As post #38 points out, this is provably false. Whether IQ distribution, SAT test distribution, or other objective methods are used.
Yes, there are brilliant black people. Thomas Sowell, for example, is a genius. I personally know many brilliant black people. But the MEDIAN IQ level for blacks is less than for whites, with the result that a larger percentage of the black population is unable to cope with jobs that demand intelligence.
Complain to the Mods all you want, but the truth is the truth, and can be readily verified.
I believe nurture (lack of or lack of the right kind) has more to do with the testing difference than anything else. I read an article about a woman that did home visits for custody issues and she noted that in the majority of Asian homes there were books everywhere. In white homes there were books, even if the family did not consider themselves to be readers there were cookbooks, self help books, magazines, children’s books. In Hispanic homes there were few books, but nearly always some in each home. She noted that black homes, unless in an upper middle class or above area usually there would be no reading material of any kind.
The saddest thing to me is I have read books about how bad slaves wanted to learn to read, to be educated. Many blacks now place no value on education. Those that do succeed far above expectations, even if they are poverty level and live in inner city conditions.
But irrelevant, by definition...and therefore pointless and inflammatory.
If someone wishes to become a rocket scientist, raw intellect is probably necessary. But observe any number of professions where the typical bear is not all that bright...college professors, in my experience...lawyers...doctors...each have their share of dim bulbs.
If someone wants to be successful it requires drive and determination, not raw intellect.
If there's an issue, it's not racial, it's cultural.