> a large majority of white people and Asians are monolingual
Please edit "white people" to "American and Chinese white people"... people from smaller countries are more prone to knowing more languages :P Also, people who migrate or travel a lot. Also, since race discrimination is still a thing in the US and not only, smart people of color do their best to appear at least as smart as they really are, and knowing foreign languages probably helps a lot.
Being white and of the right nationality in a developed country simply allows you to be lazier, and you can afford to appear "dumb" in casual life, or to focus on only what you care about, hence you'd probably not bother learning any foreign languages, the ROI would be very bad for you, others will learn your native language instead... We all have limited amounts of brainpower and we try to invest it as well as we can.
Please edit "white people" to "American and Chinese white people"... people from smaller countries are more prone to knowing more languages :P Also, people who migrate or travel a lot. Also, since race discrimination is still a thing in the US and not only, smart people of color do their best to appear at least as smart as they really are, and knowing foreign languages probably helps a lot.
Being white and of the right nationality in a developed country simply allows you to be lazier, and you can afford to appear "dumb" in casual life, or to focus on only what you care about, hence you'd probably not bother learning any foreign languages, the ROI would be very bad for you, others will learn your native language instead... We all have limited amounts of brainpower and we try to invest it as well as we can.