True, but it's hard to hop the border from Nigeria to the US, so the process has greater selectivity. It's not like 100+ IQs don't exist in subsaharan African populations, they just occur much less frequently than elsewhere.
Possibly. But it's not as if your country is that selective, with a 'diversity' lottery and all that. And I think there's a reason you specified Nigerians and not Somalis.
I agree that the data is completely consistent with a genetic hypothesis, but it's also completely consistent with a cultural hypothesis. Who has the best work/study ethic? Well, the Evil Juice. Followed by East Asians. Followed by whites. Followed by people from Iberian colonies. Followed by blacks.
Yeah, refugees are a different matter from immigrants. They get you little Mogadishus.
As to a cultural hypothesis, it doesn't have to be one or the other, and I believe they are both a factor. Genetics inform culture, and culture informs genetics, though even as cultural factors are negated from Asian assimilation, the IQ tends to remain high.
For work ethic... I think that depends on what sort of work you value. But that does nail the IQ rankings pretty well. IQ isn't the only behavior informed by genetics/culture, albeit an important one.
The European admixture at least boosted their IQ a few points over their purebred counterparts.
But at what cost?
Yet African immigrants with 0% European admixture do a lot better than your mulattoes.
True, but it's hard to hop the border from Nigeria to the US, so the process has greater selectivity. It's not like 100+ IQs don't exist in subsaharan African populations, they just occur much less frequently than elsewhere.
Possibly. But it's not as if your country is that selective, with a 'diversity' lottery and all that. And I think there's a reason you specified Nigerians and not Somalis.
I agree that the data is completely consistent with a genetic hypothesis, but it's also completely consistent with a cultural hypothesis. Who has the best work/study ethic? Well, the Evil Juice. Followed by East Asians. Followed by whites. Followed by people from Iberian colonies. Followed by blacks.
Yeah, refugees are a different matter from immigrants. They get you little Mogadishus.
As to a cultural hypothesis, it doesn't have to be one or the other, and I believe they are both a factor. Genetics inform culture, and culture informs genetics, though even as cultural factors are negated from Asian assimilation, the IQ tends to remain high.
For work ethic... I think that depends on what sort of work you value. But that does nail the IQ rankings pretty well. IQ isn't the only behavior informed by genetics/culture, albeit an important one.