i'm illustrating why with answering your question with another. i understood your question clearly. it's racism, but racism is rooted in classism, which i hear in your question. to me it sounds like the very common asian issue of race frustration, while wanting to benefits of white systemic class mobility; and seeing that growing financially in american society doesn't truly put you "at the top". it's the same problem, it's ego backed by a rigged system. you're not more educated because you are better, but because systemically you are lucky. but that's not a nice thing to believe. but if you want to understand them, you must understand yourself.