▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁" black ▁athlet ic ▁superior ity ". ▁ ▁" E ast ▁Asian ▁athlet ic ▁views " ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁East ▁A si ans ▁are ▁s tere ot yp ed ▁as ▁being ▁phys ically ▁and ▁athlet ically ▁inferior ▁to ▁other ▁races . ▁This ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁much ▁disc rim ination ▁in ▁the ▁rec ruit ment ▁process ▁of ▁professional ▁American ▁sports , ▁which ▁cont ributes ▁to ▁Asian ▁American ▁athlet es ▁being ▁highly ▁under re present ed ▁in ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁professional ▁sports ▁teams ▁( a ▁fact ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁noted ▁by ▁many ▁sources ). ▁Professional ▁basketball ▁player ▁Jer emy ▁Lin ▁believed ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁reasons ▁why ▁he ▁wasn ' t ▁draft ed ▁by ▁an ▁NBA ▁team ▁was ▁his ▁race . ▁This ▁belief ▁has ▁been ▁re iter ated ▁by ▁sports ▁writer ▁Se an ▁Gregory ▁of ▁Time ▁magazine ▁and ▁NBA ▁commission er ▁David ▁Stern . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁despite ▁making ▁up ▁ 6 % ▁of ▁nation ' s ▁population ▁Asian ▁American ▁athlet es ▁only ▁represented ▁ 2 % ▁of ▁the ▁NFL , ▁ 1 . 9 % ▁of ▁the ▁ML B ▁and ▁less ▁than ▁ 1 % ▁of ▁the ▁NBA ▁and ▁N HL . ▁Br andon ▁Y ip ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁player ▁of ▁Chinese ▁descent ▁playing ▁professional ▁hockey ▁in ▁the ▁N HL ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Basketball ▁should ▁be ▁a ▁sport ▁that ▁is ▁noted ▁for ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁it ▁has ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁lowest ▁numbers ▁of ▁Asian ▁athlet es ▁being ▁represented ▁despite ▁the