why are white people white and black people black?

[LinuxNewbie]

sort of strange.

people with pale skin are found in areas where the temperature is not very high. people with dark skin like africa and the middle east live in warm temperatures. shouldn't it be the other way around since darker colors/pigments absorb more sunlight which translates into absorbing more heat? polar bears are actually black skinned but they have clearish hair that refracts light, why aren't humans in cold areas dark skinned?

http://www.discover.com/feb_01/featbiology.html



Cheers
Mick

[nomaxim]

"I'm not white, I'm off coffee"
- George Carlin


Sorry, but leading theory's point to the fact that U/V exposer

does not relate to skin color.

P.S. Look at why humans have salt-water tears. No other land mammals do! But, all sea-mammals have salt-water tears. Why?

Good find Mick!!!

[LinuxNewbie]

maxim is saying we're whales
nutcase

thx for the link...said some thing about people being exposed to UV light caused births without spinal cords and stuff, that's brutal.

[Epidemic]

Umm like did ya ever hear the myth of sun burn and such.

Well the truth is that god put white people in the oven and took em out too soon and then took black people out too late.

But when he got it just right he made italian people.

[Agent_Embryo]

...actually...white people aren't really white. And black people aren't really black. So what's the fuss about?

[Epidemic]

Dude I have seen people that are so brown as to be on the edge of black.

But the point is they are defined as black because they are more towards the black side of the spectrum. Whites are more towards the white side of the spectrum.

It is like saying you do not suck soda up a soda straw, it is pushed up the straw by outside air pressure to the area of lower pressure in the mouth. When you say a white person you know what they are talking about until you get into the deliniation point between the races.

[Agent_Embryo]

..ok whatever. You know what I meant. Anyways...point is...life's too short to worry about unimportant stuff like skin color. There should be more focus on the important issues.

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Like overclocking.

And when the next AMD CPU will be released.

[Epidemic]

By the life is too short definition, I would have to say most of the stuff we comment on including the bump threads or the ignore threads are not that important (if you do not include entertainment as a requirement for life)

Bump is more important than overclocking or getting your operating system up.

No one was worrying about skin color. They were simply questioning the possible cause of it. This was not a racial bashing thread.

[Agent_Embryo]

I know. Was a bad joke. I'm sorry. I'll just drop out of the discussion now.