'Tiger mothers' run risk of raising ethnic outcasts in pursuit of academic success

For Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant parents and their children, success is equal to getting straight As, graduating from an elite university and pursuing an advanced degree. However, these narrow measures of success can make those who do not fulfil the strict aspirations feel like ethnic outliers, new research demonstrates. Decoupling race and ethnicity from achievement could give young Asian Americans more freedom in choosing careers.

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