Comments by "Peter Jacobsen" (@pjacobsen1000) on "CNBC"
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Disparities within the Asian-American group seem to reflect their ethnic/national/cultural background. For example, Hmong Americans, who are among the poorest in America, are also among the poorest within Asia. Not only were they persecuted after the Vietnam War by the Lao government, but even long before that, Hmong have traditionally lived on marginal lands throughout Laos, Vietnam and China. Today, the Hmong/Miao larger group are very much behind other groups within their home countries.
Burmese come from a country which has been mired in authoritarian rule with little economic development for decades, and thus it is not surprising that they come to America with a starting point that is far behind Chinese, for example.
Han Chinese have been among the most successful ethnic group within China for millennia, and so again, it's not surprising that the cultural traits that made them successful within Asia also make them successful in America.
Most Vietnamese that came as refugees after the Vietnam War are actually ethnic Chinese who were persecuted by the ethnic Vietnamese.
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