This study describes and evaluates the participation and status achievements of Orientals in the labor market, with particular attention to factors affecting such participation and whether differences in participation of Orientals and whites reflect discrimination. Inequalities and discrimination within the labor market are examined in terms of four major areas: labor force participation, occupational achievement, occupational mobility, and earnings from wages and salaries. It is concluded that, on the basis of their accomplishments in the labor market, Orientals are no longer a disadvantaged minority; they often equal or surpass the levels of socioeconomic status attained by whites. However, it is pointed out that problems of language and cultural differences still do exist, and there are still vestiges of the anti-Oriental movement. (Author/AM)