My daughter is finishing her PhD in Chemistry, the main obstacles she encountered were others in her female social peer group looking at her like she is a freak. Comments from males in her peer group ranged from enthusiastic intellectual “high fives” to a low of “That’s cool!”. All and I mean all of the negativity she encountered came from other college gals her age!
That peer group dynamic is something I can understand, to a degree.
It is the same handicap faced by a segment of black kids who are working hard and studying hard, and they are castigated for being too “white”.
Apart from the welfare state and other liberal polices, the biggest danger to the black community is the “black culture” of which that attitude is just a part of.