sum, the societal and global data show the same thing as the individual data. The aggregate IQ level of a society is crucial to its success and being of black African descent unfortunately greatly inhibits success at the societal level. These data are of great relevance for discussions of the racial dilemma in the United States because they show that throughout the world blacks are far less successful than whites. This is largely because of low intelligence, but there are other characteristics of blacks that are important as well, as we will see.