Yes, definitely, but from the perspective of racial discourse, they tend to get hit with the same perception regardless of whether that's deserved or not. Historically in the US, and perhaps still, race(ism) is viewed on a scale from white to black. There's a lot about the issue scattered here, if you can get access to those pdf's. Asians became the "model minority", the ones that integrated into society and became successful in the wake of the various stages of Asian immigration. The perceptions carry over still today. How many ethnic stereotypes describe successfulness? Here's where the idea of the "racial bourgeoisie" steps in. Yes, it's all good and fucked up indeed. None of that would make you immune from perpetual foreigner syndrome, though. It's funny that you bring up Ivy Leagues though. Here in California at the UC system there is no affirmative action and Asians make up close to half the student body. I suppose Ivy League schools don't have a Tapioca Express in their food courts, but here, where things are mingled enough, it's kinda hard to imagine people suddenly getting angry at every other person they see.Here's the thing about Asian Americans. They're not a cohesive group with a common culture as Black Americans are.
Yeah, you've got a point. Sometimes I think that part of the difficulty of a national identity is that California isn't Massachusetts isn't Texas isn't Hawai'i and this lends itself to painting with broader strokes. Joe Six-pack can't be expected to know a Hmong from a Singaporean but even so, it's a shame that racism is often ignored or let slide under the misguided perception that it will somehow die on its own.