I was curious about the statistics provided by Bill O'Reilly last night on educational and employment achievements he
provided on his show.
This is what he told us:
Unemployment Rate:
Asians: 4.5%
Whites: 5.3%
Blacks: 11.4%
Mean Household Income:
Asians: $69,000
Whites: $57,000
Blacks: $33,000
High School Graduation Rate:
Asians: 88%
Whites: 86%
Blacks: 69%
Children in One-Parent Households:
Asians: 13%
Whites: 21%
Blacks: $55
So, essentially, Asians come from families that are intact, reach for higher levels of education, which all translates to a better life outcome (by better, we can mean monetarily better, according to these statistics).
I should add here that most of my analysis of Asians is of East Asians - Koreans and Chinese. I don't include Indians in my analyses unless I say so.
I wondered, therefore, where exactly is it that these Asian Americans are employed that their average earning is 1.2 times higher than that of whites?
From other statistics I could find, for example
here: 50.1% of tech jobs are taken by Asians, compared to 40.7% by whites and 2.3% by blacks.
The definition for "tech jobs" by the survey I cite above is (which got its information from the US Census Bureau):
Computer programmer
Support Specialists
Systems Analysts
Database Administrators
Software Developers
Now, my question is: What percentage of these occupations actually use the
creativity of the employer? Re-inventing a slightly improved version of the same old computer has been the bread and butter of the computer industry. It introduces "new" function, and forces the consumer to buy a brand new computer which uses this "new" function. Often, these functions are unnecessary, have all kinds of "bugs" to sort through, and don't give anything substantially better than the previous "old" model.
So, it seems to me that the computer industry of programmers, specialists, analysts, and "developers" is sitting on a multi-million industry which has become a sure cash generator.
No wonder the high salaries!
There is also a strange thing happening. When I google 'Asian American Employment" I find results like
"Work-Place Discrimination Against Asian Americans" with this kind of complaint:
It's always challenging to find a job, earn some money, a living. But what happens if you're a minority trying to find a job, even if you're born here in America, with a college degree? For minorities in the workplace environment, they tend to end up getting discriminated, whether it's directly or indirectly. It can come in the form of harassment or lower wages than the "superior" Whites.
And this kind comment (this one from the article I
cite on the employment statistics):
Meredith Leu grew up studying STEM courses surrounded by other Asian-American students and graduated with honors from Mission San Jose High School in Fremont.
Now, as a 19-year-old junior at SJSU [San Jose State University, in California] studying computer science, Leu said many non-Asians don't appreciate "the Asian culture, where there is a deep work ethic that America hasn't really bought into yet." (STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
Leu continues:
"Do I worry about a backlash?" It's not so much a backlash against Asians, but ... there needs to be a balance. I'm just trying to find it."
Where does this deep-seated sense of discrimination come from? She is in a field where she will earn at least in the high thirties, she will live in one of the most affluent regions in the US, and she will hold a prestigious job, probably for the rest of her life.
I cannot help but conclude that Asians are
dissatisfied with their lives in America. Perhaps they feel that they work as "high-tech" laborers, where creativity and invention doesn't come into the job, but rather a perennial fine-tuning of existing products to make sales and earn profits. The excitement and intellectual challenges of
inventions are up to those who can really handle them. And this more often than not is whites.
Perhaps it is a realization of their level in this society that causes them to behave as victims. They were given a large role to fill, with good will and generosity, by
white Americans. They haven't quite managed to live up to those expectations. Now, they can either accommodate their lives to their realities, or they can whine, and play the dangerous race card. It seems that they have chosen the latter.
I should add that although Asians get lumped in one category, the Indian Asians and Chinese/Korean Asians are really very different kinds of people. Indians are usually upfront about their "Indianness," but Koreans and Chinese are very ambiguous. For example, Indians will rarely marry out of their own race, but Asians seem to have no problem intermarrying. From what I can deduce, it is the
material gains that seem to direct their choices. These days, I am seeing a lot more Asians with blacks, Indians
and whites. The prestige of whites seems to have gone down somewhat, and these out-spoken ethnic groups, with potential for all kinds of government enrichment programs, seem like a good bet. Also, how much can Asians beat down whites in their families? If they hook their futures to these minority groups, they are sure to find life-long co-whiners, and co-conspirators.
One additional thought. For all their supposed presence in society, through the various statistics numbers, Asians are
hidden when it comes to prominent positions (I don't mean prestigious positions, but places where they're not hidden from view - behind office doors, for example). I don't see them in doctor's offices, in cashier stands in Walmart, as security guards in malls, and even as weather girls on local television stations. Where are they? I do see large numbers walking through downtown Toronto, and in the Mississauga malls, but I don't see them much carrying shopping goods. They don't seem as affluent as or as ubiquitous as these studies suggest.
Nor indeed as "assimilated." I've been noticing for a couple of years now, a distinct "Asian" accent, of those who were clearly born here. This indicates to me, as their socializing patterns seem to show, that they do congregate with each other, and even those "intermarrying" ones pull their spouses and offspring into their Asian sphere.
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Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat
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