Is there a reason why Africa has the lowest IQs on the planet? Is it any coincidence that 8 of the 10 most violent countries in the world are either in Africa or are majority black?

Frida Ghitis: Has black Africa ever had a civilization worthy of comparison to the great civilizations we’re all familiar with? Ghitis asks: Is there a reason why Africa has the lowest IQs on the planet? Is it any coincidence that 8 of the 10 most violent countries in the world are either in Africa or are majority black? She asks: Are the KKK-style racists correct that blacks are genetically coded to be inferior to everyone else?.

Jason Riley , in his outstanding book Please Stop Helping Us , provides the definitive answer: No. It is the culture that has damaged America ’s black communities, he says.

The West , while it has not always treated blacks well, is not responsible for the state of blacks around the world.