One of the strongest is the idealization of Asian-Americans as a “model minority”—hard working, studious, committed to family, and so on. There are a .... The Asian groups faring poorly are those living in areas with poorer quality schools—similar, in fact, to those in which African Americans live. read more
In college I recall reading a book on Japanese Americans which stated that in some communities with segregated cemeteries, the Chinese Americans had to use the Black cemetery and the Japanese Americans used the White cemetery. read more
In short, Asians and Asian Americans steered clear of the American South for the most part until after the civil rights era and the Vietnam War. As blatant racism became less popular and more stigmatized, they entered the area and have established lives for themselves. read more
At the time, Asians were living life under an exclusion regime that had many similarities to Jim Crow — not the same as Jim Crow, but certainly a cousin of Jim Crow. There was a whole matrix of laws and discriminatory practices. read more