How Income Inequality Became A Big Issue Among Asian Americans
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ค. 2021
- The Asian American Pacific Islander population is extremely diverse, culturally and economically. According to a recent analysis by the Pew Research Center, Asian household incomes range from $44,400 to $120,000. Subgroups at the low end aren’t represented by the median data. Here’s a closer look at the growing income gap among Asian Americans, how it started and what’s next.
CHAPTERS
0:00 -- Introduction
1:30:13 -- Immigration
3:56:03 -- Barriers
6:26:14 -- Aggregated data
8:55:10 -- What’s next?
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How Income Inequality Became A Big Issue Among Asian Americans
Yes Asian is the most divided because they are the largest group of people on earth. India and China are completely different.
Yes and Russia and surrounding nations are completely different from those 2. Not even a mention of any of those countries in this piece.
But how are we going to virtue signal without any knowledge about what we are talking about? Let's invent a abstract group called Asian Americans and complain about the imagined problems within that group.
@@godofwar4276 Are you implying that Asians don’t suffer from poverty? Asians in New York and Hawaii have one of the highest poverty rates. Homelessness is a big issue in Hawaii.
@@Oceanrocks121 Nah, it is just your comprehension. Clarification- inequity isn't a problem in any group including Asians.
why aren't Russians included as an Asian sub group? There are millions of Russians in Asia. And millions of Iranis, and Iraqis....Pakistanis, Afghanis, etc. Vietnamese was listed as the 6th largest--bet there are more ethnic Russians living in Asia than Vietnamese.
Asia is just too big and diverse, putting all in the same bag is wrong.
Putting a South Korean and a Bangladeshi in the same broad group is ridiculous.
@@Respectedevil1 they include everything east of Europe and Africa as Asian. That means a Saudi Arabian and Chinese are in the same ethnic group.
Many racial stuff is U.S is wrong Hispanic is people from Spain a country in europe not people from South America, Latinos are people from South Europe not South Americans andThere is no Asian race the chinese, japanese, koreans and mongols are mongoloids Blangadesh people are from other race
@AB - 06AT 780507 Robert H Lagerquist Sr PS No, I mean ethnic group because US census is dumb af and doesn’t actually go by true ethnic groups.
@@LucasPereira-vd9rq so, what is the race of south American people...??
btw, i'm Austronesian from Southeast Asia.
I’m Asian American that was on both sides of income gap. I would say the best investment I ever made was my education. Worked full time over 8 years Finished my bachelor at 31 and the accelerated my life 10 fold in terms of income. Was able to buy a house in a year.
Well done!
Dat’s right
@organism 48-D Absolutely!
Not a victim minority group as the media would portray you? Congrats! Asians understand better than most what hard work looks like not to mention their HUGE family value system, so therefore can never be a victim group. Sorry media. There is a reason that they are one of the most successful demographics in the US
I graduated 5 years ago with dual bachelor's degrees in finance and MIS, and I'm still underemployed. I personally think college is a waste of time and money. I'm glad it worked out for you and changed your life.
Putting people from all over Asia in a single racial group is a big mistake. Most humans live in Asia (~60%). They're unbelievably diverse in literally everything. I, as an Indian, don't belong to the same racial group as South East Asians, East Asian, North Asians or Middle easterners
I am an Indian and I am in the same racial group as East Asians. Asian American here refers to the continent
@@chawrakaxom559 right? It doesn't make sense to put people from the entirety of Asia into a single category
You do belong
@Based Gamer Buddhism started in india and spread east from Indian until Japn. That’s why the cultures are similar. Indians culturally more similar to East Asians but DNA is more closer to central Asia
Thanks for sharing. I always wondered about it when my Indian friend told me she identifies as Asian. Always wondered how she felt about but I didn’t want to be rude to ask.
From an Asian eyes, it takes a hard working parent(s), sacrificing his/her life to build a better future for the second generation. So usually the results show in gen2, gen3. The family value and group pride are unique in Asia not common in the western society. combining the two factors, the study should focus on working opportunities not inequality.
totally agree with you
@@shumr hey, mate. Why are you everywhere 😆.
I agree. It's usually the first generation that does all the rough work in building the foundation for the future generations
And the young generation fall victim to western ideals and culture and all that hard work goes out the window. I'm 25 and my mother really put it through me to be proud of my culture and that saved my life in so many ways. It matters to teach your kids too appreciate asian values, it makes them grateful in the future I think
We asians also get the burden of taking care of our parents when they're old, but yea it's all worth it
As a homegrown Asian. I still wonder why American media is always talking about Black/White/Asian income inequality. Why won't they talk about income inequality in general without talking about race?
Because inequality was designed with certain people in mind. While it can effect anyone it specifically targets some.
Because race matters. Income inequality does not affect equally. The factors causing income inequality vary by race, and so do their solutions. The data is there if you want to look at it, rather than make empty statements. And yes, that's coming from another homegrown Asian.
The same reason a hollywood block buster will never be made about the levon affair
@@nearby222 No it doesn't. If your values, culture, and behaviors are right you will succeed in America. What is always left out is nearly everyone starts at the bottom and as time goes on you move through the different economic levels. Being married to a Filipino immigrant in an area with lots of Vietnamese, I've been to a zillion social gatherings over the years an observed this. Yesterday I went to a graduation party of a Filipino woman who arrived here 12 years ago with nothing and barely speaking English, which isn't even her second language. Since then she's worked jobs and studied, first getting her GED, then graduating from community college (which was so hard her for her she dropped out twice), then her university degree, and yesterday's graduation party was for her getting her Master's as a Nurse Practioner and a job paying $10,000/month plus benefits. Again, English is her third language, she had virtually no education, and had to work while going to school and simultaneously raise two children. If she can do it, there's almost no excuse for anyone else.
