Last week the Pew Center released a report that confirmed preconceived notions about Asian Americans (all of us!)–and found that as an immigrant group we earn more money, we get more education and we take marriage more seriously. You can’t argue with concrete evidence if you haven’t done your own research (what–you don’t like a sample size of Samhita?) but you can critique the framing and the methodology.

From a cultural standpoint, they are missing a lot of little nuances that make up the “Asian” experience in the US. It’s not actually the peachy, pull yourself by your boot straps, American dream story that Republicans like to jack off to. Our lives are diverse, complex and we didn’t all graduate with ...