bkshoppr,
I assume you are posting in a tongue-in-cheek satirical tone. Because to suggest that the primary motivation is to draw negative attention to others, rather than to simply avoid negative attention upon themselves, is sheer ludicrousness. Of course, the major reason is that BelowAverageAsiansdo simply do not exist. By virtue of being a model minority, all Asians are at minimum, average, and mostly above average. Given this fact, it is much easier to explain the lower unemployment rate for Asians, higher rate of white-collar employment (versus other US immigrant minorities), and the absurdly overachieving academic performances turned out by Asian students not just in Irvine Unified, but in school districts nationwide.
Seriously, I know quite a few Asian engineers who were laid off within the past year. Being Asian may confer a degree of recession-resistance, but does not make one recession-proof.
