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Arthur Sakamoto on Conventional Wisdom about Asian Americans: Half Hour of Heterodoxy #25
Arthur Sakamoto on Conventional Wisdom about Asian Americans: Half Hour of Heterodoxy #25
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
May 15, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Arthur Sakamoto (@sakamoto_arthur), sociologist at Texas A&M, discusses three myths about Asian Americans.
0:00 The questionable claim of a high Hmong dropout rate
08:00 The poverty rate and wealth of Asians and non-Asians
14:01 Are Asians disadvantaged by living in costly neighborhoods?
20:10 Assimilation and the mobile labor market
23:40 Why do sociologists selectively talk about cost of living?
25:31 White privilege and the alleged bamboo ceiling
0:00 The questionable claim of a high Hmong dropout rate
08:00 The poverty rate and wealth of Asians and non-Asians
14:01 Are Asians disadvantaged by living in costly neighborhoods?
20:10 Assimilation and the mobile labor market
23:40 Why do sociologists selectively talk about cost of living?
25:31 White privilege and the alleged bamboo ceiling
Released:
May 15, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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