"minoritu" - 1 õppematerjal

Society and culture of english-speaking countries

an estimated 42M African Americans in the US. They are the biggest racial minority and the second-largest ethnic minority. African Americans attend college at half the rates that whites do, but more than Natives and Hispanics. Home ownership rates are lower and single mother households more common. Asian Americans descend from peoples in the Far East, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontonent. There are an estimated 15M Asian Americans in the US. They are the third-largest ethnic minoritu, but the fastest-growing one. Most Asian Americans have come from China, India, the Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan their countries of origin, their status in present-day American society. Asian Americans are sometimes referred to as the "model minority" because of their socioeconomic success. Overall, they are more educated and more wealthy than other Americans, but they also have bigger property rates than White Americans.Asian Americans have a strong work ethic. 5