The science of skin color - Angela Koine Flynn 

no name what does it mean?

A white person wrote that part of the video

no name 1+

no name PREACH

+Yabawaki Koshimazaki ???????????????????????😠😠😠😠

Ivan Lu Whoever said that has brain damage

Ivan Lu Rightttt, lol!!!!!

Those people are Facebookers

Ivan Lu that actually makes no sense.

that would be my moommy

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XD

XD lol. Let's be honest there are a lot of things racists are jealous of

Racism is the uglier side of tribalism. I know people who think blondes are better than Burnett's. Blue eyed people are better than brown eyed. Yet all people of any difference can have children. Don't want to believe . look around!

@Zachary Williams the second for real we wouldn’t be having all the insecure people

i actually didnt learn about this till like a week(ish) ago

Me too I learned it at 11 year old it depend on the education system I guess

I learned this now im 11🙂

You guys are so young wow

@Chidima Ohiri with that pfp well ok you do you

lol you still have skin I shead that years ago...

@diepewpie You sad asf

@diepewpie Why you deleted your comment?

wait so you’re not supposed to skin and eat your partner’s skin?

@diepewpie Pick Up On It? Sounds Very Fishy 🤔

jossylopes - They are stupid’s. Don’t worry. Dark skin people are very attractive and beautiful

dark skin or light skin they are all beautiful

Honestly, I love dark skin. It's so pretty. But others don't feel the same. And technically dark skin is better is you're facing direct sunlight.

@@Pathologymadesimple who is they???

Yeah

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Exactly same!

Not really

@@peace7351 you ruined the positivity

@@siasblacktwinsister285 yeah

• cdyk • Umm....lol 😂

i love that vine

No you don't.

@@mania20 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@@mania20 its a meme boi. a vine to be e x a c t

To celebrate something you are born with is the same as to discriminate for something you are born with.

Rai Hanzo nothing to do with born with. I’m talking about celebrating the amazing nature of life through science. It’s brilliant how our bodies adapt and mutate to environmental changes without our direct control

@@amydocherty7317 I don't get it, how do you celebrate nature?

By acknowledging that your and others skin maybe different, but the basic beneath is all the same, and whooooom! You celebrated nature

T M Thank you! I forgot to finish my reply to them... I’m saying we should celebrate the fact that these differences have occurred out with our control, like it’s SO amazing that mutations of such can occur

+Natesh Bhat true

+Natesh Bhat why? We are all animals dependent on our planet. We do not exist in a vacuum.

Seconded

Yep

Oh my God yes, it did... Great script

Same Indian fam

Don't listen to her. She is too narrow-minded

*colorism

My mom always say stop using remedies

Indians are pretty much white people the only difference is your culture and skin color

except the yellow one😂 Just for fun😉

I always knew this but don't remember if it was school or my family that taught me

I didn't know lego people were considered a race

So true. Precisely what I thought too.

What's wrong with the last sentence?

Ahh, now I think what this comment means...well my reply is completly true, and scientifically true too! It is just covered up by the leftist lies though... :(

Exactly what I thought as soon as I heard it. I thought: “wow, to think you have to tell millions of people that”...

James Hawkins you don’t 😂

Shuddup

dianna k dark skin people get more hate tbh you can’t deny that

Ikr😥😥😥😥

darkskin gang 💕

You live in a society full of people with mental disorder, that's it.

+Cassandra D Pack mentality is interesting to look at in regards to that, mainly because we can see forms of the same behavior in other animal species. Very social animals are the only group of animals this kind of behavior can be seen in, many other species of apes and monkeys will harm or push individuals who are different from the pack for example. Since most pack animals have a form of language as well (( Elephants are a good example )) we can actually see similar forms of discrimination happening in other species as well. It may be an evolutionary trait that builds upon the fear of something different something odd, though studies on the subject tend to be very controversial. We humans though tend to leave this behavior especially in countries that focus on higher levels of education and more mixed groups of people. Countries with lower education tend to have higher levels of discrimination, so ignorance is a large part.

+Cassandra D This is why science and the knowledge it gives us is valuable and insightful. Too bad some people are just... well too stupid for these stuff. What's worse is that they are likely to deny these facts.