The relationship between inequality and race are tangled with literally centuries of baggage and there remain consistent correlations in these categories. If you draw pie charts of racial background when you categorize income levels, they are starkly different make ups when compared to the national whole breakdown. That correlation begets further study to understand the why behind it and how to respond to that inequality.
These stats never made sense to me as an outsider. Why would you categorize people based on the continent of origin?
Indians and Japanese, Spanish and Ukrainian, Nigerian and Ethiopian, these are vastly different people, with different cultures, struggles, and even genetics.
Just address inequality as a whole, this just creates more stigmatization.
What would you suggest we replace it with?
The US is huge and so diverse you kinda have to because it's also super segregated everyone tends to stay around their own white around white. Black around black, Asian around Asian, but then you got ppl who are African Jamaican Japanese them ppl dont just hand around black or Asians the hang with their own kind
@@AZTECNINJAWARRIOR East and South East Asian.
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Maybe East Asian, South Asian, South East Asian, Pacific Islander?
from when Indians and Chinese are mixed in same group
Asia itself is so diverse, categorising whole Asia on same basis doesn't suit .
Why not they are Asians too
@@JP-br4mx Yes and no. Unlike the " White " or " Black " groups that kinda share similar culture and history among the members, " Asians " don't. It's the largest continent on Earth with too many damn differences. It's like thinking algae and pine trees are the same just because they are plants.
Lies again? AMWF Car USD SGD
Most Indians come to USA as trained professionals , I think that's the reason for a great avg income
They are also extremely polite conservative and correctly don’t believe they are victims of anything in America
Most Indians who migrate to USA are IITians so no wonder they get high paying job offers.
@@Ladyliberty_1776 no they r not, but they r in IT.
@@Ladyliberty_1776 not all are IITians . Stop this iit bias.
@@pandorabox9844 I wrote MOST for a reason
The saddest thing is when she said my life is not mine to live
Many and most Asians are born to play in hell-mode.
I agree that this is one of the things that Asians born in the US mostly do not understand. It really annoys me how sometimes American born Asians speak as if they understand what Immigrant Asians had to go through, or what we need.
Time stamp?
For us Asian-born, it isn't a sad thing. It's one of the "most" important thing not to forget in life is that "I" is not just my own. Most Asians generally sacrifice themselves for the better of the next generation. Hence "My life is not mine to live". I understand why Westerners don't get this mentality but its why most Asians are tough as brick in hard times.
@@jdg7327 👏🏽👏🏽 in our culture parents are more than Gods and that's the greatest Dharma even before worship to take care of your earlier generations 🙏🙏🙏
Damn. When Yin said "my life is not mine to live" I could feel the global guilt and filial piety. Parents and children just become each other's burdens.
Can't agree less.
Each other’s ‘responsibility.’
Its a cultural thing in Asia for children to look after the aging parents. Her parents struggled everything to get her into US. Now, its her turn to give her parents comfortable life when they get old. Filial piety over individualism.
Am I right about that Americans of Korean, Japanese, Chinese descent are Asian Americans?
You call it “burden” I call it “motivation”. My parents work hard because they are motivated to give their children a better life. I work hard because I am motivated to give myself and my parents a better life in old age. Family can be our biggest motivation that get us through the most difficult challenge.
Asians in general are tough people. We'd do everything to provide food and education to our family.
Trueeeeeeee! 🇵🇭😀🇵🇭😀🇵🇭
That's one of the few common factors from east Asians to West Asians to Indians, Pakistanis and Chinese, we see each generation as an improvement from the previous, so children come first
@@karthik_sivakumar yup! No matter which Asian the people are from, we'll always fight to provide the best to the family.
"My life is not mine to live" That's a sense of responsibility that not enough people are willing to take up...
The issue is that Asian is a gigantic cluster, not fair to use for consolidation purposes
What do you expect it is CNBC. Do you think they are based on more then feelings??
But it is too hard for the white left to remember individual cultures, and even more difficult to just say I don't know or care. The white left has to be the savior so this artificial group called Asian Americans.
Same for white people
any race is a gigantic cluster and yes it is not fair
Yes, that is what the video mentions. Thanks for the short summary of the video.
Filipino and Indian immigrants usually come to the US with some degree of education, typically a college degree, and a good knowledge of written and spoken English. These two things give them a good headstart in the US. But it’s really the hard work, determination and living for family that set asians apart from other households. The reason most Asians migrate to the US is because they want a better life for their family. I would do everything to provide a good future for my parents, siblings and kids, no matter the cost
There are a lot of Filipino immigrants where I live (North America) and virtually no 1st generation person I’ve met has had any substantial education.
the same is true for all immigrants that come to the US not just Asians and not all of us are blessed to come here with an education or money if it wasn't for my volunteer work and sports scholarship I would not have had a chance to get my PharmD
Indian juat leave for a better quality of life in genral otherwise there is no lack of opportunities in india
@@purploscity H probably meant the latest standard, starting from the 2000s. Like our former mayor worked for a affluent family as their driver, we have a principal that is a dog walker and a dentist that is a care giver. And it's all because our third world education probably aint enough. So you gotta hustle hard. The thing is, if you've made it in the Philippines, you'll probably smart enough to make it in the US where opportunities are plenty specially ir you're educated. If we go back to the 20th century though, you'll have more California farmers and blue collar Filipinos.
But the thing is, the common denominator of almost every immigrant family wherever you are is the drive to work harder than the native population of America.
