<story><title>The model minority is losing patience</title><url>http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21669595-asian-americans-are-united-states-most-successful-minority-they-are-complaining-ever</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rsy96</author><text>One reason that Asians outperform other racial groups in the United States is overlooked in the article: the difficulty of immigration. Most whites and blacks are born within the US, and Hispanics are either born or move into the US by simply crossing a land border. For Asians to come to the US, they have to cross the Pacific Ocean. In order to do that, they have to be either rich (at least middle class), highly educated, or extremely adventurous and self motivating. The Pacific Ocean filters out many would-be Asian Americans that would have lowered the average of the &amp;quot;modelness&amp;quot; of the group.</text></comment>
<story><title>The model minority is losing patience</title><url>http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21669595-asian-americans-are-united-states-most-successful-minority-they-are-complaining-ever</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>stared</author><text>See also a longer text on the same problem:  &amp;quot;The Myth of American Meritocracy&amp;quot; (2012) &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theamericanconservative.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;the-myth-of-american-meritocracy&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theamericanconservative.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;the-myth-of-...&lt;/a&gt; (or, as I would summarize it, &amp;quot;why Asians are the new Jews&amp;quot;).</text></comment>