They’re no so low IQ, as street smart and filled with common sense that comes from being down to earth and well grounded.
Yes, there are always exceptions, but the exceptions do not invalidate the truth of the generality.
We do people a disservice when we stick the thought in their mind that they can be anything they want to be. Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Some people (most people in fact) will never be smart enough to be a brain surgeon, or a physicist, ect. We only set them up for failure for leading them to believe otherwise.
I see it as a cultural crisis of laziness.
No longer do we possess the cultural ethic of hard work.
To strive is to be a loser nowadays.
Black rappers taught me that.