+Cassandra D Really, pretty much the only reason for skin tone being a factor of hate was during slave trade times, dehumanizing made it easier to keep it going.

Cole Loves You Actually people hated other skinned races long before the slave times

If it weren't for racism separating the tribes, would these changes even occur? Think about it.

*genius

Marco P. Anyone could have said that (that is mentally capable to *not* think on your own)

We are coming closer an closer to a world were we all will live in a peaceful an loving world an we will judge people off their action an not thier outfits, who would have thought that living in a color blind world would be in our near future... 😇😇😇

You...illiterate

Yes

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If that’s you in your pfp just wanted to say your really pretty.

i think that all bodies have a certain “flow” to them, where each aspect of your appearance works together to make you look beautiful. changing big parts of your body (nose shape, jawline, skin color) mess with how everything fits together

Queen A not really that beneficial if you live in a cold climate! I have alot but i live in one of the coldest countries in the world!

1strikerLacazate 505 what country do you live in?

Yay!

im pale soooooooo

Lucky. I wish I had it.

@MunkeiGUN What? Class? 🤦🏻

@MunkeiGUN Oh sorry, I thought you said it reflects class. I'm so sorry, I understand now 😅😎

Sebastian Feuerstein 😂 you still have time to delete that comment

@Alok Singh not all uv rays. Very small count still pass

@Alok Singh everything you read from text books are not always accurate. Put proper research.

i guess this is not the type of video they look for and or the concept is too difficult for them to understand.

Sxuril ditto

ignorant people don't watch science videos

B74CKB15H0P thanks i needed that

This is a ted ed comment section. We're all more intelligent than that.

Yes, but it takes longer to you than it takes to me

@@EmyNhmm idk about that, I feel as if its individually based. For example, if im out in the sun for just a mere 2 hours, my skin complexion darkens considerable, but my brother is a light brown tone and it takes him longer to tan to a noticeable difference. So in that case its interesting lol

Soulxx trixx I guess you are right. But what I said is correct generally speaking then

@@OnlySolii Im dark skinned and can get darker within minutes of being out in the sun. I live in Phoenix so we get a lot of sun here lol. I also get lighter during colder months.

@@Taniesha_S same here

Lies again? Studio Canal Serve Country

Ajax Blair 😂

I am North Indian too nd It does happen to me as well.

That means you're skin is brown just like me it's common in South Asia region and Southeast asia region

Same dude😂

Same bhai... I too feel like chameleon sometime 😅😂

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It wasn't tho. It was bs identity politics

Arul right ????

As seen in X-men comics or movies *WE CAN'T*

It's not because of skin color, if we were all the same, people would still find a reason to hate and segregate certain groups

we got fists

You seriously want to spit poison? Toungue kissing would be prohibited then 😛 unless it's not poisonous to human.

LOL lol nope

Trust me, you don’t want to experience 2nd-degree sunburn. It’s horrible! Thank your superior skin for protecting you from that!

You mean “God”

@@suchastrangegirl36 I said what I said lol

@@suchastrangegirl36 no it was the genetics to be precise and scientifically speaking

that's what i was thinking !

It's in every cell of the human body including internal organs

Dr. Llaila Afrika teaches us that it's also highly concentrated in our brains and central nervous system

Time to get that ball rolling on my death to all green eyes group ✊

Yes but depends what type of Melanin, darker people have a higher ratio of eumelanin compared to pheomelanin which makes pigment darker, lighter people are more in the middle with the ratio, and have more pheomelanin and less eumelanin compared to darker

Blurryink No such thing as “racial traits” as races don’t exist in nature, Many people from Asian have similar shaped noses to African people and the vast majority of African people don’t have “thick” lips. There are many non-African people who have full lips. People have been selective in talking about “racial” traits yet no one talks about the shape of an ear or size of the big toe, shape of the brow. What’s racial about the “lips” but not the “eyebrow” or “toe”? Race is simply a socio-political term. The continent of Africa contains the most genetic diversity than all continents combined. People only continue to “see” race because people assign HUGE MEANING to INSIGNIFICANT difference to physical traits. All human beings have the EXACT same alleles (ACGT) and due to environmental pressures, the result is different in the expression of genes. Nothing more and nothing less.

