Originally Posted by
Mac4Lyfe
Do some research MLD. You are looking at the 1/2 of 1% of the most successful Asian's that have come here from China, Japan, etc. They came here with wealth. They came here with A LOT of wealth. There is an underbelly of very poor Asians that commit crime, are under educated, etc. as well but you don't hear about them. You never see them because its the wealthy ones that are buying up all the property around the US. There were a few Asians that were considered middle class but their net worth's skyrocketed when property values on the West coast exploded. Many of those people became multi millionaires. You cannot compare Asian with other ethnic classes because it is very different. Asian Americans are fairly new to the US and they came here with money. The Asians that came here decades ago and didn't have property are catching hell just like every other ethnicity.
The stereotypes in this thread is actually funny in it's stupidity. People are a product of their ENVIRONMENT. Not their race, color, ethnicity, religion. A child does not know what it doesn't know. It has to be taught. A young child is not racist. It's when their parents instill stupid stereotypes that they become racist. Unless a child has a learning deficiency, they can be taught calculus, physics, etc. But it is up to the parents. Bottom line, many black, Hispanic, American Indian, etc., have terrible parents that were never taught common parenting. There's a lot of disadvantaged white people too, who have awful parents and they are pissing in the same pot. Your environment made you what you are today. If you had a horrible upbringing, if you had terrible schools with substandard teachers, there is no way you could nurture your mind. The real sad thing is that we've had many people that could have been geniuses but they were surrounded by dummies. I was very good in math and science so I expected my kids to be smart in math. Guess what? They are smart in math and science. They didn't have a choice because I built that expectation from birth. Now imagine if I sucked in math? I would tell my kids that I was never good in math, I would have no expectation for them to be good in math, I wouldn't want them to bring home homework because I wouldn't be able to help them. "Oh, you got a bad grade, you're just like your dad. Our family is just not good in math." It becomes a vicious cycle.
Blacks are underrepresented in baseball, swimming, tennis, golf, lacrosse, hockey, etc.? Why? Because sports is a learned event as well as opportunity. Without opportunity, no one can become a world class tennis player. You have to have access and that usually means money to play golf. Why would a black kid play hockey (afford equipment) when he can pick up a basketball and play anywhere? Plus, he sees people that look just like him and says to himself... "If he can do it, I can do it". Black kids see football and basketball as a way out, just like Dominicans see baseball as their way out. They don't have many other options.
Plus, my kids are not hungry, so they don't have the drive to be successful in sports. I had to get out of Cleveland and football was my only way out. My son lives in the house. He doesn't like to play outside. I spent most of my life outside. He's not hungry for a better life. He has everything he wants. Plus he has so many options. He plays almost every sport, so he's not committed to one or 2. Plus he does so many other things from music, to robotics, to chess club, to boy scouts, etc. Too many options. Growing up I had basketball and football. I was playing one or the other EVERY day. I had very little choices. I burned the boats, so I couldn't return back home.