If you're Asian...

Shrinkrap
Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:50:05 +0000

"The statistic is actually correct. "

What statistic? How about these?

[ACE | Students of Color Make Dramatic Gains in College Enrollment But Still Trail Whites in the Rate at Which They Attend College](American Council on Education)

“Although students of color made significant gains in college enrollment, African American and Hispanic students still lag behind their white peers in the rate at which they enroll in college. In 2002-04, 47.3 percent of white high school graduates age 18 to 24 attended college compared with 41.1 percent of African Americans and 35.2 percent of Hispanics.”

“The high school completion rate for African Americans age 18 to 24 rose two percentage points from 75.6 percent in 1992-94 to 77.8 percent in 2002-04, while the rate for Hispanics showed the largest increase up from 56.6 percent in 1992-94 to 64.4 percent in 2002-04. Hispanics still trail whites and African Americans in high school completion. The high school completion for whites was 87.6 percent in 2002-04, up from 85.6 percent in 1992-94.”

I didn’t see any Asian statistics there, but I bet AS A GROUP, the numbers look pretty good.

I DID find this…

“Among students who began college in 1995–96, Asian-American students had the highest rate of attaining a bachelor’s degree (62.3 percent) within six years, followed by white students (58 percent), Hispanics (42 percent) and African Americans (36.4 percent).”

And this…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_outcomes_in_the_United_States_by_race_and_other_classifications

Seriously…be proud…the IMPORTANT odds are WITH you.