What is behind the low Asian-American racial makeup in American sports? March 14, 2024 — by Florence Hu and Bryan Zhao While Asian Americans make up 6.3% of the U.S. population, only 2.2% of active student-athletes in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) are Asian. This underrepresentation, combined with few major Asian American collegiate superstars, has resulted in the depiction that Asian athletes are “weak, fragile, and biologically ‘unsuited’ to modern sports.” The perpetuation of the […] read more »