Read this about white flight from smart Asians

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<p>The New White Flight
Lifted from Proquest/the Wall Street Journal/AoPS…</p>

<p>[In Silicon Valley, two high schools with outstanding academic reputations are losing white students as Asian students move in. Why?] </p>

<p>Monta Vista High School’s parent-teacher association, recently dissuaded a family with a young child from moving to Cupertino because there are so few young white kids left in the public schools. “This may not sound good,” she confides, “but their child may be the only Caucasian kid in the class.” …</p>

<p>In the 1960s, the term “white flight” emerged to describe the rapid exodus of whites from big cities into the suburbs, a process that often resulted in the economic degradation of the remaining community. Back then, the phenomenon was mostly believed to be sparked by the growth in the population of African-Americans, and to a lesser degree Hispanics, in some major cities. </p>

<p>But this modern incarnation is different. Across the country, Asian- Americans have by and large been successful and accepted into middle- and upper-class communities. Silicon Valley has kept Cupertino’s economy stable, and the town is almost indistinguishable from many of the suburbs around it. The shrinking number of white students hasn’t hurt the academic standards of Cupertino’s schools – in fact the opposite is true. </p>

<p>This time the effect is more subtle: Some Asians believe that the resulting lack of diversity creates an atmosphere that is too sheltering for their children, leaving then unprepared for life in a country that is only 4% Asian overall. …</p>

<p>Some whites fear that by avoiding schools with large Asian populations parents are short-changing their own children, giving them the idea that they can’t compete with Asian kids. “My parents never let me think that because I’m Caucasian, I’m not going to succeed,” says Jessie Hogin, a white Monta Vista graduate. </p>

<p>The white exodus clearly involves race-based presumptions, not all of which are positive. One example: Asian parents are too competitive. That sounds like racism to many of Cupertino’s Asian residents, who resent the fact that their growing numbers and success are causing many white families to boycott the town altogether…"</p>

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<p>kinda of ironic, its where working hard, becomes a BAD thing, when other people look at you, especially when you’re asian. And it’s not like all those students DONT have lives. You can work hard, be smart, and have a life. Just because your asian( or any other race) and you care about grades and college and your future shouldn’ make you the next “omg stressed out don’t know what the real world is like” adolescent</p>

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<p>I have a friend living in San Jose, and he always talks about how “asian” it is. I heard the schools there are the best in the state.</p>

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<p>asians are taking over the world!</p>

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<p>So, first, there was white flight for fear of minorities downgrading education at schools and other facilities. Now, it’s TOO good?</p>

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<p>Wow, I can’t imagine moving away from a good school just because there’s “not enough” non-Asians. </p>

<p>Personally, I go to a school that has an extremely high percentage of international studens from various Asian countries. Their parents send them over to the college, so that they can get a good education and eventually transfer over to the university. I take mostly math/science classes where I’m usually the only non-Asian. Sure, its a little awkward because I stick out so much, but its really not a big deal. I’ve gotten to learn lots about their various cultures and their family back home. I’ve been introduced to kimchi and pho, as well as delicious types of candy :wink: Most of them seem to have a strong work ethic but that’s not a bad thing either. It makes me work harder, too.</p>

<p>I guess I’m just a little surprised at this article.</p>

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<p>The only downside I see to having a mostly Asian school environment is the crazy competition (if we go with the stereotype of genius, hardworking Asian kids). Which, for someone like me, would actually make me work harder.</p>

<p>I’m sure you could write a pretty unique essay about being a Caucasian and an URM in an upper/middle class neighborhood. :P</p>

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<p>racism strikes again, except this time, it’s working against the interests of the racists.</p>

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<p>anisha08 and tako would not like this development, but I am sure each already knows about it.</p>

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<p>i couldn’t find a link to the whole article, but if you can find the entire article it’s much more interesting…it’s like they say when the minority was blacks, it was less of an concern, now that its whites…</p>

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<p>this is actually true at a lot of bay area public schools(including mine). our school is like 70-80% asian. </p>

<p>and to be honest, i can understand why they’d wanna move out. our school is wayyy too math/science oriented, pretty much everyone wants to be a doctor or engineer, and we don’t have a lot of things that “normal” high-schools have(humanities classes, non-science APs, good sports teams LOL). also, some asians tend to sequester themselves from ppl of other races.</p>

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<p>I think this sums it up perfectly: AZN INVAZN.</p>

<p><em>ahem</em></p>

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<p>I think this is an equivalent headline:SAN JOSE SPORTS TEAMS GOING DOWN THE TUBE.</p>

<p>I’m only half joking. All but one asian I know plays no “hard” sport requiring lots of power, endurance, and overall strength (i.e., xc, track, baseball, football, basketball, hockey, wrestling). They either fence or play table tennis, if they even do that. I don’t mind it though unless they’re reclusive nerds with no social skills. Asians have the best natural diets as it is.</p>

<p>By the way, I’m not white so the more exodus there is, the more power to the minorities! Can’t wait till america’s whites are the minority and carlos mencia’s fantasy comes true (which is white people applying for affirmative action rofl)</p>

<p>Although it’s ironic that the smartest high schooler in America is white…</p>

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<p>Whoo.
My school is about 80% asian too, but I would hardly call it competitive. In fact, I’d go so far to call a good 60% of the student body slackers. Really, I’m being honest. Sure, we have plenty of those truly amazing kids, but they’re definately not mostly asian. Our school is definately not science or math oriented… sadly, it’s moreso football oriented, which sucks for the other 40% because our football team is… yeah. But then again, I think that’s because we’re military-- we’re some of the most integrated bunch of kiddies in America.</p>

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<p>I’m Asian, and it seems to be that there are many more Asian parents than white parents who are “competitive.” It’s quite sad.</p>

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<p>I’m 2nd generation Chinese American. My parents were nothing like those described in the article. I was one of the strung-out achievers of my generation (high school class of 1992), but compared to my counterparts of today, I was Ferris Bueller or Zack Morris. I swear, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to do what most of the students on these forums do. Believe me, if my parents were like those described in the article, my older siblings (who didn’t do as well in school as I did) would have been sent to reform school.</p>

<p>Admittedly, I didn’t grow up in an area with a large number of Asian Americans. So you could argue that I was cut off from the mainstream of Asian Americans.</p>

<p>I just can’t believe these hyperintense attitudes are the norm for Asian Americans. Isn’t that like saying that waving Confederate flags is normal behavior in the South?</p>

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<p>bay area asians man</p>

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<p>I live on the other side but HAHA. I love Mission San Jose and Monta Viste or whatever it’s called.</p>

<p>One problem is that when people say Asian most people think YELLOW. Mission San Jose is BROWN Asian not Yellow Asian.
My school is 54% Asian but it’s BROWN Asian.</p>

<p>That was by far one of the most pointless posts EVER.</p>

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<p>brown asian… do you mean Indians, or “non-slanted-eyed” people~ ? :D</p>

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<p>I think both “brown” and “yellow” asians do really well anyway.</p>