Filipinos only have a high household income because they have multiple families living under one roof. If you look at per capita income, Filipinos are just average. Indians stay up there on both household income and per capita. The wealthiest Filipinos aren't immigrating to the US. They stay in the Philippines
I can see why Asian Indians shows high income earners, most are here via work visa and seem to be the cream of the crop of India. Others are not as fortunate as they are war refugees who starts at the bottom and fight their way up. Just in my culdesac there are two Indian households who came with work visa and settle permanently and of coarse they are well off then most. Nothing wrong with that.. just that we don’t all come to the US with a job ready for us.
They got visa after high paid job .
Without job, such visa to US is not available from here.
As If getting work visa in usa is like picking Apple from tree they worked really hard that's why they got the visa .
@@rakeshghosh9591 It’s great that one can get US visa and start on a good job in the US. I’m just saying it explains why they are high earners.
@@pandorabox9844 Yes, they have very high potential and therefore high earners when compared to other immigrants who might not have the benefit of starting out in a well off situation.
Plz kick them they just waste our tax money and study in government funded schools and settled in us . They are one of the most skilled workers. Plz kick them and closed immigration .
I will say income inequality is never a problem because majority depends on pay jobs and feel relaxed in it. Some people sees that traveling to Europe countries will make them rich
Because for me I don't see the need of being relaxed on your job because even the rich still look for ways to get richer
@@markolivia1781 Yes no doubt, people feel leaving their country is the best way to get a secured job or business opportunities, but no because even where they are going to , there are still many jobless people out there
For me I lost my job 9 months ago, I'm surviving today with my own personal forex investment
@@birgitkelle7201 People's mentality have to change about coming to hyped named countries because life might be much more difficult, who knows
@@birgitkelle7201 God helping us, there are different means and ways of making money in our countries
Most Asians I meet work hard, don’t complain, an focus on children education. Asian parents really sacrifice and almost always the children are very successful. To me the article is playing games with statistics and trying to find a problem. Is it really just another article on labor classes or income inequality?
And other groups don't? I'll let them speak for themselves and not you and your fight with "MSM".
Please shut up 🤦🏽♀️ you don't understand the nuances and complexities of our community issues. We have domestic violence issues, high Incarceration of our Southeast Asiab and so forth.
@@cheesewithxbread well maybe in your local community it’s like that but I don’t see it.
@@cheesewithxbread I’m Vietnamese. Maybe you should shut up and stop playing victim. Get your 💩 together.
Ok but in fort lee I see it the Asian kids moms are extremely focused.
"Asian" is an excessively broad term
Indeed. But it needs to be for stats to work
Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Iran, and most of Russia is in Asia
Same white Black, White, etc..
As an Asian Canadian I just want to say that this article was a complete waste of 10 minutes. “Low skilled immigrants get low paid jobs while highly skilled immigrants get higher paying jobs”....really? Thanks for the insight 🤦🏻♂️.
American mainstream and liberal media are now trying to divide and weaken Asian Americans.
Same here. Had to explode in my comment above. This article is complete bogus and just more race baiting.
@@zhv3062 it’s like what? I can’t get over paid as an unskilled immigrant? Thanks for dashing my American dream 🤣🤣🤣
@@thanh6455 ikr =D
Awareness is probably the focus. A lot folks think Asians are all rich and successful.
When you work hours others won't, your gonna end up with more. When you study hard and get picked on for it you're gonna make more. Period.
Unless you immigrated to the US via those investment programs, pretty much most of immigrants start at the bottom of the social economic ladder. Sometimes you can't choose your starting point, but you have more control of where you will end up.
Thats partially true. Dad came here and had to work at a gas station first. But eventually he got a good job through his education and we all doing decent now
"I just kept looking at it and I have the confidence in myself that I can do it" -- positive thinking and doing
Indians are so successful because their top priorities are education and family
And under the table unreported income
Not exactly..u are saying like only Indians priorities education and all the other groups don't want education literally every parent(despite of race) want their children to be educated..they just don't get the opportunity and resources ... indians come from a country that is stable and not going to war, famine, etc..their come through work visas...and only high educated ppl come... literary rate in India is very low too...
@@cdnsilverdaddy 💯
@@kingclement5821 but indian parents take it to another level. They imbue their kids with G.O.A.T psychology.
Every group values education and family.
Selective migration is the reason they are doing so well.
If it was just culture that separated them, then India would be paradise.
I’ve long been a little mystified by “Asian” as a ethnic group; it doesn’t seem very … “useful.”
Conceptually, “Asian” could mean anything from Arab, to Persian, to Indian, to Chinese, to Indonesian, to Japanese, to…
It’s hard to think of any basis for thinking of my wife, from China, and boss, from India, as part of a common ethnic group; they have completely different ancestry and cultural heritages.
also the many ethnicities within asian countries, many are in vulnerable situations for many reasons
I'm from Port Hueneme CA. I grew up going to that 99 cent store. I remember that lady
That because your blending very different people groups together. It would be more accurate to separate us into smaller groups like Indian South East Asian and East Asian etc
A much granular and focused look would explain much more. Don’t lump in Cuban Americans with Mexican Americans either. Tired of hearing “latino communities” be used as one size fits all. Very different circumstances. Hell even which parts of a single country can explain more.
@@Jramirezi97 Facts
I wish one day they can take race off the table and treat everyone equally
@@shake_shells11 that aint happening bc its america sadly
How come we didn't hear you guys asking for distinction when we had this anti Asian crime bill from Biden? I thought it was odd seeing people marching around with signs saying..."stop Asian hate"...I thought then who hates an entire region of people ?🤔 But none of you wanted distinct then!
People have different skillsets and cultural traits. Some cultural groups or sub-groups push towards education and high-paying jobs. You can't "fix this" (as if the existence of any form of inequality is by definition a problem-it's not) with policy or "redistribution".
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One key thing for Asian community's success is incredible hard work. We can put in all the hard work that probably a westerner would complain to do.
