I sense a thinly veiled suggestion of racism on my part.
Frankly I don't care because I know I'm not.
You want to play the statistics game let's play.
POPULATION14.0 million
The estimated number of U.S. residents in July 2004 who said they were Asian or Asian in combination with one or more other races. This group comprised 5 percent of the total population. California had both the largest population (4.8 million) and the largest numerical increase (123,000) of people of this group since July 2003; Hawaii is the state where Asians made up the highest proportion of the total population (58 percent).
52%
The percentage of the foreign-born from Asia who are naturalized U.S. citizens.
2.3 million
The number of people age 5 and older who speak Chinese at home. After Spanish, Chinese is the most widely spoken non-English language in the country. Tagalog and Vietnamese also have more than 1 million speakers.
213%
The projected percentage increase between 2000 and 2050 in the population of people who identify themselves as Asian. This compares with a 49 percent increase in the population as a whole over the same period of time.
33.4 million
The projected number of U.S. residents in 2050 who will identify themselves as Asians. They would comprise 8 percent of the total population by that year.
EDUCATION
49%
The percentage of Asians, age 25 and older, who have a bachelor's degree or higher level of education. Asians have the highest proportion of college graduates of any race or ethnic group in the country.
87%
The percentage of Asians, age 25 and older, who are high school graduates.
20%
The percentage of Asians, age 25 and older, who have an advanced degree (e.g., Master's, Ph.D., M.D. or J.D.). However, different Asian ethnic groups have different educational attainment levels -- 68 percent of Asian Indians, age 25 and older, had a bachelor's degree or more education and 37 percent had a graduate or professional degree; the corresponding numbers for Vietnamese-Americans were 24 percent and 7 percent, respectively.
INCOME AND POVERTY
$57,518
Median household income for Asians in 2004, the highest among all race groups. However, median household income differed greatly by Asian group. For Asian Indians, for example, the median income in 2004 was $68,771; for Vietnamese-Americans, it was $45,980.
9.8%
Poverty rate for Asians in 2004, down from 11.8 percent in 2003.
WORK AND EMPLOYMENT
1.1 million
Number of businesses owned by Asian-Americans in 2002, up 24 percent from 1997.
$343.3 billion
Receipts of Asian-American-owned businesses in 2002, up 13 percent from 1997. An estimated 319,911 Asian-owned businesses had paid employees; and their receipts totaled $307.6 billion, or about $961,379 per firm. About 28 percent of Asian-American-owned firms were in health care and other services, with another 14 percent each in professional services and retail trade. section.
282,000
The number of Asian-American military veterans.
46%
The proportion of employed Asians 16 and older who work in management, professional and related occupations, such as financial managers, engineers, teachers and registered nurses.
Kinda puts the kibosh on your "whitey's trying to keep everyone else down" theory.. huh?