How are Asians succeeding if US is systemically racist?

Posted on: July 14, 2021 at 14:39:24 CT

"Critical race theory asserts that the world and America are divided into a racial caste system, Whites on the top, Blacks on the bottom," Kenny Xu, author of "An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy," said on "America Reports." "But they have no idea what to do with the Asian Americans because the Asian Americans are a minority that has been discriminated against in this country, and yet they succeed and they achieve. And that, I think, inconveniences the critical race theory narrative today, and that's why I wrote this book."

Xu attributed Asian-American success to "culture" because they tend to "study twice as hard," are typically raised in two-parent family structures, and place "strong value on education."

"It's the love for hard work and for meritocracy, and that's at stake with critical race theory because critical race theory believes that merit is racist," Xu said. "So if policies like Harvard's discrimination against Asian Americans are allowed, guess who loses out? It's the hard-working Asian Americans that work so hard to get their spot."

According to the Pew Research Center's statistics on the economic status of Asian Americans', they are performing "well" compared with the overall U.S. population. However, it explained further that it "varies widely among Asian origin groups."

"In 2019, the median annual household income of households headed by Asian people was $85,800, compared with $61,800 among all U.S. households. Foreign-born Asian households earned slightly more than those headed by U.S.-born Asians ($88,000 vs. $85,000)," according to the Pew Research Center.

"All told, 12 Asian origin groups had higher median household incomes than the median among all Americans."

Xu's book attempts to debunk the critical race theory narrative that opportunities for non-Whites are limited because of systemic racism in the United States. "An Inconvenient Minority" examines how Ivy League universities such as Harvard discriminate against qualified Asian Americans to maintain a particular racial makeup in their student body. He found that race-based admissions processes designed to push diversity at elite institutions crush the narrative being pushed by much of the mainstream media.