For us Indians, having great education is the seen as the only way forward so you'll see almost every Indian American very highly qualified professionals. At our homes we are out under a lot of pressure to study hard and do good in academics and that might sound very rude for others but honestly it really helps in building a great career.
Yes, very important and very good values to instill. Many Africans, especially Nigerians follow this mindset, but that is often missed for deliberate reasons by "Westerners" (hate that term). Easier to paint the idea that Asians of all persuasions are a model minority, while us Africans are ignorant villagers with our hand out or refugees with no marketable skills.
Indians however do not place a limit on what they can do with their education, as too many Africans are content to be simply be doctors/medical running a practice, working at a pharmacy or hospital. Or obscure, high paying 9-5 STEM jobs. At the very absolute best earning $1 million a year (as a doctor), while I guess Indians eye not just medical or middle management in engineering, but creating or heading large corporations that can churn out billions. Not everyone can be a doctor, but going into business fields and excelling, makes a world of difference, Especially Silicon Valley.
Indians do everything. (but who is not to say other non-Asian POC haven't tried too and been rejected by financial institutions?)
That is why Indians have a high median income, unlike other educated immigrants. A higher amount of millionaires. Despite stupid docile stereotypes, they see it as "the sky is their limit" on an individual level and are very very competitive, to sometimes a hurtful level (against others). Not to mention, Indian Americans don't have a culture which is anti-intellectual, that can negatively influence 2nd or 3rd generation youth, against their parents' principles.
Asian parents are also very unrelenting in molding high achieving children, because if they have to cut out the "fun" or the "cool stuff" to ensure their kids' futures, they'll do it with no hesitation. Rugged individualism is discouraged and their greater communal good, emphasized. Other immigrants tend to struggle, because they allow negative/unproductive US societal influences to creep in much easier and derail their kids' focus. I.E. rugged individualism, that tells someone, they don't need to be financially successful and earn big bucks like mom and dad (to send back home).
Nigerians and other Africans might try, but it can vary if your child is exposed to certain groups of people at school who don't value education as much and slip through the cracks, while you are busy working in a hospital earning tens of thousands for not only yourself, but to help family. They are simply practical and competitive, to get ahead and not want for anything.
very true, you make your kids face the challenges early in life so that when they grow up they dont think of entitlement and are afraid to face the challenges and also well equipped for them.
Americans are innovators and look for the future . Asians make today better mostly . Ofcourse exceptions are there
@@jmin8400 Indians work in every field because there are many states in india. The southern part of india contributes to IT and pharmacy whereas the western part of india deals with finance. India is so diverse hence we yield results accordingly. Most probably a western part of india would be relating to business and finance and the southern part would be an IT guy. I just generalized the roles according to parts of india.
Western people are not lazy, but the focus on individualism, good growth environment has made them to live life in a different way.
We can't compare our growing environment with theirs.
Keep on fighting, keep on having ambition, stay hungry, stay motivated and work your butt off. I did and while I have a good income and a good degree, i can't lose focus. That's how you loose.
That’s what I wanna do, how do you stay so motivated?
@@bobbob-gi1yp Friends and families. It's good to have like minded friends. I also have a huge curiosity for exploration, traveling, new movies, new games and it's a thing of beauty to watch your bank account grow.
These liberal media are starting to push these racist agenda and videos against us Asians. They want to divide us further and tell us we don’t need to be models to yield to other groups of people. Pure evil.
Reap on my friend.
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8:12 "my life is not mine to live" what a powerful statement.
Indian -Americans were at the poorest side among Asians in 1960-70s but now they are richest . It's in Asian culture that our one generation suffer poverty and struggle but they don't pass down it to their second generations .
Asian parents are strict and develop useful habits in their children making them law abiding and productive citizens . Their third generation workers harder to grow further.
That explains our economic success .
Dead on. They are the exact class of people for whom America was designed. Driven, disciplined, family and self reliant.
If u make an observation even USA developed the same way. But now it's degrading
My sister and her friend went to wealthy areas to clean their house when they were teenagers in the 80s. Now she makes 200k a year and owns three houses. My family came to the US barely able to buy a loaf of bread. So hard work, education, and doing whatever it takes pays off. We will never be NBA players or musician in US.
@Ryan Wiley
Playing the victim like always.
Showing your true colors.
@Ryan Wiley black people in USA always get frustrated and take their anger out on other races when their hip hop rap career is not taking off, or they not becoming some basketball star.
NBA player makes millions and musicians do to .all that matters is you made it to a better life.
There are reason why China today is a major Economic powerhouse, while most of Africa is lagging behind. And China didn't have Globe spanning Colonial empires like the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese and Dutch, from which to draw raw materials and taxes.
@Ryan Wiley what color are we showing... Being Asians we ain't that tall...that is a fact. How many NBA players have we generated 6 maybe I am guessing. How many Asian musician do we have in the America. Billboard... Little to none. We know we can be doctors and lawyers so we focus on education.
It's not easy to force people to work harder or seek more productive work; I'm not even sure it's moral to do so. Perhaps we should let low-earners do what they want, instead of making fun of them for not being smart, ambitious, or lucky.
Absolutely. The world will always need low wage workers for the repetitive tasks.
No body is suggesting that. All they are saying is "See all these problems I made up? I will fix them if you give all your money and power over you"
@@TomNook. except when AI kicks in
Well it has to do with how they grew up, in general minorities like blacks and Latinos go through alot of trauma so success seems impossible for them
Income inequality applies to literally every racial/ethnic group
It comes down to the have and have not. lol
That's fine
True, but people think all Asians have good income and live good lives in general, which isn’t true.
