If white people would only try harder, they'd be as well off as Asian-Americans.

I believe that the left continuously calls on the race card. If they have nothing productive to say (which is most times) then this is a favorite. People that use racism as an excuse for their failure will always be one.

That's that great social science for you. There's no "science" in it at all. You implant a thought to make people say what you want them to say. When the question was asked to TPers, there was no answer given--in terms of agree/disagree, the only options--which wouldn't make them out to be racial/ists. Agree? So you say blacks don't try hard enough. Disagree? So you say blacks can never be as well off as whites. The big revelation was that TPers thought in terms of race. Well, no f'n sh&t! That's exactly how it was framed. If you're a white TPer, already accused of being a racist, and someone comes along asking you racially-charged questions, you know it's curtains. Refuse to answer, you're a racist; anything you do say, it can and will be used against you in a court of public opinion. It's bogus. The question isn't actually a question. It's presented as statement of fact: black people are not as well off as white people. FAIL from the start. The question posed is legitimate in the sense that all people can succeed in America. But when it's presented to people as if all black people are disadvantages and all white people are well off, it's completely ridiculous and people should be ashamed to carry that crap around. Go through Kentucky and Alabama and countless other places and see that trailer courts outnumber projects by 12:1 and then say white are somehow well off. Ahh. This has been bothering me for a year. I despise this sort of twisted crap to play a victim and to twist people into becoming racists.

It's so true! If whites try and work much harder and smarter, we could be on the same level as Asian-Americans. My Asian friends work so hard because so much pressure is put on them to be smarter and better than what they are.

I do not see how they can really believe that white people are worse off than Asian Americans in the first place. Just take a look at the Forbes listing of the richest people in America - Asian Americans aren't there! Here is a link to the listing - http://www.forbes.com/wealth/forbes-400 Everyone has a shot at getting rich in this country and you don't even have to be real smart or work real hard. Also, I know a lot of hardworking people of all races/ethnicities who never get anywhere.

When I see a girl of Asian descent who moved to the US at the age of 10, speaking no English, who becomes valedictorian of her graduating class in high school, I realize that there is something that sets her apart. Perhaps it has to do with her individual intelligence and drive, but that doesn't explain the great success of so many Asian-Americans. I think that much of it is a matter of culture and what is valued in that culture. If hard work and academic success is valued and the importance of goals is stressed, the achievements will be higher. Are we stressing hard work and the importance of goals when we teach classes bi-lingually to "help" non-English speaking students? Maybe we are hindering their success, because we are telling them we don't think they can succeed without our help, without special treatment and accommodations. I still believe that anyone can succeed if they have the drive and the ambition, if they want it badly enough. If we are not instilling that sort of drive in our children, we cannot expect them to succeed. A Chinese-American author came under fire lately for her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, in which she wrote that Chinese women make the best mothers. She details the strict rules imposed on her as a child - all studies, no play. There were studies and music lessons but no television and no sleepovers. Our American culture has become one of excuses and special accommodations. Although there are times these are necessary, they are too often the norm rather than the exception. So, I think that Asian Americans are smart, driven, hard-working and wired for achievement. I think a lot of white Americans have become lazy with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement. Am I a racist? No,I am a realist. Denying something doesn't make it untrue. Non-Asian mothers may not want to employ Tiger Mother methods as they think they are too draconian. But maybe we don't all have to be as permissive and undemanding as we are. The best thing about comparing and contrasting, even if it's considered non-PC, is that we can learn from each other.

I think that there are many problems with society and the country as a whole It is not a race issue, but a PEOPLE issue. If any person wants to better themself, they have to work hard to reach their goals. I don't care if you are a man or woman, black, white or pink with yellow stripes....the fact remains the same....you are your own person and only you can change the situation you are in. If you want something, you have to work for it and you have to work hard. You cannot sit around belly-aching about the things in your life because that isn't going to help you at all. You have to be willing, as a PERSON to stand up and get motivated to make your life what you want it to be.

I think everyone needs to try their best (regardless of race). If they are not willing to do that, then they do not deserve to receive handouts. Unfortunately, those who live off of handouts are in the perfect training program to stay there. For those who want to focus on race, then I would say the the minorities have been given quite a head start in the US and must be absolutely lazy if they are not leading the pack. Even apart from race, there will always be inequalities in money and power. Those that come from money and power will certainly have more opportunities to get ahead in life. That is not something to be mad about, it is just a fact of life. Those who do not have the social standing they want, are then challenged to go after it with everything they have. Many have done that and made great strides.

Hmnn, could it be that our government will give them loans at a really low interest rate to come over here and buy gas stations, convenience stores? Once they buy them, they get rid of all the employees and hire on their own families. If they were to come to America and start over without all the help that our government gives them, I wonder if they would be as successful??

Hello Taskr36 I think that fool people, with lack of intelligence are racists. Where their mind ends the racism begins. In my country we do not have Asian-americas, but there´s racism, though. I think that when people strikes with the end of their brain, they need to feel superior in one way, and there racism begins. My country, as every country of the world is very racial mixed by now. Spain with mayas, aztecs, chichimecs, and so on. Then europeans and americans get mixed here too. We have no asian roots. But racism is live. I am brunnette, and my husband is blond. So I am sensible to racism. I know that in my country the blond people (specially light eyed) is more accepted, since we almost are bruns and with dark eyes. Read something funny, cute and tender: I lived in Paris for 6 months, too long ago, I was in the subway tunnel and suddenly a lovely blue/green eyed blonded mature woman, stopped me. She grabbed me by my shoulders and said: OMG you have BROWN EYES!!!! Hahahaha I´ll never forget that lovely woman. So, I think that when we can´t love people, that means even we can´t love ourselves, we became looking for foolish excuses. God just looks to the soul. Don´t you think so? Blessings!... Dainy

People inherently gather in goups of the familiar. After all, I do not like to drive fast or ride in a fast car, so I tend not to hang around race car drivers. This has nothing to with racism, its just human nature. People trust what is familiar. People like to be around those who are like themselves. The REAL racism is when one group uses political power or physical intimadation to force the other group into submission. The REAL racism in our world is overlooked and not seen, because we are all so worried about being politically correct. It demeans those in this world who LIVE WITH actual hard core racism, for the word to be bandied about as it is for no good reason. And then, if we take an objective look at who it was that promoted and fed into the racism in our own countries past there'd be more liberals and democrats with hoods on than not. It was the democrats who were the majority pro slavery in the 1860's. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_democratic.html Yet they are the ones throwing the word around at republicans. Do we try and make sure one race succeeds over another, not in the case of Asians. For the most part, they are a very motivated and responsible people. Motivation and responsibility=success. I'd worry if they weren't successful, that would mean something else was holding them back.