Invisible and Struggling Asian Americans are generally known for their diligent work ethics, their high levels of education and the high paying job that follows from their education. This stereotype is even supported with statistical data, Asian Americans holding a higher median household income, $66,000, compared to the general population’s $49,800 (Pew Research Center). With a rise in Asian immigrants and the Asian American populace as a whole and how they are projected to be the largest minority group by 2055 (Cepeda), the U.S. economy seems to have a bright future ahead. However, the well-known fallacy of stereotypes is that they have their exceptions and also that statistics sometimes can be framed to skew the situation. Hunger and
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Following, the language fluency issue is a key cause to their poverty, therefore, by integrating English fluency programs these individuals will no longer be subject to those issues. Another solution to the language issues would be to be inactive and let lingual and cultural assimilation over time teach these incoming immigrants of American culture and society. To uplift the current populace, by providing financial support for higher levels of education will give them the opportunity to climb themselves out of this poor economic hole. Finally, by providing more job opportunity in these ethnic enclaves and raising the standards of work through educational programs about American work standards and welfare programs, the quality of life in these ethnic enclaves will …show more content…
Some limiting factors that impede their educational careers are high costs of living and the cost of college as a whole which can be solved through scholarships and affirmative action. When speculating the more successful side of Asian Americans, they are around twenty percent more likely to pursue higher levels of education (Pew Research Center). The other side depicts the necessity for education and they explicitly show results from their higher median income. This effort to improve education was already attempted through the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, however, due to lack of desire to fund the program it was dispersed (Pandya). The program showed to be effective in the integration of immigrants into the American economy. Under the assumption that they share similar work ethics of successful Asian Americans, with the correct resource allocation these individuals can rise up to the economic level of the
Following, the language fluency issue is a key cause to their poverty, therefore, by integrating English fluency programs these individuals will no longer be subject to those issues. Another solution to the language issues would be to be inactive and let lingual and cultural assimilation over time teach these incoming immigrants of American culture and society. To uplift the current populace, by providing financial support for higher levels of education will give them the opportunity to climb themselves out of this poor economic hole. Finally, by providing more job opportunity in these ethnic enclaves and raising the standards of work through educational programs about American work standards and welfare programs, the quality of life in these ethnic enclaves will …show more content…
Some limiting factors that impede their educational careers are high costs of living and the cost of college as a whole which can be solved through scholarships and affirmative action. When speculating the more successful side of Asian Americans, they are around twenty percent more likely to pursue higher levels of education (Pew Research Center). The other side depicts the necessity for education and they explicitly show results from their higher median income. This effort to improve education was already attempted through the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, however, due to lack of desire to fund the program it was dispersed (Pandya). The program showed to be effective in the integration of immigrants into the American economy. Under the assumption that they share similar work ethics of successful Asian Americans, with the correct resource allocation these individuals can rise up to the economic level of the