Khosians of Africa look Asian except for darker skin tone and woolly hair. They also have monolids like Asians. There are traits that are more prevalent in one group than another, but it does not mean another "race" of people cannot have that trait though. But obviously the trait that was more beneficial to a particular environment would become more prevalent than a trait that was not beneficial. This is why blacks have tropical limbs, different to whites who have bones structures that benefited them in their cold environment or Asians in their environment. The large nose benefited people in the heat or humidity as thinner nose was beneficial for those in a colder environment. But again although some nose shape (not all) may be due to adaption, it doesn't mean that people from these environments wont have nose traits that may not be best suited for that environment. I've seen un-mixed Africans with thin nose and un-mixed white Caucasians with large nose (that is why nose jobs are popular). A trait may be prevalent in a particular group because it benefited them, but it's not exclusive to that particular group. Some traits are not traits that are absolutely needed though they are beneficial in certain environments. Meaning people with thin nose can survive hot environments like people with large nose can survive cold environment. Now if we talk about skin color, that trait was a life and death matter back in the days because sun screen did not exist for pale skin, so living in hot environment would have been problematic if you stayed out in the heat for too long.

check out kentobento's video about asian eyes and other video about neoteny

I think it also has to do with the environment. What they ate, the kind of work they did, etc. For example, in Nigeria, the Igbo women usually have broader shoulders than in other tribes because they were predominantly farmers and they needed the added upper strength to farm. So, as time went on, their bone structures evolved. It took generations though.

"Blurryink* That's where the tall white aliens came along 😂😂😂

Adapting intentionally is no evolution

what are the environmental benefits of having no melanin?

To absorb Vitamin D more efficiently in colder places.

​@@melontusk7358 Walk me through it...

@@temporary6715 don't worry, it's simple. There's a substance called "melanin" inside the human body, responsible for blocking harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun. The side effect is that it makes their skins darker. So the more melanin a person has, the darker his skin will be. People in tropical areas need darker skin to survive. However, ultraviolet rays are also necessary for bone growth and Vitamin D absorption. In cold places, where there's not much sunlight, people need brighter skin to make up for their lack of ultraviolet rays, which help them with Vitamin D and other things.

​@@melontusk7358 ​You’ve misinterpreted my sarcasm. You are completely wrong. - There are 3 types of uv rays. The two that reach earth : UVA + UVB - Melanin allows for the absorption of UVB while preventing the more harmful UVA from penetrating the skin. - Vitamin d is not “absorbed” from the sun. It is produced in the body (similar to photosynthesis) by the UVB rays which are ALWAYS present during the day. - It is people without melanin who are deficient because they do not have any protection from the more harmful UVA rays. Also, sunblock blocks both UVA + UVB rays altogether which further limits vitamin d production. - Your last sentence about people needing brighter skin to make up for lack of rays makes absolutely no sense. UV rays are ALWAYS PRESENT regardless of temperature... To reiterate melanin blocks harmful UVA rays (Causes cancer) Not UVB rays (absorbed to produce vitamin D) - The melanated person can live anywhere because the UVA rays will never be harmful. The person without melanin has to live far away from the equator to avoid as much UVA as possible.

What you're saying is a small part of it but it only sounds as if were talking about america here which isn't the point. The majority of criticism comes from the percentage of stereotype each group carries. The typical blacks who act like they are gangsters or the overly smart and introverted Asian stereotype. The color only labels their stereotype. If a group of a certain color would act differently then they would be labeled that way too. the only reason why white's are labeled as anything is because they are the majority in this world.

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+KorennRachelle I love how you instantly pinpoint whites as being racist, but don't bother to mention that racism can be and is present in every single race. To present it in such a way as to imply racism is a white thing, is racism.

+boy638 How so?

+boy638 Check a world map or a statistical data by countries of IQ. Both would be considered racist. There are two type of racism. One that based on prejudice and complete nonsense, and one that is nothing but scientific data but "offensive" truth so it is considered racism. The fact is that we are not the same, but even mentioning that which is a truth, is considered racist.

+Sand Shadow Yep , that is well known. lighter skin colors are mutations.

Yes.

It's called genetic degredation.

