First, let this and other examples show that backing down from what you believe, won't save you or your position if you get embroiled in a controversy. So now

First, let this and other examples show that backing down from what you believe, won't save you or your position if you get embroiled in a controversy. So now he looks like a coward in addition to looking prejudiced. Second, there is no correlation between IQ and being morally upright, from my experience (and I doubt that there are many studies on it either). And what he was complaining about are the high rates of corruption in African governments, which is about morals, not IQ.