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I think they are Americans. It is not like countries are buying children to win at maths competitions as some do with athletes for the Olympics [0]. It is just

I think they are Americans. It is not like countries are buying children to win at maths competitions as some do with athletes for the Olympics [0]. It is just notable that they are all of Asian descent. It is also notable that they are all male. You are not instantly racist when you realize that a group that represents a country at a competition or the overall starting field of a competition has different characteristics than the general population. [0]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2016/07/07/seven-kenyans-two-jamaicans-and-a-cuban-competing-for-turkey---t/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2016/07/07/seven-kenyan...

adventured 10y ago
The racism isn't from noting the race, it's from attempting to proclaim that the competitors are not Americans due to their race eg being Asian. As an example, that claim was made up and down the threads on Reddit about last year's US Olympiad win.
- Alex3917 10y ago
  The U.S. does have a long history of importing foreigners to win competitions, so it's not really an unreasonable suspicion. E.g. a large percentage of athletes at Harvard are from Canada or eastern Europe, since their grades and SATs don't get included in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
  - douche 10y ago
    Harvard does have good hockey teams
    - yompers888 10y ago
      Rowing, too. It's substantially harder to win races when your school isn't allowed to import eastern Europeans for that purpose.