Depending on one stream of income had never made any millionaire and earning check doesn't put you in Forbes
Interesting most people don't understand the market moves and tend to be mislead in facts like this and depend on money in the bank.very bad Idea
Crypto is the future
@Gary Martel Yeah, but only when you trade without a professional
You are right, in the past I tried trading on my own but made almost no profit until I was link to a professional, the result was exceptional
My first investment with a professional earned me $4150 with $1000 in less than a week
It is so true what she said, my life is not for me to live. Especially if you were born during the only child law. Lower income, uneducated parents. You are on your own to figure everything out. And the pressure to succeed is high. Just because you've been to college doesn't mean you'll make the average income in the video. Sigh, I felt it when she said I've started working since 16.
So with this logic we can say the same about any race. On average they are above average earners, but people are still flipping burgers 😂 A+ reporting
asians is not one thing or race . asians are not like whites or blacks , they have no relation among themselves .
@@Q_QQ_Q What nonsense is that. Whites always get mad when people say such things because whites constantly fought amongst each other even in this country - anybody from the Irish potato famine era could have told you that. Remember JFK getting elected was controversial. AA are usually of a completely different mindset than African immigrants from Nigeria or Ghana.
Sound like a Joe Biden monolithic black thing.
@@Tokamak3.1415 race is white invention .
@@Q_QQ_Q what a silly comment.
Asians in New York and Hawaii have one of the highest poverty rates. Homelessness is a big issue in Hawaii.
I’ve been saying this for the last 16 years when I was an undergrad in college. Took long enough for it to get into the public eye.
For people who are willing to put in the hard yards, the US is still a land of dreams. Despite coming from many diverse countries and cultures, they do have some common ground. A lot of the disparity comes from the fact that recent arrivals will always have less of a base to start from, sometimes from scratch. But they knuckle down and build the foundations for the next generation, who will then build on that for the generation after. Instead of the "me first" attitude of western society, they usually have a "family first" approach.
In fact, they have much more opportunities than in Asia - where corruption and personal relationships (or lack thereof) stop many people with genuine ability from getting ahead, at least in the US (and other western countries) people generally are able to be rewarded for their abilities.
Not sure if there are more opportunities in the US where ppl stereotype you and limit what you can do based on your race. Even school admissions discriminate Asians.
I've been saying this for the longest time! I have friends whose parents came to the US from Asian countries for education (masters, phd usually) and then I have friends whose parents came to the US because they were FLEEING their home country. Makes a big difference in income, if not culture and privilege.
Yeah like dont put all these different groups together right? Under a single category of race.
So here's the thing. I'm from Iowa but consider myself an Asian American. It's a predominantly white state, but the dilemma I'm having here is why do so many white Americans admire our family structure, hard work ethic, health, education. But a noticeable number of them who say this are "hardcore gamers", domestic abusers, addicts, bad communicators, who seem to preach but don't follow like a lot of "Christian". Look if your the type that likes or makes comments like "look at their race" on Asian hate videos you can't say this is racist. I'm just here to say why preach but don't follow?
I don't know. Stop hanging out with idiots.
Idiots are everywhere.
I come from Taiwan at age of 27 and study in graduate school, but I soon found out I was not research type of person. Change my major to study medical technology at bachelor level. That is the best decision I have ever made.
Anyone else had to sigh when looking at the title?
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In the US, Asian is a race. Despite there being a vast number of ethnicities
Yeah Indian and Chinese are literally different races but are considered the same race in America. Also Arabs are white for some reason.
@@saqibali5364 no 😂😂
indians and Chinese are never considered same on the basis of ethnicity.
In most times , East Asian people are considered Asians whereas indian as indian
@@pikachuthunderbolt3919 On the census, SAT, etc. Indians are grouped under the Asian category
You seem to be stupid. Look up human races, there’s only 5. Everyone is either one or a mix. Ethnicity is different more cultural so to speak. Race is mongoloid race for Asians which applies to a vast group of people including native Americans. Take an anthropology and sociology class please.
In most of the world*. FTFY. The same is said in Brazil, Germany, Sweden, Iran.
It will always be difficult for any group of people who migrated to other country especially to people who are less educated or no work experience or who do not speak english. Just like what the Burmese American girl is saying that she need to have multiple work to gain wealth. Even to the Indians, Chinese in history they worked in low income job and work hard to gain wealth until they can open their own business. And that is why even in the middle of hate against Asians there are still many Asians who want to immigrate to US because that opportunities.
Fax
Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, etc should be in their own category something like "Subcontinental" or "South Asian".
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 and Nepal 🇳🇵 too
Indians wants to move to America and Europe because of repressive reservation system here in India in literally every field like jobs, education etc. The problem is that this reservation system is not on financial status basis but on by birth or more precisely by caste. Due to this most unreserved category people move to countries where they can get opportunities better than that in India. We need to change reservation system. It should be given to those who are financially weak.
When was the last time you differentiated between White subgroups?
Whites have been portrayed as all being the same.
This is seen especially clearly when looking at religion. Many white Christian groups gave very low levels of income and wealth while other white groups such as the Ashkenazi Jews hold vast amounts of wealth. To group a poor Christian farmer in the rust belt with a Jewish banker on Wall Street is just as wrong as grouping an Hindu doctor from India with a Muslim taxi driver from Pakistan. I would say the natural way to group people is through whom the marry.
Huh? Are you telling me they're different? Then why can't I tell one white guy apart from another? 😉
(Sorry, but you threw me something that was impossible to resist...) 😂
There's equality of opportunity (rather the locals have an advantage over the migrants as should be). They don't get paid more just because they are from Asia/Indian subcontinent. It takes a huge struggle to be able to get a visa and secure a job/migrate here in the first place. Adjusting to a completely foreign land with different language and culture is also another emotional hustle. Inspite of all this, they manage to do well in their lives and contribute to the society, I don't see how it is bad for the US. If they are able to overcome all those obstacles and contribute to the society and do well for themselves, then they should be congratulated.