Yep 😎

Yup

+Pokemonlin99 That was really only inspired during the slave trade to justify keeping Africans and black people as slaves.

+Cole Loves You Most likely cultural superiority and of course religion made it possible, it just happened to be beneficial economically.

+Cole Loves You You do know that racism existed way earlier than slave trade, right?

If it weren't for racism separating the tribes, would these changes even occur? Think about it.

+George Cataloni You've been entered into "The dumbest RU-vid comment ever" contest.

😂

Ikr

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Lmaoo I feel attacked 😫✋

Take me to your spaceship daddy 💦🥺

+Steven Soth The first humans had fur.

+Thomas Drowry you mean PRE-humans, but yeah ok. If that's true, then i wish the video made that clear that we had to evolve darker skin as an adaptation to losing our fur. As it is, the video is confusing, as it implies that humans evolved darker skin as we moved north to more sunnier regions of Northern Africa.... Wtf all of Africa isn't sunny?!

+Steven Soth True. Brown was the default (Ala Khoisan and East Africans). Some Africans around deserts are extremely dark skin much darker than the typical African because of those brown people migrating to deserts

Greatness Humans are Apes, Apes have fur. Humans evolved gradually , so of course early Humans had fur, it didn't suddenly disappear over one generation

+Thomas Drowry no

Reflect**

Remember Reach.... those guys got the worst tan ever, and it wasnt from the sun

I am white, but dark skin looks gorgeous!

Dark skin people are beutiful

I'm only obsessed with my light brown skin, when I'm sunburned.

It because of propaganda fed to you that you developed such as complex ... I have white skin blue eyes but I know it doesn't make me special because it is common where I live 30% fair skined, 5% albino, 50% brown and 15% dark... Here I am not considered special I am considered average which is the Truth.. we didn't chose our colour . In my opinion most attractive colour is brown with a hint of darkness both for men and women ❤.

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Yes this seems to be very kid friendly and appropriate

Oh, yeah fake tans are awful. It's perfectly okay to be white!!

Tanning is part of light skin, if you pale you spend too much time indoors

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Yup, ima pour water on it and turn us into ice status. Bye! 🚀

Yes, but actually no.

Yes’nt

75% yes. 25% no. Because. If we where all the same shade we'd all get along better.

Ofc... Like, humans ARE biological organisms and they WILL adapt to their surroundings ;)

Accept* Do you even think about what you're writing?

@@Tomos_J-J this comment is 2 years old 🙄

*White people

I am dark skinned i do tan but after 2-3 days or so i get as i was before!coool~

We do get darker, our skin just does not burn in the sun.

@Alok Singh A small amount does reach here.

@Sofia Diane why is it false just because it doesn't happen to you? My skin gets way darker I visit my family in Africa because I spend more time out in the hot sun. But gets lighter when in Europe because the heat where I live is not as intense and I spend majority of the time indoors. So its false in your case.

lol

Lucky I'm from beta centari

Lol

Lol

albinos are just really white people and whites are 50% albino there

MunkeiGUN You are incorrectly referring to the OCA2 gene not albinism mutations on a whole.

Safiyyah Ehsan Although I'm unsure of your intent with a subtly off-putting demeanor in certain replies you formerly have provided. Here is your answer: What is albinism? Albinism is a disease in which a person has partial or complete loss of pigmentation (coloring) of the skin, eyes and hair. What causes it? Genetic mutations that affect the production of a pigment called melanin. There is a cell called the melanocyte that is responsible for giving skin, hair, and eyes pigmentation. In albinism, the melanocytes are present, but genetic mutations interfere with their pigment production or their ability to distribute it to keratinocytes, the major cell type comprising the epidermis, or outer layer of the skin. There are currently five known genetic types of albinism, the most common being oculocutaneous type 1 (OCA1) and type 2 (OCA2). Oculocutaneous means affecting the eyes and skin ("oculo" meaning eye and "cutaneous" meaning skin). It's not a video, but I think you'll find that this video actually delved into some of the answer already.

3 weeks, and she still hasn't said "thank you" for your response. I guess it has been about 2 years since she posted that. Maybe she has since grown up and withdrawn from her old ways, to include this account of hers. @@BIGJeff3889

@@BIGJeff3889 Thanks man 😎