But of course, this finding will be construed to be nothing but ‘White privilege’. And maybe it is. Middle upper and upper class Americans have higher expectations of their children and the kids work toward those expectations. I suspect, if they looked further, they would find that this applies across Gendar AND Racial lines. The success is more defined by Middle upper and Upper, than by any race or gender. Middle, Middle lower and Lower ‘class’ Americans often fall into the ‘Vicitm’ mentality, helped along by the Dems, of course. Lower expectations will get you lower outcomes.
I think it is the expectations angle. Asian kids in even bad neighborhoods are expected by their parents to do well, and usually meet those expectations. Black kids who have (real) families who expect a certain level of performance achieve those expectations.
Are Asian Indians and Northeast Asians now magically white? Children from these backgrounds, especially the first and second generations, do better than children of European ancestry. OTOH, there have always been white trash, for example, the three cretins in Louisiana who murdered a man who was recovering from brain surgery. Their ancestry is likely similar to the old, wealthy families of New Orleans. There is a genetic element to intelligence, but culture and environment are predominant.
Every morning here in Nashua, NH I pass by the entrance to a private STEM high school. Parents line up with their children to drop them off. No buses. It is the #1 ranked high school in the state. The people sending their children to this school are a high percentage of Asian Americans and white.
Check out the pictures. These are the children that will be running our country in future :).
I was incorrect. The Academy of Science and Design in Nashua is a chartered public school grades 6-12.