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The differences in IQ between races in America are maintained even among adopted children. And no, I don't think it's because white parents who adopt a black baby are secretly racist and treat their black child poorly.
The problem is that modern black Americans who are the descendants of slaves underwent several selection processes that do not favor IQ. First, they're mostly from central Africa, which is warm. You don't have to plan for the winter, so long term planning is never selected for. Second, they were captured and enslaved by other tribes in Africa, so they're the worst of that bunch, either in terms of social capital or organization or combat technology. Third, they had a harsh voyage and physically demanding existence as slaves, which selects for heartiness over intelligence. Fourth, there was possibly a selection process in the breeding of slaves, selecting only the strongest and dumbest - I'm not sure if this is true and it's not an allowed question in polite society since the answer is either "yes, blacks are genetically damaged", or "no, slave owners weren't that cruel".
Another problem is that melanin directly causes aggression. As in, if you take an animal and inject it with melanin, it will become more aggressive. This is obvious if you look at the coloring of all domesticated animals, which are only bred for docility. Even among breeds of dog - there are no golden rottweilers.
The differences are genetic. To get equality with meritocracy, you would need to roll out large scale a gene therapy program, and one of the side effects of that would be that everyone would end up with lighter skin.
This is not a particularly American problem.
The average IQ of blacks is much lower in Africa, mostly in the 60s, but in some countries in the 40s. In places where there is ample nutrition and education it's in the low 80s, whether that's Alabama, Stockholm, or Tokyo.
So no, there's nothing special about the slaves. Evolution takes much longer than a few generations, and e.g. recessive genes and epigenetics make sure that you can't just selects for traits in a few generations by artificial means.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Transracial_Adoption_Study
Lefty source even. It's funny, you can tell everything you need to know by the conspicuous omission of the 1976 results from the introductory paragraph.
They likely are. Using my same reasoning process about selection pressure, the jews have had no homeland for most of their existence. They've existed by infiltrating and manipulating other cultures, living off of them parasitically. Being found out or expelled from the host society leads to great suffering and death for them. That puts a huge selection pressure on the ability to manipulate and maintain a complex network of lies. That takes intelligence. It also leads to elevated neurotic behavior and psychological illness, which has been medically documented amongst the jews.
I try not to avoid the truth just because there are unfortunate conclusions.
Most of the difference is located in verbal intelligence, which supports your hypothesis.