudice & resentment | 38%
U.S. conflict with Asian nations | 9%

Which factor most enhances the status of Asians in America?
AA educational levels | 51%
AA economic success | 27%
Respected AA public figures | 8%
Success of Asian nations | 14%

How will the status of Asian Americans change during the first decade of the new milennium?
Improve somewhat | 38%
Improve dramatically | 35%
Stay about the same | 22%
Worsen somewhat | 5%

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AC Dropout

"...the true annual income of the asian household could be a lot higher than $55,521 Because business owner will often report lower taxable income"

yeah, but we can't say that because then it would look as if we were too smug about making lots of money, and we don't want to look too smug now, do we? I know plenty of business owners who pay cash for cars and homes and such because they don't want to look too smug to uncle sam about their wealth.
MLK Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 20:50:20 (PDT)

to 2 cts

You betcha! We work hard and we deserve to be able to be smug about our money.
MLK Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 20:45:31 (PDT)

To: two cents, MLK

I'm not sure if this is a fair comparison, given that the distribution of Asians is mostly around the coastal areas, where standard of living is quite a bit higher than average America. A more accurate measure may be to look at the East coast, West Coast, Midwest, and the South separately.

Repost Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 23:53:30 (PDT)

WHOA!!! This is too important an article to ignore!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/money/general/2002/02/27/minority-biz.htm

Asian power is rising!!

Dumpling Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 21:59:46 (PDT)

MLK,

If your supposition about "asian businesses" being the root cause of high annual income.

Then I propose that the true annual income of the asian household could be a lot higher than $55,521. Because business owner will often report lower taxable income to the government, for obvious reasons.
AC Dropout Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 12:30:45 (PDT)

Asians are just so smug about how much money they make aren't they MLK?
2 cts Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 10:38:54 (PDT)

White racist Hollywood producers and writers:

I am a White guy and I have to agree with your position 100% on a lot of it. I was fortunate in that I was exposed to Asian Americans early in life thanks to my Dad being a college professor with a diverse group of graduate students whom he frequently invited to our house for barbecues and dinners. (He had it rough in Grad School food wise, so he wanted to make sure he had no "starving students"--regardless of ethnicity.)

My parents also watched mostly PBS, so the Asian Americans I saw (kids on ZOOM, independent films, documentaries, etc.) were all "normal regular people" (for lack of a beter expression) but with different cultural traditions just like Catholic Families differ from Baptist or Jewish families in their traditions, but are still "normal regular people."

That basically formed my impression of Asian Americans early on and it left me perplexed at the characterization of Asian Americans on commercial TV (Arnold Takahashi, the maid on Courtship of Eddie's Father, etc.) as these silly characters with ridiculous accents used for comic relief. I compared them to many of my Dad's students, my best friend Enoch and his brother Phillip, my first grade teacher Mrs. Kim, some of the girls from my neighborhood whose families came from Vietnam, etc. and said "That's not right." Oddly, this was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana--not the West Coast or New York.

Many of the white and black kids at my school who didn't have this kind of exposure to Asian Americans would make jokes about them, use slurs, etc. and I was the odd man out because I knew the truth, but couldn't make the others see it because they'd formed their own prejudices at age 8, 9 and 10.

While seeing more nonstereotypical characters like Dr. Julian Bashir, Roger Park, and George Huang is a ray of hope, the entertainment industry has a long way to go in showing balanced representation of Asian Americans--especally AA Men. One of the best ways to accomplish things on this front is to support causes like the 80/20 initiative and organizations like MANAA.

I want my daughter Helena to be able to live in a world where she's not going to be prejudged due to her heritage--Asian or Caucasian--especially because of stupid media stereotypes. Unfortunately, I am going to have to prepare her to deal with it from Whites and Asians alike by the time she starts school.
Hank Lewis Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 10:21:31 (PDT)

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