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Originally Posted by GGG
If you look at the link I posted earlier it contains the information on Asian performance as well. The sons and daughters of immigrants perform better than whites but once looking at Asian children born from citizen Mothers they perform equal to whites.
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As an Asian daughter of immigrants I'll tell you why this is the case. It's all about sacrifice. Asian immigrant parents sacrificed everything for their children and even in a way accept assimilation and marginalization. My parents owned a convenient store. They never took holidays or time off. They worked 14 days all for me and my brother. My aunt and uncle hated each others guts but wouldn't divorce until their kids turned 20 to ensure their success. My Canadian-born generation are not making these sacrifices for our children and perhaps that will hurt them in the long run.
Also Asians immigrants embraced racism. I know this sounds strange but they accepted and embrace racism and use it as motivation. Growing up here, many times my mother would say, "we live in a White mans country and have to accept everything that comes with that". We have to assimilate to be Canadians and work twice as hard as them to achieve equal status. Asians have assimilated to make it easier for Canadians. Why is it that most Asians you know have an English name? Why is it that your Asian co-worker is quiet and causes the least trouble? Why is it that most convenient stores, coffee shops and fast food joints are run by Asian immigrants? To be less hated and to 'serve' Canadians. Asians immigrants will do anything to be non-confrontational and accept that they are 2nd class.
But those kids (like myself) who gained from their parents sacrifice, we want more. We want our kids in private schools. We want to make good money and take vacations. Our kids are now equal whereas their grandparents never thought they were equal. And to be honest, I don't want to be a 'tiger mom' and have my daughter locked in the house and just study. I want her to be more well-rounded but in GGGs report, I would score a 90% and she would score a 80%. But she'll be more well-rounded than me.
So I always ask, what are we measuring? Education? Social Status? Adaptability? Money?