The Statement that Asians are better at maths than white people is partly a myth. While education in Asian countries have a strong foundation in the Natural sciences, most developed countries still present the work of (white people)Sir Isaac Newton, Gottfried Liebniz, Euler, Lagrange, and Fermat as the foundation of advanced math studies at the college level, GCSE, A-levels, IB, and AP in the US (to name a few). White people have excelled at mathematics since the early greek civilization and even before.
On the other hand, today, Asian countries have developed an efficient system of education (which fits with their population needs) where it is possible to advance quite successfully in the fields of science: the system is mostly comprised of rote-learning schemes and discipline. In the west, we prefer to educate our students to become 'well-rounded' human beings, therefore very little science is enforced as compulsory to complete one's studies in any other given field (most Americans are illiterate in math, partly because they stop learning up to calculus, or even before, they stop at college algebra). In addition, american education cascades the curricula with an array of rubbish classes under the guise of 'liberal arts'. Whilst I happen to strongly disagree with this stance, as I think Americans are wasting their money with nonsense liberal art courses that they don't need, I believe students should have the freedom to pursue any field they wish for.
Fields Medalist winners, mostly comprised of white people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal
Asians are still a minority in said group.
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