AsianAmericans also tend to be located in secondary labor markets. where wages are low and prospects minimal. and occupy lower or technical positions. where income potential is not as great as in the executive ranks. Proportionately fewer AsianAmericans are managers than is the case with other population groups. they constitute less than half of 1 percent of the officers and directors of the Nations thousand largest companies. In corporate America. AsianAmericans have their own "glass ceiling." In addition. many Americans mistakenly view the successful assimilation of more established. affluent groups such as ChineseAmericans and JapaneseAmericans as the community norm. They do not realize that the community is extremely diverse in terms of ethnicity and recency of immigration. The more recent arrivals from Southeast Asiafor example. Vietnamese.
Identified stereotypes
Many Americans mistakenly view the successful assimilation of more established, affluent groups such as ChineseAmericans and JapaneseAmericans as the community norm.