^^^ Indeed, many recent immigrant from, e.g. BenglaDesh, have no role models, no affluence, poor command of the language when they arrive, endure their share of micro-aggression (they are Muslim and they are dark-skinned), yet enter STEM successfully – they are now the fastest growing ethnicity at New York City’s STEM-oriented Stuyvesant High School.
So much for the usual tired narratives.
By the way, the fact that almost half the students at Stuyvesant High School are poor enough to qualify for reduced or free federal lunch is most inconvenient to those who like to say that testing, or pretty much anything, favors the rich (Stuyvesant admissions is by testing only).