During the Great Depression, Asian Americans were generally able, unlike African Americans, to keep from losing their jobs to white Americans. who were college educated generally weathered the crisis fairly well. had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest. were limited by law to low-paying jobs such as salesclerks and food servers. found it easier to move into mainstream professions.
During the Great Depression, Asian Americans
were generally able, unlike African Americans, to keep from losing their jobs to white Americans.
who were college educated generally weathered the crisis fairly well.
had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest.
were limited by law to low-paying jobs such as salesclerks and food servers.
found it easier to move into mainstream professions.