[nuje]

Anyone know how big the Asian demographic is in the US? Would help in guesstimating sincerity of this (vs just a play to get their vote after losing the black and hispanic groups)

Regardless, the bigger story of the alarming anti-meritocratic direction in the US is the poor social mobility in general.

edit: WP says Asians are 5.6% of US population.

[bane]

Caveat for those outside the U.S. American vernacular generally does not include people from the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, Central Asian countries or Siberia as "Asian".

So there are lots of qualifications needed for what constitutes this number. If it is a self-selected demographic choice it may include these groups, e.g. many peoples from the Indian subcontinent refer to themselves as "Asian" even though this doesn't align with the American use of the word.

[codegeek]

I know where you are coming from. But on paper, Asians include people from Indian subcontinent etc. See this wp link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Asian_Americans

[Tipzntrix]

I believe this article specifically states that it inludes Indian subcontinent, Cambodia, Phillipines, and Vietnam with the typical Orientals.