Half Hour of Heterodoxy

Half Hour of Heterodoxy


Episode 25: Arthur Sakamoto, Conventional Wisdom about Asian Americans

May 15, 2018

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