This is not the ideologically tainted race research of the 1920s. And this has consequences far beyond the somewhat arbitrary black/white divide. We have 100 years of scientific progress in evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, and more to consider now. Dismissing any attempt to evaluate genetic influence on behavior as having racist motivations is dangerously myopic.
You don't think it strange that there has been a dearth of research in this direction for some 3 decades now? Where is the definitive proof that humans are 100% products of their environment? The issue is far from settled and it is dishonest to pretend that it is.
The potential for misuse of such data by racists is one very small part of the positive and negative consequences of inquiry into this area. And, again, the puzzle pieces are all around us and not controversial in part, they beg an investigation which objectively considers them in sum.