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kenobae
Except New Zealand natives have brown skin. Source- a New Zealand native
DoctorDrakeRamoray
I thought this was common sense
someonealreadyhaswhichwayisup
My skin is no data color
IronicUsername
Imgur post about race so I suppose it's time to play "count the racist comments."
AgainstMethod
They also hate each other based on place of origin directly. More efficient that way.
OnlyTheReactionGifOfElijahWoodSayingTerrific
PhantomStingray
It has to be dark enough to protect from UV radiation but light enough to allow for vitamin D production; also why females are lighter.
ryushi5
People in Greenland are blue?
fracturematt
No, people in Greenland have the skin color of NO DATA.
TimurKl
I am Russian, I've seen blue people roaming in forest!
BenderBenderBender
As a blue person, the skin color is actually transparent. The blue just comes from the veins you can see through the skin.
RabidDingo
Beers have the reverse, the further away from the equator the darker it was. Then craft beer blurred the lines.
zegerman5682
UncivilizedEngie
Sometimes I forget how far north Japan and Korea are.
meowmeowmeowmeowmeowwoof
Same I always think it should be by Australia
oim8bumaciggie
Just talked about this today in my sociology class. Friday we're watching The Breakfast Club. I love this class
Glumerlink
this map isn't very accurate though, have you ever seen a south african? they're not usually very light
tomattow
A lot if south Africa is white people, although they got there by migration.
starbucks68
So how do you explain my black neighbors.?
TheOptionToNot
This map goes from black coffee, to straight up just cream.
HowDoYouMakeAnElephantFloat
Crappuchino
0NvD0
The north pole part is so white its trans parent.
0NvD0
Nvm its just "no data". Damn i had a good typo joke thing too.
TimurKl
More like from shit that hurts your asshole to shit that just secretly slips out..And that blue shit is when you ate too many blue crayons..
phantasmiasma
Funny part is that if this map was in appropriate shape and scale and the landmasses were sized corectly those lines would wobble less
chickNlittle
PerfectReplicant
The world is a neapolitan icecream.
imjusthereforthefreetoiletpaper
I don't wanna be THAT GUY, but this could quite literally be a map of regional instability.
MOTHERFUCKINGVIRGINMARY
I thought that that darker colours absorbed more light? Shouldnt people at the poles be black too then?
DancingOnTheAshes
While I don't find the shade of someone's skin a problem, I often don't find the facial structure of black women attractive.
LooseyGooseyBrett
People don't hate skin color, people hate a culture.
SeaHutch
Well when they associate skin colour with culture there's really no difference.
Eddwyn
It's almost if people are stupid.
BenDub556
As if!
MinorClarification
Or as if we are evolutionarily driven to associate with a small group of people in a tribal like setting and to perceive differences as
MinorClarification
Potential danger warnings. It's a survival trait that we need to control in modern society.
ImgeneralBennet
Shhhhhhhh! The truth cannot be know!
Howdoilife
What we really need is an alien species to make contact with Humanity so we can all group together and hate something besides ourselves.
Howdoilife
What we really need is an alien species to make contact with Humanity so we can all group together and hate something besides ourselves.
xheroth
Now let's throw a spanner in the works: IQ distribution by race. Discuss.
Retsam19
Maybe let's not.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Why?
tomattow
IQ is ability to learn, not what you know. Pretty evenly spread. Schools and learning vary greatly.
CapitolaMadcap
Haven't seen anyone mention folate. Very important for DNA synthesis, UV radiation destroys it, bad news = env. favors darker skin.
CapitolaMadcap
Figure source: Chaplin, G. (2004). Geographic distribution of environmental factors influencing human skin coloration. Am. J. Phys Anthro
Spearka
Apparently Inuits are blue
RhymingEverything
It's never really race, if you look at "racism" historically, it's always culturalism. People don't like people who act different, period.
LunaLuscus
Except there's the whole ranking of racial superiority purely by skin tone and facial structure that has been rife through history.
definitelynotanarc
Though I will concede that racism prior to the 16th century was a rather different animal and was closer to what you describe.
definitelynotanarc
1/2 It can absolutely be about race; how many racists do you know with that firm of a grasp of nuance? And how else would you explain the
definitelynotanarc
2/2 racism directed towards President Obama or non-whites that have adopted what is defined as "whife" culture?
RhymingEverything
The hate for Obama is because he's a democrat, they didn't have the same hate for Colin Powell.
ProfessorDumbledoge
This is wrong for Australia I think, aboriginal people from all over the continent have darker skin?
malbec
Everything about Australia is upside down
SomeCrazyNerd
Allow of the Australian map is brown. Some is just lighter.
ProfessorDumbledoge
The lower part of Australia looks wrong to me, aboriginals are definitely darker even in the lower areas. I live in Australia.
zemaddog
Yeah I think it averages the skin colour of the current residents rather than the skin colour of the natives.
ShutUrFace
Canadian here: so what about Inuit people in Yukon, etc..they have darker skin..legit question, someone smarter than me please explain.
NerdN1
Evolution is really slow. Migration is a LOT faster.
CJNTX
It boils down to diet for the Inuit. Their diet had consisted of high fat, which provided alot of Vitamin D. Docu called "Skin Deep" explain
fracturematt
Sun above, snow reflection below. Double exposure.
isitweirdthatithinkpoopissofunny
Probably also worth nothing the 'out of Africa' hypothesis for evolution of humans. Darker skin was original while (1/2)
isitweirdthatithinkpoopissofunny
mutations for lighter skin arose and were selected for as humans migrated out of Africa.
tomattow
Don't forget the precession of the earth. Every 12 thousand years the sun is nearly directly at the equator for the entirety of the year.
bennettryoung
All native north Americans ancetors crossed the berring straight from what was probably mongolia. some 1000 years ago. Date still debatable.
pilojo
They migrated north a while back. They're much lighter than they were decades ago. Takes a long time for skin color to change.
ComfortablyNumbDK
It's the same thing with Australians
pilojo
Australia's ozone layer is actually very thin. They end up getting about the same sunlight as Mexico.
ShutUrFace
Alright, thanks for the explanation.
cordivae
Super common question! Thought to be because they have no selective pressure to have lighter skin despite the northern latitude since (1/?)
Contundo
@shuturface this
cordivae
their native diet is full of vitamin D (particularly seal). Therefore they didn't need to have lighter skin for increased UV exposure (2/3)
cordivae
to make vitamin D compared to other northern populations. (3/3)
sarasauri
Light skin is a mutation :)
malbec
YOU'RE A MUTATION!
sarasauri
Well being white, I can't argue that statement
PeteButtigieg
Super fascinating stuff. That gene occurred in a single individual and because of the attractiveness of the lighter skin, it dominated.
PeteButtigieg
That lady was so sexy she single handedly created 2 billion ancestors.
sarasauri
Source? Lol
tomattow
Not a single individual.
PeteButtigieg
Yes a single individual.