What I don't see is you telling Whites:
AA doesn't seem to stop Whites from making more money and graduating from school more often than Blacks...
What seems to be the problem? You're into race-based discrimination now?
You're quick to say it to/for Blacks? Why are you so slow when it comes time to say it to Whites?
The same thing holds true right? Whites make more money and graduate more often than Blacks, right? So what's the problem?
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What I also don't see is why you connect working, being successful, etc. with a person's or a people's position on AA. But, I guess Colin Powell, MLK and a host of others are miserable failures because of their position on AA type programs. A position you don't share so I guess we'll call you an objective and honest source about what is stopping "Black people" from being "successful."
But I'll play... Here's the CONTEXT you're missing while staying IN THE BOX:
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"SUCCESS" MAY ONLY BE SKIN-DEEP
Another telling statistic is how much more money a person earns with each additional year of schooling completed, or what sociologists call "returns on education." One of the first in-depth studies that looked at per capita income between Asian Americans and other racial/ethnic groups came from Robert Jiobu and is cited in Asian Americans: An Interpretive History by Sucheng Chan. Using this measure, research consistently shows that for each additional year of education attained, Whites earn another $522.
That is, beyond a high school degree, a White with 4 more years of education (equivalent to a college degree) can expect to earn $2088 per year in salary. In contrast, returns on each additional year of education for a Japanese American is only $438. For a Chinese American, it's $320. For Blacks, it's even worse at only $284. What this means is that basically, a typical Asian American has to get more years of education just to make the same amount of money that a typical White makes with less education.
Asian-Nation : Asian American History, Demographics, & Issues :: The Model Minority Image
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Not all Asian Americans are as uniformly educated, acculturated, and financially successful as the myth of the "model minority" would suggest. Like other communities, Asian Americans need health and social services for their children's well being. Here are some facts to contradict the myths:
In the United States:
17% of Asian American boys in grades 5 through 12 reported physical abuse, as compared to 8% among white boys, in a survey by the Commonwealth Fund.
30% of Asian American girls in grades 5 through 12 reported depressive symptoms, as compared to white girls (22%), African American girls (17%), or Hispanic girls (27%), in a survey by the Commonwealth Fund.
Asian Americans are twice as likely to be poor as non-Hispanic whites.
The illiteracy rate of Asian Americans is 5.3 times that of non-Hispanic whites.
Asian American women ages 15-24 have a higher rate of suicide than Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics in that age group.
73.3% of Asian Americans speak a language other than English.
14% of Asian Americans live below the poverty line, compared to 13% of the U.S. population.
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