It's not popular to say, but it probably has more to do with the divide between (((white))) people who are "book-smart" but have asthma and are adverse to physical exertion and White people who are athletic, charismatic, and more practically minded.
Edit: Think about the (((Hollywood))) movies and how the bookish underdogs are always the good guys that get their revenge on the good-looking jocks who bully them because they are "different".
It's not popular to say, but it probably has more to do with the divide between (((white))) people who are "book-smart" but have asthma and are adverse to physical exertion and White people who are athletic, charismatic, and more practically minded.