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One of the meaningful disadvantages to being African American is having a substantially lower IQ on average compared to most other population groups. I would wager that IQ correlates strongly with performance in any scientific or technical field. And no, this difference is not only due to cultural influence. Up to 80% is genetic. I'm sorry, but I think people on this site prefer to discuss true facts, how politically sensitive they might be.

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"facts" doesn't mean hurling incendiary claims like yours around without linking to proof. You deserve every one of the downvotes you're going to get, least of all because you don't cite anything.

The discussion is not about racial differences in intelligence, but since race was brought up as it being discriminated against by people like me (white, male) for being the reason of their weak performance, I post this as a possible alternate explanation. Up to you to dig deeper if you think it's a good enough hypothesis.

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