> The reality is asians aren't as physically capable as other races, generally speaking.
What about baseball then? MLB has only 3% asians[1]. However, asians have demonstrated excellence at a very similar sport (Cricket), so physique should not matter.
Disclaimer: I'm only intimately familiar with America's and Japan's baseball scenes.
That comes down to MLB play being on an entirely different plane of existence from Japanese (and I would presume other asian locales') professional league baseball.
Japan has two of their own professional leagues, and a handful of players manage to move over to the MLB in their careers. But only a handful make it, because the minimum skill and performance levels demanded by the MLB are several orders of magnitudes higher than Japan's leagues.
This isn't about racism nor discrimination, the reality is the vast majority of Japanese baseball players simply don't make the cut for MLB.
Players like Nomo, Ichiro, and Ohtani were among the cream of the crop in Japan's baseball leagues when they moved to the MLB. They make it all look mundane, but they quite literally busted several asses to get in the MLB.
Conversely, MLB players who move over to Japan's baseball leagues tend to wipe the floor with Japanese players because the performance floor is so much lower.
This is all to say physique, and also attitude, very definitely matter. That shit ain't easy; mad respects from me as a baseball fan. Baseball is as meritocracy as it gets.
P.S. Kudos to Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers for making the MLB one of the pioneers and forerunners in true equality for mankind.
What about baseball then? MLB has only 3% asians[1]. However, asians have demonstrated excellence at a very similar sport (Cricket), so physique should not matter.
[1] https://routine.com/blogs/press-box/mlb-player-demographics