I'm too lazy to make a good post on this, but check out this podcast.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=itXdxaMUvtM
At around 30 mins in Sam Harris makes a great point that even broaching the topic of genetic inclination leading to the rise of civilization in certain areas is considered a serious taboo. The guy he's interviewing does not think it has anything to do with race, and
still deals with criticism for trying to figure out why Africa for example has never made technological advancements.
The worst part about it? He mainly gets flack from the people that are supposed to be studying it: anthropologists.
The topic is taboo among anthropologists. That's absolutely insane to me.
Do you think it has anything to do with the fact that white people are not allowed to be proud to be white, yet black people are encouraged to be proud to be black. Or that the vast majority of popular male musicians are rappers / hiphop? Anything like that?