too many asians?

the wall street journal (online) published an article titled "The New White Flight". it describes two silicon valley high schools (one of them, lynbrook, being my alma mater) with suberb academic reputations, but states that they are "losing white students as Asian students move in".

the article attributes the observed phenomenon to "white flight". in other words, white parents are purposefully avoiding the districts these high schools are in, and sending their children to schools that are less asian. young white families say they are "avoiding cupertino altogether" (not because of housing prices, of course). white parents are leaving because "the schools are too academically driven and too narrowly invested in subjects such as math and science at the expense of liberal arts and extracurriculars like sports and other personal interests" (even though almost all my classmates busted their asses participating in band, drama, speech and debate, sports, volunteer clubs, student government, etc.). one woman's son took the high school exit exam, and left the school to avoid academic pressure (not surprising, since he's now working at a pet-supply store). a monta vista graduate stated he wouldn't send his kids to his alma mater: "It was a sheltered little world that didn't bear a whole lot of resemblance to what the rest of the country is like." he recently graduated from yale. sorry to say, yale probably does not bear a whole lot of resemblance to rest of the country (the rest being full of pretty dumb people).

actually, i guess i'm being a little unfair (quoting only bits and pieces of the article and all :)). but really, what is the reason for so many darn asians at these high schools? i think it may just be that they have crazy reputations among the asian community, and so houses on the market are instantaneously snatched up by asian families at any cost. considering that there are more or less a constant number of homes available, the asian population will only rise over time.

i definitely noticed that there were a lot of asians when i was at lynbrook, but i also never thought white classmates as out of place (maybe the black students, but only because there were a grand total of maybe two). i have to admit though that going to college, i probably felt somewhat more at ease interacting with asian classmates. at the beginning, it definitely also felt a little odd that there were so few asians (~20%, compared to 50%+). however, it didn't really take long to get over that.

in conclusion:
1. i didn't know the wall street journal published such crap (maybe just the online version?).
2. i wish everything would stop being perceived as racially motivated.
3. it would admittedly be nice if lynbrook was more racially diverse (and not just because i prefer the white guys!).