Why do studies on poverty, education, etc. lump Asians with Caucasion rather then other minorities?

Question

Why do Asians meet or exceed the same levels of achievement as Caucasians, but other minorities have less success?

For example, results of studies regarding the success rate of students in grade school always show a large gap between Hispanic and African American students and Caucasion and Asian. Why do Asians, a minority group that has experienced great racism in the past (in America), including internments/slavery, etc., continually find success in all areas, yet other minorities don't?

I hope this doesn't come across racist or anything, because that's not my intention. I do think it would be beneficial to understand, to better enable us to provide the best resources to all citizens.

There are far too many locations to get statistics on this information, including various state education sites. The National Center for Educational Statistics has some (http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/) and ed.gov can lead to others. I really am bothered by the generalization and allegation that i'm racist by asking the question or by stating my objectivity. It is not about belitting any race, but finding answers to bring all people to the same level. The President, in his State of the Union mentioned the shrinking of the gap between the majority and minorities (See the Nations Report Card on ed.gov). It is true that many of these talk only of African American and Hispanic in comparison to Caucasion, but the absence of referrence to the Asian community is clear enough there doesn't exist a gap.

There are also many other educational resources and books on the subject.

If you don't believe Asians are typically grouped with Caucasions, then why their absence in most of the demographic studies? You got me. I don't allege to be an expert in this and realize these are generalization and there are exceptions to every rule.

Answer 1

Education is not valued in the black community (this is a generalizaton ofcourse) but the smart black kids are the sellouts and "whitey" wannabes

In Asian culture (again generalizing) education and doing well is important. I think white culture values collage and being successful.


Again, all of this is a broad generalization.

Answer 2

iThey at the instant are not considered a minority? In Asia they are not. There are countless Asians in Asia. in certainty i might flow so some distance as to declare that throughout the time of Asia, Asians are maximum folk! everywhere else, they could be a minority.

Answer 3

I wonder who in world these people are who are conducting these studies? There are racists in this world and I think the people who does these studies are just trying to stir things up. I need more proof than what they say. Do your own research and stop listening to what other people tell you. Thank you.

Answer 4

I would be interested in reading and reviewing these studies you speak of. Can you provide a link to them?

Answer 5

its simple , if you look around you will see that asians and caucasians because we work hard for what we get , we dont need to go to the welfare line to bleed the system

Answer 6

Everytime I read someone saying they don't want to come across as racist, they have just said something totally biased. You are a perfect example.