asians, as a whole, dont complain about needing a hand up in society. they go out and work hard and suceed over a couple of gens. I have a feeling that i will get yelled at for that comment but its fairly true.
Before you get an influx of bad comments over this, I'll go ahead and throw my hat on your side and say I agree. At least that's true statically as well as what I've seen in my own life.
It seems to be less actual minority status and more disadvantaged status that makes you a URM.
yeah, i wasn't expecting things to trend this direction. however, i think we are getting into stereotypes. not all asians are succeeding. while many do work hard, so do many people of other ethnicities. secondly, i don't like the premise that URM status is given based upon how much complaining a specific race does.
there is a misconception that all asians are rich, or at least succeeding financially. this, however, is not true. 9.8% of all asians live below the poverty line, while 8.2% of whites. further, URM is not based on income.
so, the disadvantaged status that blacks have stem from racism and slavery.
the disadvantaged status that native americans have is forced relocation and the taking of tribal lands by the US government.
the disadvantaged status that hispanics have--i am not sure of this, maybe someone knows.
but what about asians? japanese americans, somewhere over 110,000, where forced into internmnet camps, had their assets frozen, and their property seized. many received monetary compensation, and that was that. it wasn't until 1970 something that the government ever admitted they had done anything wrong. further, this internment of japanese americans led to racism against asians (since most racists don't know the difference between a japanese american and a korean american) among other races as the current President referred these people's ethnicities as "enemy." today, many asians still have to deal with racist attitudes toward them.
so disadvantaged status? i'm still curious as to why asians aren't URM...