How well would Germany do if it took away Turkish scores, and how well would France do if it took away Arab scores?
Perhaps the U.S would do even better if only Asian-Americans were allowed to participate.
Perhaps the U.S would do even better if only Asian-Americans were allowed to participate.
American blacks make up nearly 13% of the population in the US. That's a pretty significant difference and if you include all minority groups, America's a significantly less homogeneous place than any country in Europe or Asia that I'm aware of.
I agree with your (unstated) premise that this isn't the point, though.
Non-ethnic germans make up 20% of the population, far greater than the 2.1%. See here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland#Demografie
Same goes with France, I just used 'arabs' for demonstration, but the actual non-ethnic French percentage is higher than the ethnic blacks in the U.S.
Or am I drawing erroneous conclusions from the data?