There’s not equal economic opportunity.Nobody is taking away anything from the success of those who did come on a workers visa or a student visa.People are just saying that all Asians shouldn’t be lumped into the same group(one all Asians aren’t the same race;south Asians are a different race from east and south East Asian).Many hmong and southeast Asian Americans(Vietnamese,Cambodian,Laotian,Thai etc) are among the poorest ethnic groups in America not because they lack the work ethic or family structure of other Asian ethnic groups but mainly because they came as poor refugees,never got economic opportunity and unfortunately got placed in poor,gang infested,drug infested neighborhoods.
The main reason Indians have such a high average income is due to high paying IT and Medical jobs. In an Indian household it is pushed to work hard and achieve jobs in respected careers which can be a downside as there are not many Indians in things like arts or acting. I can’t speak for other Asian groups but I believe this is a part of the reason the income inequality is skewed
A lot of these Indians who immigrated to America came on either student visas to study in the IT or medical fielders or on work visas because they were already working in those fields.As a result it makes sense they’d want to push their kids into those fields.
Lies again? Biofinest Brainfood
Inequality affects everyone, not just asians. People need to stop grouping people by their race and ethnicity because this sounds exactly like what the Germans did in the 1930s. I’m Asian American by the way
That’s how you get fired from Disney, no one wants to talk about the Holocaust. Also, Asia is the world’s biggest continent.
Okay...but if you stop grouping by race and ethnicity there is also no meaningful way to talk about systemic racism (including refuting it, if you are sceptical). Culturally, we aren't going to stop having these categories - language is functional, and there is going to be a need to refer to particular meta-ethnic and phenotypic groupings in some contexts for the foreseeable future.
That said, I agree that 'Asian American' is a bad grouping - Asia is such a massively diverse continent, it's not much more informative than just saying 'Other' - I'd at least split it into East, South-east, South and West Asian(/Middle Eastern).
No--not even close. Inequality can affect different groups of people very differently. Did you not pay attention to this video clip? [or, do you reject their data and rationale?] And, get serious--America nowadays is NOTHING like 1930s Germany; then, the official German government (with the consent/approval of the German people, at large) actually targeted minorities (particularly the Jewish people, certainly) by spreading false rumors, and pushing economic discrimination (like boycotts). Very different.
😂that last sentence 🤣
Just Imagine conducting a similar analysis for a combined cluster of North Americans and South Americans, living in European Union. Similarly, Asia is too huge to be considered as a Homogenous cluster.
I’m pretty sure Asian American’s incomes are actually much higher than the numbers suggest. I know of some Vietnamese nail salon owners and technicians actually make 3-4 times their IRS filings.
Asians are 100% have significantly higher income…..cash businesses. We do work harder and more hours though.
Report them.
That's the case any cash business. Laundry mats, nail salons, restaurants etc. Adding onto this, most of their employees are paid in cash. Like you said, the income of asian americans is most likely higher than what is reported but it is also important that we don't clump all asians into one group
@@Blingchachink lol it's not that easy won't and don't do it
I find Asian workers more reliable and trustworthy.
What matter with white they are most noble among all race.
Every Generation Sacrifices for the Next, This is the Global Story of Indians & Asians, The Next Generation will be Wealthier but Hopefully also Wiser. Like Yin said, "My Life is Not mine to Live"
Love how they group ALL Asians into one group like we are all the same.
Atleast they included indian also in Asians lol
Your not all the same, but genetically you all are very similar. Extremely.
@@bskilla4892 the genitic difference between 2 people of same village in india is more then that of people from north Europe and south europe
When it comes to statistics its easier
@Jim S yes exactly,
Just remember you are counting as "Asia" India and China too which have around 2.7 to 2.9 billion people combined together. That's a lot of people.
1.343 billion+ and 1.43 billion+...Don't blow those numbers!
There is a reason why Indians are so successful in USA
In the United States, the Burmese people tend to be immigrants, fresh off the plane. So, it is expected that they make low-income.
In contrast, India is much wealthier and better populated, including skilled workers. Some of those skilled workers go to Western countries for school and jobs. Skilled workers, in general, expect higher pay than non-skilled workers.
Ethnic Chinese in America hold a wide range of jobs. The most assimilated and established of Chinese-Americans may be college-educated, may have served in the military and may act more American than Chinese. New immigrants may be skilled if they arrive on a work visa or student visa, or unskilled if they come with their significant other who has the student/work visa. Sometimes, immigrants may be highly educated licensed physicians in their home countries, but because of the language barrier and American medical school courseload, they are forced to take menial labor jobs or are forced to put their medical skills in medical technology or scientific research.
problem is the brahmin quota people in USA , Asians get minority quota because historic discrimination happened to them in past like against chinese , japanese , vietnamese etc but brahmin quota people ( elitist among Indians ) has hoarded minority quota meant for other persecuted groups for themselves by following exclusionary principle meaning exclusively hiring only other brahmin quota people ( or maybe few whites to not antagonize them ) , they do not even hire other indians ( lower caste ) .
Indians go to us only after taking education otherwise they stay back. Rarely Indians go to us as refugees. That’s why they earn the most. I am Indian and my aunt works and lives in us a computer engineer
@@URANUSguys cuz of abusing quota system .
@@Q_QQ_Q your explanation is utterly wrong, most of the Indians who go to America are from middle class families, who have completed their graduation, a Brahmin family didn't allow their offsprings to cross the seas. Go and ask every indian americans almost all of them are from middle clasd families, so stop your propaganda
American iranians who came to America in the 70s 80sand 90s were all super rich and were members of the elite in persia . They were much much richer then indians how well did the american Iranians do? I thought they would be far more successful then indian Americans. Also Nigerian Americans who come to America are very middle-class/upper-class (Nigeria is a oil rich country) and Nigerian Americans are entitled to affmative action as they are black, so how well did they do compared to Chinese and Indian Americans?
