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Whites are afraid of economic competition with Asia.
In 1984 Reagan cites that the median household income for Asian Americans is higher than the national average. Based on the 1970 census President Reagan's statistics about the median income of Asian Americans could be misleading because the 1970 census data was over generalized and inaccurate. Many factors were overseen and left out, and the data was not studied greatly in depth. The data concerning the median income of Asian American families were clearly misleading, due to three factors. What was discovered was that, although the median income of Asian American families was higher than that of white families, the median income of individuals was found to be lower for Asians than for whites.