That hasn't been my experience so far in discussing it over the last two victories. I see it almost universally out of Europeans who prefer to think of the US as backwards on education and capability, so they'll take any angle they can to discredit the US if it achieves something in that realm.
I one time met an Asian American woman that did a graduate study in Italy. She said it was constant that the Italians always assumed she was from Asia, and never believed she was really from the United States.
People outside of North America just assume that Americans come in two colors: white and black. And why wouldn't they? That's all the American entertainment industry shows.