The report failed to mention that African American average income is $41k but the lowest Asian sub group Brumese Asian income is $44k (despite the low level of english or skills). i think it not this or that, a combination of systemic racism as well as culture. The discourse tend to focus on one while completely ignoring the other.
African Americans or Black's are comparatively less hard working in contrast to Asians who work like Machines
I cannot understand why income inequality is a problem and why it needs to be solved. Because everyone needs low income jobs. There should be people working in restaurants, cleaning, and other low paying jobs for society to prosper. Income equality is a myth that never can be achieved and even if it is achieved that society is bound to fall. Because success should be rewarded and failure needs to be punished.
The difference between the have and have not is the decision each makes and the consequence each has to live with, even both of them started from the same place. Life is not fair but everyone can use their brain wisely.
Did CNBC actually try to compare a family that came here in 2009 (right as US economy was tanking) to several Asian families that has established themselves since 1970/1980s? There are several groups that lag behind such as Hmong, Cambodian and Laotians but even they have been pulling ahead - the trick is learning how the system works in this country. The contractor who built the add-on to my dad's house was Laotian and now his son is a millionaire in construction thanks to his dad's hard work.
My dad came here from Asia with $100 to his name and within 15 years had his house paid off. He may have had an engineering degree, but and my mom still had to take the odd end jobs and save on every food item while refusing to accept food stamps. We're still cheap to this day and we haven't eaten in a restaurant or gone to movies as a family my whole life (I think we went to a Sizzler when I was 7 but that was it).
Kids who learn how to use the system and become TikTok stars or influencers can become millionaires before getting a drivers license. Asian mindset typically frowns upon such behavior (I know my parents would) but those kids who know how the system works can get ahead. Of course it helps to have luck and looks, but hard work and perseverance always drives the wealth machine.
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I am an Chinese living in Indonesia that prefers to speak English learning in a Taiwanese school and everyone in my school thinks I’m German/Singaporean......
The problem is that people dont ask and throw people by their looks like how they did it to me and called me flipino
@@adamas9714 cuz u are Mexican...
Good thing u are all okay now with natives Indo I remember they hated Chinese and gone riot looting the stores .. Feel bad for everyone some gone migrating to other countries
@@daijhin3064 my mother lived through that experience she once told me about how people threw rocks at her old house
Indian Americans don't all make $119K either. It varies.
Varies widely!! We need a distribution graph for each Asian minority. It's a better picture of what's really going on.
As a Burmese (not a American immigrant) I am very sad for my people
It’s cultural, not racial. This applies to everyone.
my family came from Laos at the end of Vietnam war, we immigrated to US with the hope to have a better life. it is true that it take gen2, gen3 to have become successful
Not at all. My parents are refugees from Khmer Rouge era. They started their metal fabrication business in a small workshop and today have 20-ish employees. Some of their friends continue their labor jobs they’ve done for decades because they choose to never go beyond a 40 hours work week.
Success isn’t breed, it’s thought.
Many first generation American are successful in 10-20 years. At least own a house and freedom to take vacations.
New immigrants having fewer job options is one of those unfortunate facts of life. My parents immigrated from eastern europe and my dad was an electrician specialist for trains and when he tried to get a job with a company they said he did exceptional on the simulation tests but they couldn't hire him cause he couldn't speak English well at the time when he immigrated so it was a safety hazard and not having an electrician license probably didn't help either. I guess everyone has difficulties and life isn't fair but he still pulled himself up by the bootstraps cause he kept pushing and that's how he succeeded and our family is all better off for it cause we noticed and did the same thing
Maybe income has a lot more to do with cultural up bringing and what is expected and maybe has to do with a system.
three generations to move up the socioeconomic ladder. It is now my turn to work hard for my future.
It simply means that there is a need for further division of Asians into multiple groups. Russian and German people look similar, but Chinese and Indians are very different.
Everyone should read "How to Lie with Statistics".
Asians in New York and Hawaii have one of the highest poverty rates. Homelessness is a big issue in Hawaii.
@@Oceanrocks121 you can catch fish and grow food easily. No.
Asians are not woke enough for left liberals.. This is looks like they want asians to get on woke ideology.
I think it doesn't matter what race if we all doing what we are supposed to be doing and don't take things for granted. We all will be fine. Everyone minds sets are different. We should have positive thinking and tackle on what we need to work on ourselves to improve it in the most effective ways that will make your future better not just for yourself but also for next generation to come. One of those generation have to break the poverty cycle. You can be that generation.
This income disparity exists in China too. But it's just called a society since everyone is Chinese. Can we start classifying Americans based on their genealogy so we can see if UK or German background Americans make more or less than other types of Americans?
I love how $44k a year is poor in the USA. In Europe even, thats decent and nothing to complain about
Exactly, having worked both in Europe (Italy) and India, it is indeed a decent amount to live by. Ofcourse, you cannot splurge on a fancy car and all but it is still better. That makes me wonder how people making 150k$ might be living their lives though 😄
US cost of living is higher in mega cities + have to pay for healthcare/education etc - Europe is heavily taxed but heavily subsidized at the same time so having a lower income = easier life for sure!
Your prolly talking from italy or spain or sumn.
44k in cali or even Vancouver now is barely enough to get by.
In texas tho 44k is hella good.
Its all about purchasing power and regional living costs.
it depends on affordability of your area too
May be u won't get same pay here compared to USA for same work.
