A while back some researchers claimed there existed variation in the average intelligence of certain groups or populations. I won't go into the details of their particular research, or whether it was faulty or not. Maybe it was maybe it wasn't, would have to look deep into the issue(As there is bound to be bias on both sides trying to defend or debunk it.). But the premise is sound, and we've evidence of similar in other complex traits(polygenic traits) besides intelligence, for example height.
Height is said to be a complex trait, now I know hollywood uses camera tricks and other tricks to smooth out height differences in actors who're too short or too tall. That could explain a bit of it. But if you look at the movie blackhat, with Chris Hemsworth, near the end he goes to a region were he's basically a giant compared to most of the population of that region. The same happens to a lesser extent in Doctor Strange, where the main actor again looks gigantic in the foreign region. Yes we could say that perhaps those were areas were camera tricks were not used to cover their height, but I've got a very simple example that proves the point, that real variation of the averages exist for real. Pygmyies. It is quite clear that the groups labeled under pygmy label have notable height difference from say most of the people of England.
Similarly, nothing ABSOLUTELY nothing impedes variations of average intelligence, even ones OF PYGMY level notable extent from occurring in some groups or populations.
The politically correct want to deny that traits can vary, the average can vary between populations, that some groups may have greater strength on average(men vs women), some may have greater speed and or stamina(certain ethnicities), and that yes some may even have greater average intelligence.
When someone comes to you and says only skin color or a few facial traits are all the difference there is, that it is all superficial, and of no real world consequence. Just ask them about pygmies.
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