To expand upon my prior comment, this might be a bit vague but oftentimes when we look at different ethnic groups or differences among countries we observe some kind of correlation between SES and crime or academic achievement or whatever else. And then we get into discussions about whether correlation necessarily implies causation, etc.
What I have observed though is that these correlations are significantly lessened when you examine people of East Asian descent. I noted above that relatively poor by first world standards China seems to have a per capita rate of intentional homicides comparable to that of wealthier East Asian countries. Likewise China doesn't seem to lag wealthier countries in East Asia when one looks at PISA scores or other sorts of country level measures of achievement. I noted above the prevalence of poor immigrant families among the kids who are testing into the elite high schools in NYC. I'm also reminded of this Guardian article from 10 years ago which I've linked to below pointing out that albeit from a small sample size, the gap in academic achievement between higher SES and lower SES British Chinese pupils was significantly lower than that of other ethnicities in the UK.
To expand upon my prior comment, this might be a bit vague but oftentimes when we look at different ethnic groups or differences among countries we observe some kind of correlation between SES and crime or academic achievement or whatever else. And then we get into discussions about whether correlation necessarily implies causation, etc.
What I have observed though is that these correlations are significantly lessened when you examine people of East Asian descent. I noted above that relatively poor by first world standards China seems to have a per capita rate of intentional homicides comparable to that of wealthier East Asian countries. Likewise China doesn't seem to lag wealthier countries in East Asia when one looks at PISA scores or other sorts of country level measures of achievement. I noted above the prevalence of poor immigrant families among the kids who are testing into the elite high schools in NYC. I'm also reminded of this Guardian article from 10 years ago which I've linked to below pointing out that albeit from a small sample size, the gap in academic achievement between higher SES and lower SES British Chinese pupils was significantly lower than that of other ethnicities in the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/feb/07/chinese-children-school-do-well