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Originally Posted by JManc

Not really when you consider just how monolithic "Asian American" is and that the make up varies from region to region. Here in the Houston area, the largest Asian American population by far are people descendant of South Vietnamese refugees from the 70's. There has been a steady influx of people from South Asia and China as well. The latter tend to be higher educated and more upwardly mobile; doctors, engineers, professors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, etc.

yeah and besides all the stripes of asian folks the waves in houston are a good example of refugee to immigrant for the usa.