[cpdiii]

did you know that every human is born genetically black? Some of us happen to carry recessive mutations for creating less melanin in the dermis, hence light colored skin. What you really need to address is cultural attitudes, you know, like stealing is OK and rape is an every day fact of life. That’s where all the real differences lie.

It would only be recessive if you lived in a tropical climate. A high melanin content of the skin protects against cancer and thus is a positive trait in the tropics. In the northern latitudes less melanin is a positive trait as UV rays from the sun is what produces vitamin D in the human body. (It really sucks to have rickets) The color of our skin is a result of where we live. It is genetically advantageous to be black in the tropics and white in the northern latitudes. If you took blond blue eyed Norwegians and made them live in Central Africa in 20,000 years their children would be black but 100% Caucasian.

Martin Luther King said we should not be judged by the color of our skin. He was right.

[SatinDoll]

I was explaining something that was recently discovered during the human genome project. Humans arose as a species in Africa. Everyone is genetically black and all other skin tones are variations due to mutation.

[Sherman Logan]

Recessive does not mean inferior. It simply describes the way some genes work.