[guns]

> But the greatest thing that ever happened to them wasn't that they studied hard, or that they benefited from tiger moms or Confucian values. It's that other Americans started treating them with a little more respect.

It seems strange to ignore the possibility that one led to the other.

[gbersac]

Had the same idea while reading this post. It tries to prove that "all myths are rooted in truth", is wrong because asian american succeded, not because they worked better, but because they benefitted from better popularity.

My interpretation is : asian worked harder (as a group) it was noticed and it improved their reputation. Thanks to this, they got better wages.