At the risk of being unPC, I will put the situation bluntly: as far as most progressives are concerned, ethnic East Asians are slant-eyed white people, with all the supposed “privilege” attached thereto. To qualify for “diversity,” you cannot be Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Singaporean, or Vietnamese. (India[n]s will join this group soon enough, if they have not already done so.)
They actually have higher IQs by ten points than whites.
Colleges in California actually have Asians suffering more from ‘affirmative action’ than whites.
There’s also a huge cultural difference. Mostly in tact families and huge value on work effort. The dreaded ‘ tiger moms’ get great results.