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"My life is not mine to live because .... my mom's hopes and dreams are riding on it"
This makes it difficult for us when we apply for colleges and graduate schools in America.
"Oh you're Asian? You can't be regarded as 'under represented minority' due to your 'economic standing'."
Scholarships in a nutshell. Good grades don't mean much when people who have worse grades and scores than you get into law school with full scholarship and here's us with good grades and scores with no scholarship. Only a few 'Asians' get scholarships and most of us get a small partial or none. That's why our parents are such hard workers; to overcome that bs. They threw everything they have into our future, that is why we cannot fail them.
This is something most of my Cambodian friends have mentioned often when people assume all members of the Asian community deal with the same issues.
Lacks in-depth analysis, such as why generational income differences are widening amongst AA groups
i'm sure asian american women make more too
@@TheMadisonHang This is true in most immigrant Filipino American households where I grew up. The women are the breadwinners.
@@migo-migo9503 materalistic cultures exist, I'm sure
just have to look more closely, everyone
@@migo-migo9503 my mom is the bread winner in my family. i dont think its better.
i like your comment i just dont like it 👍
but necessity i believe in
Hindu Americans are the richest in most of western countries having Hindus. Bcz most of them are refugees who started their own business or highly skilled educated people.
Hard Work , perseverance , willingness is the keys . America is given us the opportunities it's wrong to not appreciated and thrice from it . Thank you America
It's as if Asia's so huge and diverse that it's stupid to lump it all into one group...
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What's really stupid is lumping Pacific Islanders with Asians, even though the they are two different races, with different ideals, values and outcomes.
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World’s 2/3 of population are Asians
Same white Black, White, etc.
Why Indians earn 50% more than US whites ? Reason is simple. Only the best of the best Indians are able to get a job VISA in USA. So only the highly paid scientists, engineers and doctors are able to get a US work VISA. America has the most big tech corporations, and India has the largest availability of quality tech resources. So both these parties love each others for their growth and survival.
In most other Asian countries, the tech industry is almost nonexistent, so many unskilled workers are able to get VISA, thus their medium income is low.
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Same as Latinos.... to many countries different cultures but they still putting all is us together.
my uncle arrived in the 1970s..upon arriving from the philippines.he was asked if he wanted credit cards..its just that easy to get a loan after 1 year…then a house loan in san francisco ..that house is now priced 2 million now..
Filipinos and Indians have a head start cause we speak English, highly skilled and can compete for professional jobs.
Interestingly, the richest Americans with Spanish surnames on the average are the Filipinos. Again, also because of language.
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I’m sooooo sick of this race/identity bs. Everybody is getting put into smaller and smaller boxes.
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Describing "Asians" as one people is like people in Asia calling everyone in the US, Canada and Mexico as "North Americans". Not smart.
@Sasha أسد While it is technically correct, the continent has many different cultures and varying norms/habits/etc. This has a direct impact on the metrics being cited to make decisions.
6:24 lets hear it for the guy who put 4 kids in college with the $1 store.
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These people from third world or developing countries like India, Philippines come here to work hard and succeed. They aren't privileged and spoilt like some Americans, so they're much bigger achiever
So just like every other race. You have to have skill and education.
Even with a skill and education, there is still income inequality. For every other race. We are in a Class warfare, where the middle class is being attacked and destroyed.
And most that immigrate have those traits regardless of race.
@@johnl.7754 legal*
@@ozymandias8523 yeah
Exactly!!
One thing that I always wonder about with inequality related to migrant groups are generational effects. Even without any discrimination or systemic racism - most wealthy people come from wealthy families. This would be true even if you stopped all inheritance of wealth and property (which is never going to happen), due to children and young people from high socio-economic backgrounds having early advantages on average.
If you have migrants who are poor-on-arrival, you would expect to see an impact on average incomes even generations down the line, the same as you'd expect the grandkids of poor non-migrants to also be poorer than average.
Of course, reality is more complicated - systemic racism _does_ exist, geography matters and different migrant groups tend to pursue education and other economic opportunities with more or less vigour. But still, sometimes it seems as if inequality between ethnic is just assumed to reflect discrimination.
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Well 90% of Asia was not exactly rich! So they tend to save a lot of money. My parents did not have electricity when they were growing up. They always study higher paying college subjects, and want their children to earn kore than them so advice them to study majors that pay better than their own major! While others start businesses!
In America people like to say, life is carefree and all about parties in one's 20s. But I guess it's really not the case for me and my sibling. We are always helping with our parents and grandparents who don't speak English and don't drive. We drive them to the doctors (very frequent, almost twice a week for all 4 seniors), drive them to run errands, now with the Pandemic and the Asian hate attacks we even drive them to get groceries. And then there's also making phone calls, translating and writing letters, managing bills, signing and negotiating contracts, making appeals, hiring lawyers for lawsuit, or just being the translator and the point of contact for anything that requires speaking English....
I don’t know anyone who lived the carefree party lifestyle you seem to think is common. Too much Instagram and tv makes people believe that stuff like that is real when in truth it is a small minority of people who live like that.
@@RealEstateAndLandlordNews Yes I'm sure we all have our own share of worries and pressures in life. What I'm talking about is similar to 7:55, a kind of disconnection with most other young people who do not need to care for family at this age. All this work is taking a lot of my time and energy. To be honest I think it is quite a burden, but they are my parents and grandparents, so I can't complain much.
Usually first generation Asian Americans do very well for themselves, main problem is Asians that stay in Chinatowns and never learn the language very good or understand the American market
i think the biggest piece to understand this is the awareness and literacy that it's an *umbrella term* that includes around *50 distinct ethnic groups* and even higher than that. and reflecting on our own assumptions about what "Asian" means because even for me, it means the East Asians like those from China, Korea, and Japan
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