Where did the asians are smart sterotype come from?

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Answer 1

I don't know. But I can tell you the disproportionate number of Asians who are striving in higher education, take honors classes, achieve well academically stems a lot from the demographics of much of the Asian immigrant families who come here and the socioeconomic situation in their home countries.

First of all, the educational system in many Asian countries is high pressure and competitive. It is difficult to get into university, it's often by a competitive examination system, and the students all cram to make it. Getting into a good university is the mark of social/mobility - implication is that if you make it, you've joined the select group and your professional, social and economic opportunities open up. Miss it and you're left behind. This sort of thinking drives a lot of Asian immigrants' attitudes towards getting an education and pushing their kids to achieve accordingly. Some Asian families emigrate to the US with the objective of furthering their children's higher educational opportunities given the cram exam system back home.

The other thing is that many Asian immigrants are a self-selecting group. Because of the high cost, barriers to entry and distance involved to getting to the US, in many cases only those with the means to emigrate come here. This will mean those with sufficient financial resources, level of education and skills to meet US immigration eligibility criteria are most likely to come here. Thus, a lot of the Asian immigrants who come here are middle class or above and fairly well educated. That Korean dry-cleaning store owner may have been a teacher or engineer back home. A lot of Chinese come here to attend US graduate studies programs.

Usually the highest correlation of those who are college bound is the parents educational background. So it really isn't surprising that a lot of Asian American youngsters are geared to going on to higher education because their parents are educated accordingly.

Now this may be true for groups such as Koreans and Chinese. For Laotians or Hmong, who come to this country as refugees, and do not have highly skilled backgrounds, they've tended to struggle more academically.

Answer 2

I have no idea.
But when I was in school, all of the honor classes were filled with Asians. That basically made me in person think that most Asians are smart.

Answer 3

Don't know,but they never did break the code talkers communications in WWII.
That's all I have to say about that.

Answer 4

look at the japanese .. they just are .. very intelligent.. look at their technology..

pluss.. education is the most important thing to many asian cultures.. they devote their whole lives to school.. to a much higher degree then the US

Answer 5

I like to place the blame on Hollywood that's how they always portray them.